Comments on: “Fired” author Annabelle Gurwitch’s Open Letter to Barbara Ehrenreich http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/03/16/fired-author-annabelle-gurwitchs-open-letter-to-barbara-ehrenreich/ Issues that matter and resources for white collar workers of any profession or employment status. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:45:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Kare Anderson http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/03/16/fired-author-annabelle-gurwitchs-open-letter-to-barbara-ehrenreich/#comment-5663 Kare Anderson Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:47:11 +0000 http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/03/16/fired-author-annabelle-gurwitchs-open-letter-to-barbara-ehrenreich/#comment-5663 As fired professionals regain ground with fresh employment I hope they will remember the tremors of anxiety and uncertainty and consider how they can ensure that people far lower on the economic rung can get more regular, fairly paid work. I'm talking about the poorest of workers in the U.S. (house cleaners, gardeners, etc.) - people you now may be able to hire. Take a look at LaborFair.com - an an online referral community of reliable, quality workers for on-demand household labor. Consumers get free, real-time access to hundreds of local worker profiles, pictures, and professional references and consumers connect directly with already available, qualified but underemployed workers. Better than Craig’s List for this kind of work, think of LaborFair as an eBay for household services with fair trade built into the business As fired professionals regain ground with fresh employment I hope they will remember the tremors of anxiety and uncertainty and consider how they can ensure that people far lower on the economic rung can get more regular, fairly paid work.

I’m talking about the poorest of workers in the U.S. (house cleaners, gardeners, etc.) - people you now may be able to hire.

Take a look at LaborFair.com - an an online referral community of reliable, quality workers for on-demand household labor. Consumers get free, real-time access to hundreds of local worker profiles, pictures, and professional references and consumers connect directly with already available, qualified but underemployed workers.

Better than Craig’s List for this kind of work, think of LaborFair as an eBay for household services with fair trade built into the business

]]> By: Lyle Lachmuth - The Unsticking Coach http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/03/16/fired-author-annabelle-gurwitchs-open-letter-to-barbara-ehrenreich/#comment-5435 Lyle Lachmuth - The Unsticking Coach Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:03:01 +0000 http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/03/16/fired-author-annabelle-gurwitchs-open-letter-to-barbara-ehrenreich/#comment-5435 As a career and life coach, I work with many 40+ men and women to discover new careers. Seems to me that a lot of us Baby Boomers, need to look at creating careers where WE are the CEO -- and janitor. ;-) Working for the man isn't working, any more! Lyle As a career and life coach, I work with many 40+ men and women to discover new careers.

Seems to me that a lot of us Baby Boomers, need to look at creating careers where WE are the CEO — and janitor. ;-)

Working for the man isn’t working, any more!

Lyle

]]> By: TMP http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/03/16/fired-author-annabelle-gurwitchs-open-letter-to-barbara-ehrenreich/#comment-5048 TMP Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:56:01 +0000 http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/03/16/fired-author-annabelle-gurwitchs-open-letter-to-barbara-ehrenreich/#comment-5048 Nearly 30 years ago I was fired from my waitress job at Howard Johnson's because I didn't smile enough to fit the image of a "Johnson girl." While it's good to know some people are able to successfuly revent themselves for many of us, me included, everything we try post-layoff turns into nothing. Many new careers come with little income and no benefits. And, as we age, it's harder and harder to get a company to consider us for any job except cashier or greeter. Not what I had in mind when I worked my way through college and grad school and then worked 50-60 hour weeks for companies that toss me away like a used ink cartridge. Nearly 30 years ago I was fired from my waitress job at Howard Johnson’s because I didn’t smile enough to fit the image of a “Johnson girl.”

While it’s good to know some people are able to successfuly revent themselves for many of us, me included, everything we try post-layoff turns into nothing.

Many new careers come with little income and no benefits. And, as we age, it’s harder and harder to get a company to consider us for any job except cashier or greeter. Not what I had in mind when I worked my way through college and grad school and then worked 50-60 hour weeks for companies that toss me away like a used ink cartridge.

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