As the unemployment rate continues to rise, scammers are seeking to take advantage of unemployed Americans’ compromised financial position.
According a report on MarketWatch, rising unemployment typically leads to a rise in the number of active scam artists. Today, as countless unemployed Americans experience financial insecurity, they become more and more vulnerable to false promises [...]

Branding isn’t just for products you see in the mall or the grocery store. Job searchers need to market themselves effectively to potential employers, and one way to do that is to think of yourself as a brand, according to CNN Money.
Reputations spread at lightning speed today, moving from social networking sites to blogs to [...]

With the country’s unemployment rate hovering near 10 percent, it’s really no wonder the Internal Revenue Service recently published some instructions for jobseekers concerned about getting tax deductions for their labor.
If you’re currently out of work and spending time and money in your efforts at getting back on the employment bandwagon, it’s important to know [...]

Data released late last week by the federal government show that initial claims for unemployment benefits were down in the week ending July 10, compared to the previous week. Like much of the unemployment news that’s been reported since the recession began, though, the details of this number are significant.
Here’s a look at some of [...]

The most recent employment data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics paint a dismal picture of the job market, particularly for young people looking for summer jobs. In fact, teenagers have an unemployment rate of 25.7 percent—nearly three times the national rate.
Here’s a look at what that percentage means for Americans aged 16 to [...]

In a difficult time for job hunters, every advantage should be leveraged when networking to find your next job. Social networking is increasingly one of these tools at your disposal, from the professional environment on LinkedIn and its 70 million users, even to the friendlier Facebook platform, which has 400 million users today.
Kiplinger.com published some [...]

For those who are lucky enough to get a job offer in these tough economic times, it may be tempting to accept the first salary offer that comes your way, especially if it comes after long unemployment. Even though the tightness of the job market may have taken away some of the leverage for jobseeker [...]