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It's no secret that in a recession the availability of jobs suffers. Actually, it should be pretty freakin obvious. Especially since we mention it on the Roundup oh, every other day. The economy continues to collapse, jobs are drying up and layoffs continue. We've lost 4.4 million jobs since December of '07 and 2.9 million people have been unemployed for more than six months. Things are bad.

So, what are you going to do ... cry about it? If you want to success you are going to have to make some sacrifices and take a stand. I came across a LA Times story (via Romenesko) about Lois Draegin, a 55 year old former managing editor for TV Guide who is currently interning for women's website wowOwow.com. "Draegin took the internship at WOW as a creative way to fill out her resume while waiting out a collision of bad events that has stalled her career: She is in a media industry that was in a free-fall even before the recession took hold."

There is obviously a little more to the story than simply a down-on-her-luck editor being forced to fetch coffee. Draegin is writing articles and participating as fully as any of the other employees at WOW. What really strikes me about the story, however, is her ability to recognize a gap in her learning (writing for a web-targeted audience) and instead of bemoaning her current crisis, or using the excuse that she is too old to learn, she took the step to fill that gap with a sustainable internship. I think this is a lesson that any job seeker out there would be prudent to take note of.

If the job hunt has got you down, keep your head up and turn to The Links ...

Brazen Careerist Nischa Chittal is Fed Up: With all the "doom-mongering." Furthering my above point, Nischa argues that instead of writing about and complaining about the current situation, keep a positive attitude and do what you need to do to set yourself apart. "Choose action over talk. Double your job hunt efforts. Network harder. Try your parents’ companies. Try nontraditional career paths. Work abroad. Temp for a while. Try a whole new industry. Scrap your well-laid plans, since the economy doesn’t care about your plans — but refuse to abandon your dreams."

Forbes Suggests: How to set yourself above the masses on online job sites. The article reports that you are typically competing against 300-500 applicants for each position and suggests a number of ways to standout. Most importantly, according to the piece, is to take a disciplined approach to the hunt.

College Finance 101 Suggests: The easiest ways to save money. Hey, in this market it may take a while to find a job you want ... so you'll need to find a way to stretch every dollar as far as it will go. College Finance 101 talked to some students to get the best recommendations on how to do that.

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