Dave Volek's Income Protection

My concept on how to insure for income disruption in life:

https://davevolekinventions.org/dvip/

#tiereddemocraticgovernance
#disability #unemployment #pension

My least hopeless job market has proved to be museums. They have however repeatedly complained that I have no formal museum training, only decades of hands-on experience in the stores.

I had an idea. Maybe I should ask the Employment Office to fund an academic year for me at museum curator school.

#museums #unemployment

This is a screenshot from #Indeed, a popular platform for advertising and applying for jobs in the UK.

What job do you think might need all those skills? What are the contractual terms? And what is the rate of pay?

Please reply with your guesses ...

#SkillsShortage #Unemployment #Jobs #Work

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/04/07/openai-robot-taxes-wealth-fund-ai-policy-blueprint-xcxwbn/

OpenAI Pushes Robot Taxes, Public Wealth Fund Ahead of IPO

#AI #OpenAI #AIRegulation #Taxes #Policy #Unemployment

Ran the numbers for my first 13 months of jobseeking. Every time I apply for a job, there is a 6% chance that I get an interview. The chance that I get a job is 0%.

But the data has some clear patterning. If the job is at a museum, I get an interview in 29% of the cases, but here too a job in 0% of cases.

#unemployment #archaeology

#usa #israel #iran #lebanon philippines : #war / #migrantworkers / #unemployment / #refund / #gulfstates

„More than 40,000 Filipinos who were set to leave for jobs in Israel, Lebanon and Gulf countries are unable to depart due to the war, as limited flight availability has disrupted worker #deployment to the region, the Philippine Daily Star reported.“

https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/report-40000-filipinos-unable-take-middle-east-jobs-amid-war

#israel #palestine : #war / #genocide / #truce / #devastation / #economiccrisis / #unemployment / #dailylife / #survival / #freedomofmovement

„According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of #Statistics, unemployment in the Gaza Strip has increased to 80%. The local gross domestic product (#GDP) has plunged by 87% over the past 2 years to a mere $362m, with GDP per capita down to $161.

Economists says that’s effectively erased 22 years of development (…).“

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/4/6/jobless-young-palestinians-trapped-as-israel-holds-gazas-economy-hostage?traffic_source=rss