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Unemployment among recent college grads is at 9.3% -- but not for every major. The good news is, you can follow your skills and passions and still find a job. The highest-unemployment majors are often related to options that use the same skills, but offer much better odds of a job.
Job satisfaction may be at a record low, but you're probably not going to quit in this economy, right? Where would you go? What would you do?
Denise Medved says figure it out. Tap into your passions. Find a way to make a living doing what you love to do. "If the recession's taught us anything,...
After a candid, insightful phone conversation -- during which he offered plenty of ideas and suggestions about whom to meet -- a local businessman signed off by saying, "Let's definitely keep in touch."
"I will," I assured him, thanking him again for his time.
"I'm serious," he said. "Will you...
If you keep good records, deductions can be a great way to reduce your taxable income. Increasing your allowable deductions means the less tax you owe and the more money you get to keep.
To maximize your deductions, it's a good idea to familiarize yourself with tax rules -- there are likely many...
One thing I've run into again and again in job interviews is being asked for my feedback on the employer's Web site and how to make it better.
I usually offer a few ideas and offer some ways to improve it, but don't go into an exhaustive overview. After all, I'm not working for the company and...
Tired of getting nowhere in sales at a cemetery and essentially unemployed, Gail Neal decided to expand her job search.
Neal, who lives in Detroit, Mich., where 15.1% unemployment makes it one of the most difficult places in the country to find a job, was working for commission at a cemetery...
When the holidays roll around, your first instinct is to take a break from the job search. After all, everyone's thinking about family gatherings, vacations, parties and gift shopping.
But Aaron Crowe, WalletPop editor specializing in careers and the job search, and Duncan Mathison, coauthor of...
Job market crowded with 6 people looking for every available job
1:30PM 10/12/2009
According to data from the Labor Department, the U.S. job market is tougher than ever. USA Today reports the results of new research which shows that there are 6.3 people looking for every single job available in the country.
This is in sharp contrast to the 1.2 people looking per job in 2001,...
In the "Your Job Will Come" podcast, WalletPop writers Aaron Crowe and Jennie Phipps discuss where to find jobs in the United States.They discuss where the best job prospects are in terms of job vacancies versus unemployed looking for work, along with cities where more job openings are happening....
Like a guy looking for a date who goes where the most women are to increase his chances, so goes the search for a job.
Go where the most jobs are and the least number of applicants, and you're more likely to find a job.
Narrowing the job search is easier with Indeed.com's Job Market Competition...
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