Career Purgatory

Here at Career Purgatory we’re not economists (but they do stop by from time to time), though it is an interesting subject which I’ve taken…Read more

What should I do after I have applied? The short answer is simple: Follow up! In this economy one job opening isn’t being applied for…Read more

One night while I was working the graveyard shift at a grocery store I remember hearing all kinds of yelling coming from the front of…Read more

What Day and what Time am I supposed to call Michigan MARVIN for my unemployment benefit certification? A seemingly obvious question for filing or certifying…Read more

I always felt there was a unwritten code of ethics for when visiting a gas station. One part of that code would be to only…Read more

In the age of unemployment at 16.7% in the United States and in reality even higher for people who are no longer included in any…Read more

Sometimes it is hard to spot people among us in Career Purgatory because they keep popping up and putting on that happy face.  This is…Read more

A few years back I used to work at a Kroger, which used to be a 24 hour local grocery store, as a midnight shift…Read more

I’ve talked about how to buy books and save some cash in the past by utilizing the ISBN number for your required or recommended textbooks…Read more

We’ve had some mixed news from the Government numbers on unemployment they are cheering a creation of 67,000 jobs in the private sector, which I…Read more