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Tweet It is possible to change careers. You may be afraid of making the switch but don’t be because it is doable. Even if you have spent many years training or working in one specific field, there are possibilities for you to make a professional career change. Information Technology If you have been working in [...]

Tweet The Reuters news service recently ran a feature story on the growing demand for compliance, risk, and legal officers, professionals whose job it is to make sure that banks and other financial institutions are operating legally and safely. As the Reuters story says, these jobs used to be considered some of the least-glamorous jobs [...]

Tweet It’s true that unemployment is falling in many states. But that doesn’t mean that you still don’t need job search advice. You still need to know how to find a job today if you’re going to attract the attention of managers at the companies at which you most want to work. Yes, the unemployment [...]

Tweet It’s a chilling thought for anyone in need of help finding a job: If Congress fails to once again support federal unemployment programs, more than 2 million U.S. residents who are out of work will stop receiving their unemployment checks on Dec. 28. This, of course, is one of the possible repercussions of the [...]

Tweet You’re trying to make a professional career change. You’re haunting the online job boards, attending chamber of commerce meetings, and scheduling lunch meetings with former co-workers and bosses. The last thing on your mind is your future retirement. But new studies suggest that it should be. And if you want your retirement to be [...]

Tweet You’re struggling to find a new job today. And you’re desperate for job search advice. But don’t make the mistake of asking the wrong people for this advice. It takes vastly different skills to find a job today than it did even four years ago. If you ask for job search advice from someone [...]

Tweet Here’s what a lot of job hunters today are asking: “Can Craigslist really help me get a job?” Fortunately, writer Eric Auld for lifehacker, attempted to answer this question. In a column for the Web site, he details what happened to him after he posted a false job listing on Craigslist. The news isn’t [...]

Tweet Your executive job search is going nowhere. You’ve networked. You’ve reworked your resume. You’ve even landed a few interviews. But you haven’t nabbed a single job offer. The problem might be that you don’t know how to job search politely. You might think that experience and skills are all that matters when you are [...]

Tweet Daniel Gulati, a columnist for the Huffington Post, recently wrote a column detailing the long list of favors he’s asked by his LinkedIn.com contacts. Job seekers, for instance, frequently write to him asking him to get them an interview with a high-ranking executive. Others write to ask for his personal recommendations. Others ask for [...]

Tweet As you search for a new job in this challenging economy, you’ll receive plenty of advice from friends, family members, and former co-workers. This is good; people need as much help as possible to successfully navigate today’s job market. But be careful; not all the job search strategies people will share with you today [...]