An option to finding employment with an established company, is to start your own business. The Internet is like the wild west, in that anyone can start an online business and succeed. Age, weight or gender has no validity with an online company. Instead customers visit your web site and purchase products or services you are offering, oblivious to who is managing the web site. You could be selling DVDs in your pajamas and no one would know. Keep in mind, an important part of being self employed is motivation and drive. If you are easily distracted and have trouble staying focused, being self employed may not work for you. Whether your business is online or an actual brick and mortar store, being self employed is hard work, long hours and low pay to begin with.
Unless you are one of the fortunate people who inherit, win or marry great wealth, take comfort in knowing we are all in the same economic boat. Frustration, anger and resentment run high during financial down turns. All we can do, is to keep putting one foot in front of the other, hoping the economy and job market improve shortly.
Displayed Workers Summary; Bureau Of Labor Statistics
Displaced workers are defined as persons 20 years of age and older who lost or left jobs because their plant or company closed or moved, there was insufficient work for them to do, or their position or shift was abolished. The period covered in this study was 2007-09, the 3 calendar years prior to the January 2010 survey date. The following analysis focuses primarily on the 6.9 million persons who had worked for their employer for 3 or more years at the time of displacement (referred to as long-tenured). An additional 8.5 million were displaced from their jobs they had held for less than 3 years (referred to as short-tenured). Combining the short- and long-tenured groups, the number of displaced workers totaled 15.4 million from 2007-09, up from 8.3 million for the period covered by the prior survey (2005-07).
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