Job hunting? I have an idea

If you want a new job in the New Year, well, the New Year is here. Plus, 7 other things worth a click.

New Year's Day was last Wednesday, but I think today is the first, real, consensus workday of the decade.

If you're job-hunting, it's also Day 1 of the busy season.

Do you know how many Americans are looking for new jobs? Even with nearly full employment?

It's astounding: 70 percent. Or maybe 71 percent. At least half.

Estimates vary, but it's a big number, whatever it is.

Lord knows, I've been there. Maybe you have, too. It can be a stressful, lonely, disheartening experience. And, that gives me an idea.

A change in the New Year

Last month, I poured a glass of red wine, sat in front of my computer, and wrote an edition of Understandably on the dignity of work.

We won't rehash the whole thing, but it was about Churchill and Gorbachev and Truman (etc.), and how many highly successful people have struggled big-time with money and careers, even at the peak of their success. It got a bit emotional.

Afterward, I heard from quite a lot of readers. Some were between jobs. Some others had jobs, bu…