19 Jan 10 Getting Quick Money During A Recession

Many people are suffering under the weight of recession burdens, whether losing your job, or creating enough income to scrap by during company cutbacks. There isn’t a lot of work out there, and unemployment doesn’t always make ends meet. Where do you turn when it looks as though there aren’t very many places? Well, here are a few ideas to at least supplement your income. Probably not enough to survive on, but enough that you can at least carry on.

Take advantage of places like eBay. Consider selling off some of the old stuff that you don’t use. Anything from clothing that you or family member either don’t wear or have outgrown (as long as the clothing is still in good condition). Old games, movies, etc that you don’t use as much as you thought you would when you purchased the items. A resource like eBay can clear out items you don’t use, and put money in your pocket that you desperately need.

Try some work from home opportunities. If your area is really reeling from the recession, consider finding a job online, where the pastures may be greener. There are a wealth of opportunities from freelance writing and editing, to data entry positions, and even online customer service. All of which you can do from your own home, on your own computer, with your own internet connection.

Keeping with the online opportunities you can also try taking surveys online. You can actually make a nice chunk of change taking surveys if you can find the right places. Most of them work on a pay scale where you get so many points for each survey, and then you can trade in your points for money. Probably not enough to live on, but definitely enough to help out.

These tips are really only meant to be short term solutions. They won’t help you in the long run, most likely. But they can be great money earners to help you in the short term, and can really get you out of a financial bind.

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09 Jan 10 Careful Considerations When Buying A Home

When you’re a first time home buyer, there are a lot of mistakes you can make. Avoiding those pitfalls is difficult, because sometimes you don’t know a pitfall until you’ve been ensnared into one. The best thing you can do is try and be as informed as possible. Do your research, and prepare as best you can, and maybe you can avoid any unfortunate circumstances. Here are a few tips that will help:

-Have a good idea of how much money you have available to spend. The last thing you want to do is get into a bidding war that greatly exceeds your means. Part of the reason for this recession is too many people living beyond their means, don’t become one of them. Buying a house you can’t afford is never a good idea, so set an absolutely final mark on how much you’re willing to pay. Then, DON’T go over that price.

-Don’t be afraid to ask for professional help when considering home options. But don’t turn to a real estate dealer for help, because their interests are concentrated towards selling the home to you. A real estate agent’s job is to make any house fit for you, whether it’s really the right choice or not. You can’t trust a salesperson to provide you with unbiased information or opinions.

-Buying a home is a major decision, treat the decision as such. You shouldn’t buy a home on a whim, because chances are you’ll be living there for some time. Shop around so that you can find value for money, acceptable locations, and a house that you’ll be happy with in the long term.

-Make sure that you always have an inspector chosen by you investigate the house before even considering purchase. The problem with using an inspector provided by a real estate agency, is that they are more likely to be slanted in the opinion of the agency. Finding an independent third party guarantees a fair and unbiased assessment of the property.

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10 Dec 09 Top 3 Free Job Search Tool of 2009

Recession is over now, and HR professionals are now rolling up their sleeves so that they can hire the best talent to accelerate the pace and cover the lost ground during the recession. The sad days of “no job in the economy” is almost over now, and even the job seekers are collecting the documents, and writing impressive résumé to take the shot.

This situation has provided the background needed to write this blog post. In this post, I will tell you about 5 wonderful tools that will help you search for your dream job.

Twitter search

Twitter does not any introduction. It is now a well-established phenomenon, and more and more people are embracing this cool micro blogging tool to tell you what they are doing. But this is not all, twitter can help you search job as well. Use the hash (#) search or advance twitter search to find the job that meets the qualification you have.

Craigslist

If you do not know what Craigslist is then you must have spend the last decade or so sleep-walking through your daily life. Craigslist is huge database of classified listing arranged according to country, state, neighborhood, job type, industry, etc. This tool can be very effective in helping you find the job the industry or location you like.

The home page of LinkedIn proudly announce that over 50 million professionals (mind you the users here are professionals, not some teenage Facebook addicts) uses this service to connect, exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. Many people give credit to LinkedIn for the job they got. These days lot many interviews happen here, and professional recommendation from fellow LinkedIn users plays an important role in increasing your chances of employability. This is an amazing tool to use to search for job as well.

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