New best tagline ever: “You’ve got to hustle life before life hustles you.”

Although the “odd jobs” thing is decidedly twenty-something, I really like how some people are using career crises to rethink what they’re doing overall. Obviously, layoffs and unemployment are never really a great thing for anyone. Hopefully, some of the affected people will come out of this with a better path overall.

Fake employees, corporate seat-fillers, are reportedly being paid by New York advertising agencies to dress and act like they work in firms so prospective clients visiting the offices will be instilled with confidence.

Sound crazy? Not to Jeremy Redleaf, the 24-year-old founder of Odd Job Nation, a Web site scheduled to officially launch today.

“Seriously! I have friends who do this,” Redleaf says, before rattling off some of the other “exclusive odd jobs” he’s compiling. “We want to be the resource for the new growing army of part-time opportunists … You’ve got to hustle life before life hustles you.”

Assuming your Internet access hasn’t gone the way of your 401(k) savings, the Web is now rich with sites and blogs that offer information, support, survival tips and even comic relief to those who are feeling the financial pinch.

via Online relief for the recession-weary – CNN.com.

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