The worsening economy resulted in more than 2.5 million job losses last year, the most since 1945, while the unemployment rate climbed to 7.2% in December. Job losses spared no region or sector.
The new year has brought no letup on layoffs, as employers have announced more than 30,000 cuts while tapping multiple strategies to deal with recession.
Mathematicians have landed the top spot in a new study ranking the best and worst jobs in the U.S. A look at how other occupations fared.
Seth Tibbott, inventor of Tofurky and founder and president of Turtle Island Foods, on how he got to where he is today.
One reason why it's OK to become "friends" with people online who you don't like in real life: These acquaintances could come in very handy when looking for a job or a new career.
Sick businesses often need fresh talent to recover. But attracting star players during bankruptcy can be difficult.
How to manage up? Start by accepting that your boss actually does want to improve his management skills, argues Patrick Lencioni in a guest column.
If you're looking for a new career, consider becoming a court reporter. Job opportunities are plentiful but first you need to learn how to quickly take shorthand using a machine called a stenograph.
More high-schoolers are opting for a gap year -- taking a year off before going to college -- for an opportunity to gain life experience and focus on personal goals.
The recession is prompting layoffs at long-established employers that avoided job cuts in previous downturns.
How Anshuman Vohra, who set his sights on becoming a banker in New York City, came to launch premium gin company Bulldog Gin.
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I'm really at peace with what happened regarding having my previous job eliminated. And if or when it happens again, I'll deal with it. I've been through extremely difficult situations in life, and this definitely was not one of them.
While finding a new job in a recession is tough, midcareer job seekers have some advantages, career experts say.
As more people look for jobs – and become increasingly desperate -- hiring managers need to be on guard, experts say.
Some government and business leaders might dream of playing golf or traveling abroad after retirement, but 81-year-old Sadako Ogata chose instead to manage one of the world's biggest bilateral aid agencies.
As a teenager in Ecuador in the late 1950s, Napoleon Barragan dreamt of coming to America and running his own business. About a decade later he founded 1800-Mattress.
There are a number of salary calculators and online Web sites, but many offer just an aggregated or best-guess figure. A few sites, however, offer more.
Double Eagle Petroleum's new employment agreements curtail a time-honored executive perquisite: no severance in cases of "poor performance."
Top U.S. business schools canceled the admissions-test scores of 84 applicants and students.
Voluntary buyout packages seem to be commonplace in Corporate America during troubled times. Here are few things to consider as you decide to accept or reject that offer.
In the wake of the recession, more businesses are facing a growing financial threat: employee theft.
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A reader asks what's the best way to describe a dismissal to prospective employers.
When managers take a clinical approach when breaking the bad news, they can seem downright heartless.
A mother and war correspondent has a hard time letting go even when she's half a world away.
Bush will tout the successes of his No Child Left Behind education reform and challenge Democrats not to weaken it, in one of his final speeches recapping his record.
Chico's FAS Inc. announced Chairman and Chief Executive Scott Edmonds stepped down after months of pressure from an activist investor to resign.
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When times are tough, becoming a new CEO is both a blessing and a curse, says executive coach Marshall Goldsmith in a guest column.
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