career change

Whether it was a fresh startup or a fresh start, fewer Americans seemed willing to take career risks last year, according to a new report by Challenger, Gray & Christmas. The percentage of job-seekers starting their own businesses or relocating for new positions fell to historic lows in 2010.

The jobs picture isn't getting better, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The private sector only added 71,000 new jobs in July but the overall economy lost 131,000, thanks to the loss of Census positions. Unemployment remains at 9.5%. Despite these less than stellar numbers, some...

A week doesn't seem to go by without my getting an e-mail like this: "I've sent out a million resumes for jobs I'm overqualified for, paying money that will barely cover my dog food bills and I don't get a nibble. Clearly I'm meant to be doing something else, but what?" Perhaps we all need to...

News about the economy remains mixed. Unemployment went up to 9.9% in April but employers added 290,000 jobs. Job postings in health care dipped by 5% between April 2009 and April 2010 but increased in the 11 other industries that job search engine Indeed.com tracks, including education. Welcome...

With employers shedding a surprising 85,000 jobs in December, experts fear many will be looking for work for years to come. For some, the answer may be to take a detour and switch careers. But before you make a move, do your research and consider what makes a good fit for you, recommends career...

Even before the recession started, Michigan was shedding jobs. It remains one of the hardest hit states, with the unemployment rate clocking in at 15.4%. Officials in Detroit, the state's largest city, believe their city's rate is as high as 50%. As the automobile industry reinvents itself, former...

Do you want to make a career change but don't know how? Listen to Aaron Crowe, WalletPop editor specializing in careers and the job search, and Libby Gill, author of "You UnStuck: Mastering the New Rules of Risk-Taking at Work and Life" (Travelers' Tales/Solas House), talk about the first steps to...

I first learned about What's Next? in 2006 when it offered me what I thought at the time would be my next job. I was working as an editor at a national men's magazine and, having survived several regime changes that had put all but a handful of my peers out on the street, I liked the symmetry of...

Michael Precker admits he had a dream job while working as a reporter -- covering a war in Lebanon, interviewing interesting people and writing for one of the best newspapers in the country. In the summer of 2006 he could see that dream job about to slip away as the Dallas Morning News announced a...