New Help For The Unemployed and Underemployed

We are encouraged lately to see creative work being done to help show unemployed and underemployed people how to get work of one kind or another.

With the vast majority of Baby Boomers wresting with fickle employers, shriveling retirement plans (IRAs, 401(k)s) and uncertain job prospects over the coming months many disgruntled workers are looking at taking charge of their future by putting their job skills on the global market.

"If you are just working or doing business in the United States or Canada you may be missing out on 30% to 70% of your earning power," says Dr. Debi Yohn, co-founder of Barefoot Consultants, a firm that helps Baby Boomers tap into their global earning potential.

Barefoot Consultants is sponsoring a worldwide survey to answer questions Baby Boomers have about how they can go about putting their skills into the global economy and tap their worldwide earning power.

The survey will look at all facets of the problems and concerns facing the Baby Boomer from marshalling their skill set, getting credit for their experience, finding global opportunities, presenting themselves for work and a number of other burning questions on Baby Boomers' minds.

People who are looking to income their earning power and reduce their dependence on the U.S. or Canadian economy can participate in the survey by going to: www.GlobalEarningSurvey.com.

"By taking charge of their earning power, rather than waiting for governments, financial institutions and employers to 'right themselves,' the baby boomer generation now has the power and access to put their skills and abilities on the global market regardless of where they live or work now," according to Winton Churchill, co-founder of Barefoot Consultants.

Confusion about how to make that transition has prompted this survey. The answers will help Baby boomers benefit from Dr. Yohn's and Winton Churchill's expert advice.

"Sad to say, I see so many situations where a qualified, employable boomer can't find work because of where they are located. By teaching our clients a few simple skills they are often able to tap into global networks of opportunity they never knew existed and do work that is interesting to them," says Dr. Yohn.

Once responses to Barefoot Consultants' survey have been tabulated from around the world, the results and insights will be published as a free resource to help baby boomers smooth their path to a global income that affords them more independence and control over their career.

Dr. Yohn encourages any baby boomer to take the "Earning Globally" survey. Respondents will be added to a special notification list alerting them when survey results are published.

They will also be invited to a live, interactive phone call where they can hear the answers to these burning questions.

To submit answers to the question, "If you could ask us any question about putting your Baby Boomer career and life skills on the global market, what would that be?" and register for the free live conference call, visit http://www.GlobalEarningSurvey.com.

The other opportunity we have seen is for freelance writers. With such newspapers as the Chicago Tribune and Seattle PI talking about bankruptcy or closing, and glossy magazines tightening their belts, writers who used to be making a good living by selling their feature articles are having to find new sources of income. We found one very interesting one recently.

Pro Blog Source is a new website that helps people make money blogging. Evidently it's pretty easy to make a few bucks a day with a blog, and if you have a dozen or more blogs making a few bucks a day, that adds up to enough income to put gas in the car and chicken in the pot. Trouble is, most writers (or anybody for that matter) are only familiar with one or two areas and don't have the expertise (or the spare time) to write about 15 or 20 areas of interest. That's where Pro Blog Source comes in. They give their subscribers 250 pre-written blog posts a month, divided among 10 different niche categories. So in two months you could have 20 blogs up and running.

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