Yearly Archives: 2011

Aside from the obvious jobs of working for a newspaper, or as a news reporter, those with journalism degrees are finding plenty of job opportunities to put their strong writing skills to work.

If reports coming forth in all sectors of the economy are read right, we are headed for another dip in the recession, a sort of second innings. With almost half of the 15 million jobless having crossed six months without a job, 2.5 million jobless requiring an extended lease of life after their 99 weeks of unemployment benefits ran out, and 1000 homes being foreclosed every day, you cannot afford to be caught off guard by a fresh spurt of acute economic recession. So tighten your belt and start planning today on how to handle a fresh round of economic adversity.

For a portion of one summer when I was younger, I had a valet job at the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club outside of Detroit, Michigan. I worked during the lunch hour and spent most of my time sitting in a small air conditioned shed in a corner of the parking lot waiting for cars to pull up. When a car would pull up, I would fling open the door to the shed and run over to the car, hand the person a ticket, and park the car.