It is especially hard on the boomer generation as this article details because employers are less likely to hire older workers than they are younger workers. Many older workers are now out of work, near or at retirement age, and they haven’t bothered to save any money. To all you baby boomers that never saved anything…..that was pretty stupid of you wasn’t it?

One of the places you can always find work is on the Internet. However, you have to know how to type and you have to learn how to log on before you can do anything meaningful on it. The older you are though, it seems the less likely you are to embrace new technology. While that is not a hard and fast rule, it does appear that older people are much slower to use things like cell phones, iPods, and the Internet. That is, if they ever get around to using them at all.

So, we now have a generation of people that comprises a huge segment of our population who are going to be relying on everyone else as they have not adequately prepared. They are finding themselves in debt, out of work, and stupidly thinking they can rely on Social Security to get them through to the end. It just isn’t going to happen and now their problem is our problem.

Many of them could actually use the Internet to make money at home and at least bring in some sort of a second income. That is if they knew how the Internet works. Too many of them have failed to adapt to the new technology and now find themselves with little hope of catching up. From the ones I have talked to, they don’t even want to catch up either. This may be a misrepresentation of the baby boomers but I think enough of them are lagging behind that it is a problem.

Many of them can use the job search websites but that isn’t too productive for them right now as the jobs just aren’t out there. They need to be able to be creative and make their own jobs online. That is easier said than done but it is darn near impossible if you hate the Internet and don’t want to learn about it. At this rate, the baby boomer generation is not only going to be left behind but it is going to drag us down with it.

Think then, what it would be like to be in this job environment and be a felon, ex felon, convicted felon, or anyone who has had trouble with the law. Things like that can follow you around for the rest of your life and right now it has to be darn near impossible to get a job with that on your resume. It is a buyer’s market for employers right now and they have the luxury of choosing only the very best and most qualified to hire.

This has got to be one of the most difficult times in our nations history to find jobs for felons. Employers are seeing that for every job they have, there are many applicants to choose from. How then, can someone with a felony on their record compete?

As I see it, the best job opportunities for any person with a black mark or a felony on their record revolve around creating their own job. This means going out an finding a need and filling it and the best place to do that in 2010 is clearly the Internet. Online, you can do business and be 100% anonymous and never fear being rejected by an employer for your past transgressions. The Internet is a great equalizer as all people can compete no matter where they live or who they are.

There are many ways to make money from home via the Internet and the more skills and ideas you have, the better your chances. If you can draw you might be able to make money as a graphic designer online. If you can write you can make money by doing freelance writing for people online. If you have technical knowledge and understand (or can learn) how to design websites you might be able to make money doing that for people. Even now in 2010, many small businesses don’t have a web presence because they don’t know how to get online. People all over the world make good money by putting up websites for people and companies.

While there might not be many job opportunities for felons in the traditional working world, the Internet is there for everyone. Nobody is going to ask you who you are or where you have been. If you have the desire to work and some ability to go along with it, anyone can learn how to make money from home. It won’t be easy but it can be done. It is entirely possible to make a job seemingly out of thin air right on the Internet and right now in this economy, it might be your best option.

The economy is probably worse than it was last year, no matter what President Obama says. Unemployment is NOT going down and businesses are continuing to lay people off. Students and teens are the ones with the least work experience and so it is they that will find the job search the most difficult.

The jobs that most students will want this summer are of the part time variety. For that, SnagAJob.com is the best place to go online because they specialize in hourly and part time jobs. If you can get a job right now while school is still in session, you might be able to keep that job throughout the summer.

Younger teens are the ones that are really suffering in this economic downturn. Last year many teenagers and students were unable to find any job at all. This will be the second straight year that the job search will be a challenge for them. Employers always want to see some job experience and if you can’t ever get that first job, how are you supposed to get job experience? It is sort of a catch 22 for many young people trying to get their first jobs.

The best way to find student summer jobs is to think of where you would like to work and then ask whether they have or will have any openings. Right now, in order to get a job you need to be brave enough to go into businesses and ask about jobs knowing you will probably get turned down. If you are able to deal with rejection and know that it is probably coming, it will allow you to not get too discouraged and keep going.

Those students who are ultimately successful in finding work will be the ones who kept inquiring  about jobs and put themselves out there over and over. You should tell everyone you know that you are looking for a summer job and the more contacts you make, the better chance you will have. If you have a resume you should hand that out so that employers will have a better chance of remembering you. You might even have simple business cards printed up with your name and telephone on them to hand out to prospective employers. It is a simple fact that the harder you work and the more effort you make to get a job, the more likely you will be successful.

There are many ways to make money but getting a job is by far the best way for your future. Student jobs are something you can put on your resume that will help you get better and higher paying jobs in the future when you get older. Just because you have heard that work is hard to find doesn’t mean you should give up and never try. If you do work hard to network and land a job, you will get a special sense of satisfaction that you overcame adversity and it will give you confidence in your future job searches. Good luck!