ObamaCare: Job-Killer?

20 April 2012

When Congressional Democrats were selling the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – “ObamaCare,” in 2010, they ballyhooed it as a great job creator. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D – CA), then the...

Looking for Work When You Have Small Children

03 April 2012

Unemployment and job searching are hard enough. Adding small children to the mix makes things even more stressful. But the problem is getting increasingly common. According to the Economic Policy Inst...

Part 1: It’s 2012. Do You Know Where Your Job Is?

21 February 2012

If you’re out of work, and you usually worked in a company tied to the manufacturing industry or related to customer service and call centers, chances are good your job was permanently exported abro...

Under the Gun: Avoiding Joining the Ranks of the Chronically Unemployed

15 February 2012

Not too long ago, unemployment was a temporary inconvenience – a short-to-medium-term waystation between career adventures. When times were good, you could even congratulate people on their recent l...

Long Term Unemployment and Resume Gaps

03 February 2012

The good news for job seekers is that the unemployment rate – at least as published by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, is gradually trending down....

6 Steps on How to Get Your Job Back

16 December 2011

For some reason, your new job is not working too well for you, and you are feeling that tinge of regret why you decided to leave your previous one in the first place. Then you start to wonder, “Is t...