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The classic graduation gifts are perfect for someone headed for an artist's colony or off on a vacation. But with half of recent college grads unemployed, the best gifts are ones that will help put them on the fast track to a job. Here are five smart options.

Rhonda, a 57-year-old Californian, was laid off in September after 37 years with a medical laboratory company. Now she needs to dust off those rusty job hunting skills, and figure out her financial next steps too. DailyFinance's Laura Rowley brought in a couple of experts to guide her.

In this week's "Your Job Will Come" podcast, Aaron Crowe talks with Wendy Enelow about how to turn military experience into a civilian job. Enelow is the co-author of the second edition of Expert Resumes for Military-to-Civilian Transitions. Former military members have many skills that transfer...

For the 13.7 million unemployed people in the United States, their resumes stand only a five-second glance by employers.Considering all of the work that goes into putting a resume together, those estimated five seconds hardly seems fair, nor nearly long enough for an employer to get an idea of your...

For years, I didn't have a resume. I figured I didn't need one. I work for myself, out of my home, writing mostly magazine articles. Every so often, however, I've lived vicariously through one of my best friends, who moves to a new job every three or four years on average. He would spend hours,...