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Personal finance from around the Web:

  • Unemployed? Consider working for Uncle Sam. The federal government will add more than 190,000 jobs to its payroll over the next few years. [Wise Bread]
  • A trip to the slums of India taught a rich, privileged New York teen how to change her spoiled ways. Read her account of the trip as well as her mother's version. [New York Post]
  • Adults need playtime, too. A nonprofit CEO claims that companies would be more productive if they provided a "recess" for employees. [The Huffington Post]

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