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The March job picture looked better than expected. The U.S. economy added 216,000 positions, making unemployment dip down to 8.8%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. With 13 months of slow but steady job growth, some experts believe that we've turned a corner. Employment placement giant...

If 2010 was the year of joblessness, 2011 may become the year that that joblessness became intractable. Recently released Department of Labor stats paint a grim picture for the long-term unemployed. In a nutshell: Those out of work for five weeks have a monthly re-employment rate of 31%. For those...

Fellow WalletPop blogger Lita Epstein's new book Surviving a Layoff could not be better timed, as our national unemployment rate climbs and our personal wealth evaporates. For a comprehensive and practical blueprint to guide the newly unemployed, this book can't be beat. I speak from experience,...