So, You want to work from home?

Do you have what it takes to work from home?

Job Search Log is looking for a few work at home volunteers to contribute approximately 5 hours a week. We are hoping to increase the number of sites that link to our free web application and invite new members to our community. My goal over the next few months is to be linked from unemployment department, veteran’s affairs and social service departments around the world.

Why are these positions unpaid? For a couple of good reasons. First, I am interested in working with people who have the desire to do this type of work but have never been given the opportunity due to a lack of experience. By doing it in this way, I can provide the opportunity to more people. The last reason is that there is no money to pay someone. Job Search Log is not an income generating venture. I am hoping to help some people, gain some experience and not lose money in the process.

I am seeking interns in one of more of these job types:

• Research
• Marketing
• Web Application Usability Testing

Yes, these positions are unpaid but they offer some benefits well worth your time:

• Require only a small time commitment
• You will learn skills directly applicable in today’s job market.
• This internship will also be good experience for your resume and I will respond promptly to employers if you use JSL as a reference.
• You may find a job for yourself. After all, this is a web site to help people find work and to organize their job search activities.
• Did I say it was working from home?

If you are interested, please send me an email at info@jobsearchlog.com.
I hope we can work together to help you gain some useful experience at the same time we are helping others find a new or better job.

Here are some other links you may be interested in:

http://jobsearch.about.com

http://job-hunt.org

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Out of Work? Got Kids?

One of my biggest concerns when I first became unemployed was losing health care for my kids. Luckily they were very healthy but that worry loomed over my head the entire time I was searching.
I was too proud to apply for the assistance programs I was eligible for until the situation became pretty desperate. Even with them being healthy we still racked up some medical bills that we had no way to pay for on six months of unemployment. From personal experience, I recommend that you apply for the benefits you qualify for. That is what you paid taxes for.

Insure Kids Now! is a national campaign to link the nation’s 10 million uninsured children–from birth to age 18–to free and low-cost health insurance. Many families simply don’t know their children are eligible.

Each state has a different name for the program and I had a hard time finding a central clearinghouse for all the states so I am including links to the program for each state. I will also be including a link to the state pages as part of the Job Search Log Jumpstart which helps JSL users kick start their job searching.

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
DC
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

I apologize in advance if some of the information is incorrect. Send me a comment from the Job Search Log app and I will correct any errors.

Alberto. Dude, You need a new job!

Has there ever been a guy who needed a new job more than this guy. You know when you open your fridge and something smells really bad. Our beleaguered Attorney General has definitely stayed past his expiration date.

Job Search Log wants to help our guy out. We will establish a profile for Mr. Gonzalez at http://jobsearchlog.com where he can track the jobs that he could apply for. Gonzo can even send customized cover letters to the jobs on his list created using our Cover Letter Wizard to create the “mail merged” templates. We will do our level best to help give our favorite AG A.G. a jumpstart on his job search as Congress tries to give him a drop kick out of the Justice Department.

You can help our pal Al in his quest to land on his feet. Use the JSL Bookmarklet to pass along potential jobs to Mr. Coulda Been A. Justice. Here’s how you do it.
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tags=%s’+’&ad=’+escape(Qr);
Copy the green colored text to your Browser Address Bar or save it as a favorite. This link is a piece of javascript code called a bookmarklet. This is code designed to be run directly from the address bar of your internet browser to perform a task. When you find the perfect job for the big A, select the text describing the job and click the Job Search Log bookmark you just created. A new Ad entry will be created in Job Search Log with the text from the Ad and the URL of the job. You won’t even leave the page you are currently viewing.

Job Search Log is free to use for everybody. You don’t even need to have a law degree from Pat Robertson U to use our pages. You can set up your free profile by visiting us at http://jobsearchlog.com. If you mention that you are a friend of Al, you can even get a Jumpstart on your job search without the requisite years of butt kissing necessary to get a job in government.