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Transitioning from military to civilian life is never easy, but it gets harder and harder as time goes on. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Susan Merrick had served as an architectural engineer for 22 years, and found that everything had changed drastically since she entered full-time military service right after...

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...

When it's time to leave your job, everyone dreams of going out with a bang, but Wajmah Yaqubi returned to AOL's New York headquarters after hours and shot a bang-up goodbye video that went viral a day after she posted it on her Facebook page. What were they going to do -- fire her? She'd already accepted a fine...

A reader recently asked, "How do you know if a job posting is real?" We'd like to think that everything we see posted online is legitimate, but unfortunately some people are preying on uninformed and sometimes desperate job seekers to illegitimately turn a buck and ruin people's credit or drain their bank...

The cornerstone of a quality resume is having a targeted, consistent message that conveys your ability to use your skills and leverage your accomplishments to add value to an organization. But in addition to that, there are a number of subtleties that can impact how your resume is viewed by your audience. You...

If your spouse helps people or touches them for a living, be careful -- you might be headed for a divorce. Helping professions and hospitality workers have some of the highest divorce rates in the country, according to a comparison of divorce rates among occupations.

The phrase "pink slipped" used to be a dirty word meaning you just got laid off or fired from your job. Until Allison Hemming, founder of The Hired Guns talent agency representing creative professionals, came along. She turned the doom and gloom of the pink slip into a call to action by creating The Pink Slip...

It might seem like a no-brainer that a kinder, gentler boss is preferable than one who is ready to ignite at any second for no apparent reason. But, surprisingly, according to a new Dutch study, some workers like it rough and respond better to mean bosses.

An unemployed couple in Grand Junction, Colo., is so desperate for work that they're handing out their resumes on street corners that normally had been the domain of homeless people looking for a handout. While it was never the couple's intention to take "business" away from the homeless, Josie Wilson says...