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 [...]

The housing market’s recent bubble and burst cycle has left the country in an unpleasant housing situation: millions of homes are underwater, meaning that families owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth. Add in high unemployment and you begin to see why so many Americans are struggling to make mortgage payments—and wondering [...]

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 current recession has profoundly impacted Americans’ pocketbooks, but questions about the country’s financial woes persist: how harsh has the recession really been, and when will it end?
In response to these questions, the Pew Research Center recently released the results of a study showing the dramatic effects of the financial plunge, though it revealed little [...]

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 [...]