The theme of this year’s NYC Blackout Film festival will be the ‘Great Recession.’ Apparently a lot of the films submitted were surprisingly light hearted. Check out the trailer below or have a look at the complete list of films at the Blackout Film Festival website.
On the plus side, he can report measurable results, entrepreneurship and impressive language skills…
Redskins Sue Old Lady for Breaking Season Ticket Contract Due to Financial Hardship
It’s articles like this that make it a little easier to be a Raiders fan. Article by James V. Grimaldi for the Washington Post:
It would be hard to find a more loyal fan of the Washington Redskins than real estate agent Pat Hill. She’s had season tickets since the early 1960s, when her daughter danced in the halftime shows at the old D.C. Stadium, before it was renamed in memory of Robert F. Kennedy.
In the hallway of her modest home south of Alexandria, the 72-year-old grandmother points out the burgundy-and-gold Redskins hook rug she made. In her bedroom, she shows off the pennants from two Redskins Super Bowl games she attended, and she opens a music box on her dresser that plays “Hail to the Redskins.”
Now, Hill says, her beloved Redskins are forcing her into bankruptcy.
Last year, Hill’s real estate sales were hit hard by the housing market crash, and she told the team that she could no longer afford her $5,300-a-year contract for two loge seats behind the end zone. Hill said she asked the Redskins to waive her contract for a year or two.
The sales office declined.
Submitted by Adrienne Carlson:
Life is full of ups and downs as it should be – if there were only ups, we would never learn how to deal with the downs and vice versa. Unemployment is probably one of the biggest and hardest troughs that we must cross, and most of us dread the very thought of this word. When we have families to feed and kids to put through school, it’s hard to face the fact that you don’t have a job that puts money in your pocket and keeps you out of debt. But, there are ways to create crests out of troughs and turn your negative experiences into positive ones, by: read more…
Resume not getting you the kind of traction you’d like? Try out some of Resume Richard’s tips and tricks:
By Alice Handley & Tania Khadder
If you’re you’re unemployed, you know exactly what I’m talking about — sometimes, right after you’ve lost your job, people say things that are supposed to make you feel better, but just end up making you feel worse.
If, for some reason, you do have a job and you’re reading our blog anyway, pay attention.
The time directly following a layoff is a delicate one. Your friend will want your help, but they may not be so receptive to your wise suggestions or burning questions.
The fact of the matter is, being laid off sucks. Your comments come from a good place (of course!), but you might be surprised at how they are construed by someone whose wounds are still fresh from getting shown the door.
“You’re not unemployed, you’re funemployed!”
So cute and yet so out of touch with reality. Sure, unemployment might be fun when you’re 22 and have no real responsibilities. It’s quite a different story when you’re 54, have two kids in college, a mortgage and a chronic health problem. For so many people, being unemployed is not an opportunity to do some volunteer work or self-discovery — it’s a very real and very frightening financial, emotional and professional setback. Cute, trendy sayings aren’t going to change that.
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An excerpt from an article in The Atlantic, Robots and the Future of Unemployment by Mike Konczal:
Let’s start this off with a quote from one of my favorite movies, the film-essay documentary Los Angeles Plays Itself. It’s a movie about cinema and representations of urban spaces that is made entirely of clips of movies set in Los Angeles with a narration over it describing how those movies both represent and inform our visions of Los Angeles and the larger country. During the scenes where the narrator discusses the movie Blade Runner(1982) and the sexy killer human-impersonating robot played by Daryl Hannah, he makes this important point:
Perhaps [Blade Runner] expresses a nostalgia for a dystopian vision of the future that has become outdated. This vision offered some consolation, because it was at least sublime. Now the future looks brighter, hotter and blander. Buffalo will become Miami, and Los Angeles will become Death Valley at least until the rising ocean tides wipe it away. Computers will get faster, and we will get slower. There will be plenty of progress, but few of us will be any better off or happier for it. Robots won’t be sexy or dangerous, they’ll be dull and efficient and they’ll take our jobs.
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Funny because it's true.
Six months ago, Susan Boyle was chronically unemployed, lived in government housing and spent most of her time volunteering at her local church. Today, she’s a global singing sensation.
Thanks to her appearance on reality show Britain’s Got Talent, the 48-year-old runner-up now spends most of her time signing record deals, fighting off the paparazzi, and getting makeovers. This rags-to-riches story offers a glimmer of hope to jobless suckers the world over.
The secret to her success? First and foremost, talent. But where would her talent be without the help of reality television? Wasted on evenings with the church choir, no doubt.
The moral of the story is this: if you’re jobless and talented (hell, even if you’re talentless), a stint of reality television may just be the big break you’ve been waiting for.
And unlike in the job market, there appears to be no shortage of opportunities in reality TV. Here are just a few upcoming casting calls that might pique your interest:
The Bachelor
Synopsis: Twenty-five women pretend to be desperate for love and marriage, when in fact they are desperate for money, fame and subsequent reality TV show appearances.
What you’ll need: Low self esteem.
Why you should do it: Calling off an engagement is no biggie, as evidenced by past seasons. Just make sure your boyfriend back home is okay with the whole arrangement (and can keep his mouth shut).
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