New Yorkers are still losing jobs at a fast pace as the city’s economy continues to trail the nation through the recession.
The city’s unemployment rate jumped to 9 percent in May, its highest level in more than a decade, according to data released on Thursday by the state’s Labor Department. The figures showed that there [...]

LINCOLN, N.H. — After seven months without a paycheck, Tim Ryan turned into a werewolf.
The job is nearly two hours north of his home in Pittsfield, N.H., too far to commute. So Mr. Ryan sleeps in an old, mold-ridden cottage with no running water that someone lets him use free. “These days, you have to [...]

For Darren Hammond, co-owner of Chile Blossoms, a Concord, Calif., importer of peonies from Chile, the winter was particularly harsh as clients stopped paying or fell behind in payments. Sales are down 60% from last season, Mr. Hammond says.
Last year, he had to stop taking a salary so that he could continue paying business expenses.
To [...]

From record-low unemployment to a loss of 6 million jobs since the start of the recession, the U.S. labor market is hemorrhaging. Ironically, in this climate of unprecedented mass layoffs with expectations of more, American workers are better educated than ever. And yet increasing numbers face a stark reality: nonwage work.
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With revenue-challenged employers, fewer opportunities, [...]

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The pace of job losses in the United States slowed in May to 345,000, the fewest since September, but the jobless rate climbed to 9.4 percent, the highest in more than 25 years, the Labor Department reported Friday.
The May reading for job losses was not as deep as the 520,000 layoffs expected by economists, while [...]

No matter how much experience you have, or how great your resume is, the face-to-face job interview is by far the most important part of the job application process, and for this reason is often the most stressful, too.
The secret to making a good impression during an interview is simply planning ahead. If you show [...]

Gary Zukowski seems to think so.  As he sees it:
“Monster.com is in big trouble. Why? Not because of the economy and a reduction in the number of open positions, but rather they have created an unsustainable business model. Let’s do the math. If Monster.com has over a $1 billion dollars in revenue and a market [...]

Alison Hart of USA Today has written up a good, concise guide to perfecting your cover letter.
More often than not these days, cover letters are seen as more important than even the resumes they introduce. A good cover letter is a sure way to get noticed by employers and recruiters. Whereas a resume is just [...]