While some talk about a market-bottom, further job losses in corporate North America are indeed possible. On an individual basis, they consist of three stages: Grief, recovery and lessons-learned. In Alberta, along with more traditional job markets, niche economies–like tailors and beekeeper– are faring well. Coddled and nurtured as children, recently graduated twenty-somethings are getting a hard does of the "real world."

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Part method actors and part secret shoppers, Toronto's municipal officials are seeking people to work as homeless decoys for one night only. Successful candidates will assist in quality assurance of the city's needs assessment and headcount of people living on the streets, taking place on April 15. Participants will receive a $100-dollar pre-paid credit card.

"Gotta get paid!" exclaims Mookie, the pizza delivery boy in Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing. Taking a dead-end job isn't the end of the world, as long as it still allows you to seek your next golden opportunity. In fact keeping a steady income is a sound strategy. Instead of the usual suspects, this article offers some lesser-known, recession-proof opportunities.

The New York Reality TV School has a classroom as diverse as a New York subway car–but with TV-grandeur delusions. The 3 ^1/2 hour course costs just $300 and has churned out would-be reality TV contestants for the ever-growing number of shows. After all, people will do anything to get on TV.