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From the author of the books "Nickel and Dimed" and "Bait And Switch: The Futile Pursuit Of The American Dream."
"I think there is an industry that is somewhat predatory toward the unemployed, especially the white-collar unemployed, who likely have somewhat more assets that than blue-collar unemployed. It's the career coaches and all kinds of other things.
Once you start posting your resume on places like Monster.com, all this stuff comes into your inbox saying "We're an executive search firm. We can help you!" Some of those places are going to want thousands of dollars, and they might give you a desk and phone service for a while, but it is more money than you have.
Career coaches want about $400 an hour to pump you up and help you perfect your resume and things like that. So, yeah, they're ready to pounce on you. I explored that world for my book Bait and Switch and currently advise people to think twice about how you spend any money that you have. This is probably not all that useful at all. Like the career coach who extensively analyzed my personality. They all want to analyze your personality. "
Never thought about it this way b4, but yeah it makes sense. you cant scheme much $ off laid off blue collar workers because they dont have $. you might make a few $ with paycheck advances, and sky high credit card interest rates, but it's like squeeze blood from stone.
Now for white collar workers who have been laid off, they have $. Avg for a worker with a bachelors is ~$50k. But they're also smarter. You gota come up w/something better.
Can you think of other Predatory stuff towards unemployed white collar workers?
From the author of the books "Nickel and Dimed" and "Bait And Switch: The Futile Pursuit Of The American Dream."
"I think there is an industry that is somewhat predatory toward the unemployed, especially the white-collar unemployed, who likely have somewhat more assets that than blue-collar unemployed. It's the career coaches and all kinds of other things.
Once you start posting your resume on places like Monster.com, all this stuff comes into your inbox saying "We're an executive search firm. We can help you!" Some of those places are going to want thousands of dollars, and they might give you a desk and phone service for a while, but it is more money than you have.
Career coaches want about $400 an hour to pump you up and help you perfect your resume and things like that. So, yeah, they're ready to pounce on you. I explored that world for my book Bait and Switch and currently advise people to think twice about how you spend any money that you have. This is probably not all that useful at all. Like the career coach who extensively analyzed my personality. They all want to analyze your personality. "
Never thought about it this way b4, but yeah it makes sense. you cant scheme much $ off laid off blue collar workers because they dont have $. you might make a few $ with paycheck advances, and sky high credit card interest rates, but it's like squeeze blood from stone.
Now for white collar workers who have been laid off, they have $. Avg for a worker with a bachelors is ~$50k. But they're also smarter. You gota come up w/something better.
Can you think of other Predatory stuff towards unemployed white collar workers?
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