Eva LaVoie barely missed passing the ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) with a score of 45. She needed 50 to get into the U.S. Air Force. She doesn't plan on having that happen again. Now armed with study guides and knowledge of what the test is like, LaVoie, 23, expects to gain at least five...

Having mastered the art of sleeping at work, Drew clearly remembers the tricks he used to steal naps during his first job at a public relations firm in Manhattan: stacking boxes in front of an empty office so no one would enter, putting a phone to his ear so co-workers would think he was on a business call,...

Who's being hurt the worst by the economic recession? Surprisingly enough, it's male doctors, according to a report by LeaseTrader.com that analyzed which professionals are downsizing the most from expensive car leases. After all, if your doctor can't afford $1,600 or so a month to lease a Maserati and is...

"At the end of the day at work you want to have achieved passionate synergy as a team player that's consistent with corporate culture, and take it to the next level through an idea shower for a win-win game changer." Hopefully, that's a sentence that has never been spoken in your office. But, since it's...

If you're going to a Veteran's Day parade on Thursday and are in the position to hire, you could turn it into an informal job fair. Veterans have qualities that employers want -- leadership, getting missions accomplished, performing under changing circumstances, reliability, task oriented, a strong work...

Looking for a job, especially at job fairs, can be a lot like trying to get a date at a crowded bar -- there are plenty of potential dates to choose from, but chances are none will want to dance with you or date you for the long-term. If you've ever been to one of the many job fairs across the country,...

Imagine a room with two people giving presentations on a problem the company is trying to solve. Here's how a man and a woman might introduce their plan to the group: He: "I have two solutions to this problem. The first is..." She: "I know that all of us feel uncomfortable with this project, and don't...

Noelle Zeiger-Kochek started babysitting when she was 11 and hasn't looked back, using her skills to take care of children throughout the years to supplement her income and as a part-time job. "I was one of the richest kids on the block from all of the babysitting," Zeiger-Kochek, now 32, says of her early...

If you're going to take a lesson away from reading the new comic book 'The Adventures of Unemployed Man,' since teaching life lessons is what comic books do in an oversized way, it's that no one should feel ashamed of being unemployed. As someone who was laid off during the Great Recession and hasn't yet found...