5 Funny Cards For The Recently Unemployed

Humorous ways to deal with unemployment


Being out of work really stinks. It can damage your confidence and chip away at your self esteem. The problem is that if you aren't careful, depression can sneak in, leaving you less motivated in your job search and considerably less attractive to future employers.

These days, with so many people feeling the pain of unemployment, many companies have started making humorous sympathy card for job loss. Some of them are from well respected companies like Hallmark, while others are e-cards.

Here are 5 of the funniest cards for the recently unemployed. I hope they make you smile!

The inside says: "Wow! That really sucked!"

Some of these are irreverent, some are just plain funny. What do you think? Have you seen a great job loss card? Please share your thoughts in the comments.

By Melissa Kennedy- Melissa is a 9 year blog veteran and a freelance writer for PhillyJobsBlog and Beyond.com, along with helping others find the job of their dreams, she enjoys computer geekery, raising a teenager, supporting her local library, writing about herself in the third person and working on her next novel.

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How Long Is a Minute - What You Can Do In 60 Seconds

How much gets done in 60 seconds online.

They say that nothing is faster than a New York minute, but what if we don't live in Manhattan? I think we all view a minute as a negligible amount of time. Phrases like "Wait just a minute." or "It will only take a minute." are commonplace in our language.

In fact, if someone were to see you reading this blog, rather than doing something, say looking for a new job, they might ask you if you planned to read blogs all day. (Well, if they were a jerk they could.) Of course, the most common answer would be, "I'm going to do that in a minute. Right now I have to read this really, really excellent blog post. At least that's what I'd like to assume.

The other day, I was thinking about how funny a minute is. Depending on how you look at it, it can be a very short span of time or a really long one. For example, if I said that I was going to start working in a minute or I am going to run into the store for a minute, it can be a very long period of time. But, if I were taking a test or playing Perfection, a minute isn't nearly enough time to get things correct.

I did some research and I was reminded of Murphy's Law regarding that 60 second time frame. It goes like this - The length of a minute depends on which side of the bathroom door you are on.

I couldn't have said it better myself!

Still, it made me wonder - how much stuff gets accomplished everyday in just a short minute?

While I was looking for the answer, I found this great infographic about the average internet minute. I thought it was fascinating and I couldn't wait to share it with you. If you have always wondered what you can do in under 60 seconds, take a look at this:

Were you surprised by any of these facts? Which ones? Please share your thoughts in the comments.

By Melissa Kennedy- Melissa is a 9 year blog veteran and a freelance writer for HealthcareJobsiteBlog and Beyond.com.. Along with helping others find the job of their dreams, she enjoys computer geekery, raising a teenager, supporting her local library, writing about herself in the third person and working on her next novel.

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