Four Brainless Self-Promotion Techniques To Avoid

Many workers think that their hard work will speak for itself. They quietly do their job and stay late at the office hoping that their boss will notice their efforts. However, when a job promotion or pay raise goes to someone else, many employees retreat into a corner, wondering what happened. Many don’t realize that talking about your accomplishments in a confident way is the best way to get ahead in your career. Promoting yourself at work doesn’t need to Read More

Life in a Hooverville – The Daily Struggle to Survive!

Unemployment rates were horrible during the Great Depression. They actually reached 25%! That meant that a lot of people had no way to earn a living. Soon they couldn’t afford a place to live, and they found themselves homeless. They had to find some kind of shelter. There weren’t enough homeless shelters or other accommodations, so most of the workers had nowhere to go. So they banded together and built shantytowns. These shantytowns were called Hoovervilles after the US president Read More