uld do was to listen to the news or read the financial section of the newspaper. The media needs to sensationalize their material to make you want to read it. He said he is forever calming investors' nerves because they read in the paper about impending stock market crashe"There are no jobs in (fill in your city's name)." Its not what you know but whom you know that gets you a job in (same city's name)."

How often have you heard those statements? Are they true? They are if you believe them. You will not find a shortage of people willing to spread that negative message. Before you buy into the alleged truth, consider the sources. Typically, those that utter these discouraging facts are either members of the press or people who personally have difficulty finding employment. I would be willing to bet that those same people would find it difficult anywhere.

Lets take a look at the media. It shouldn't come as a surprise that negative news sells better than happy news. You'll notice that news programs seldom use a warm fuzzy feel good story to lure you back after a commercial. It's not sensational enough and it won't generate good ratings. They're not going to stand up to a show like the Jerry Springer variety that draws viewers like flies to a carcass.

A financial advisor friend of mine complained that the worst thing an investor could do was to listen to the news or read the financial section of the newspaper. The media needs to sensationalize their material to make you want to read it. He said he is forever calming investors' nerves because they read in the paper about impending stock market crashes

ng to spread that negative message. Before you buy into the alleged truth, consider the sources. Typically, those that utter these discouraging facts are either members of the press or people who personally have difficulty finding employment. I would be willing to bet that those same people would find it difficult anywhere.

Lets take a look at the media. It shouldn't come as a surprise that negative news sells better than happy news. You'll notice that news programs seldom use a warm fuzzy feel good story to lure you back after a commercial. It's not sensational enough and it won't generate good ratings. They're not going to stand up to a show like the Jerry Springer variety that draws viewers like flies to a carcass.

A financial advisor friend of mine complained that the worst thing an investor could do was to listen to the news or read the financial section of the newspaper. The media needs to sensationalize their material to make you want to read it. He said he is forever calming investors' nerves because they read in the paper about impending stock market crashe

those same people would find it difficult anywhere.

Lets take a look at the media. It shouldn't come as a surprise that negative news sells better than happy news. You'll notice that news programs seldom use a warm fuzzy feel good story to lure you back after a commercial. It's not sensational enough and it won't generate good ratings. They're not going to stand up to a show like the Jerry Springer variety that draws viewers like flies to a carcass.

A financial advisor friend of mine complained that the worst thing an investor could do was to listen to the news or read the financial section of the newspaper. The media needs to sensationalize their material to make you want to read it. He said he is forever calming investors' nerves because they read in the paper about impending stock market crashe

rcial. It's not sensational enough and it won't generate good ratings. They're not going to stand up to a show like the Jerry Springer variety that draws viewers like flies to a carcass.

A financial advisor friend of mine complained that the worst thing an investor could do was to listen to the news or read the financial section of the newspaper. The media needs to sensationalize their material to make you want to read it. He said he is forever calming investors' nerves because they read in the paper about impending stock market crashe

uld do was to listen to the news or read the financial section of the newspaper. The media needs to sensationalize their material to make you want to read it. He said he is forever calming investors' nerves because they read in the paper about impending stock market crashes or explosive growth opportunities. What the media was really saying was that the market was either going up or down. Then he likened it to an elevator. Would you get on an elevator if your only choices on the buttons were Soar or Plummet?

A colleague of mine was frustrated after reading a headline in the paper proclaiming that youth unemployment was alarmingly high. He said that, statistically, the numbers have never changed by more than 1% over the last thirty years. The media doesn't use that information because who would be enticed to read it?

As for those that say there aren't any jobs here, or you need to be connected to someone, or it will be a hopeless situation, let me introduce you to an old maxim, "You will find what you are looking for." I had a client come to me for help with her resume. She told me, "People were right. Its not what you know but who you know in this city that gets you a job." I replied, "Oh, okay." I asked her about her husband and grown son who had also just moved into the city with her. She said, "Oh they are both working. They found