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Millions of Jobs Available

Millions of Jobs Available

The good news is that there were nearly 2.5 million jobs up for grabs in the US last month. The bad news is that there are 15.4 million people competing for those positions. That's according to a recent release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. So how do you get a leg up on all those millions of competitors?...

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Worst Cities for Unemployment

Worst Cities for Unemployment

By Ed Orum for AOL Find a Job If you think it's tough to find a job where you live, consider yourself lucky you're not looking in El Centro, California - the unemployment rate hit 30 percent there in September. To be fair, even when times were good in the rest of the U.S., El Centro still struggled with a 20...

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"We're Eliminating Your Position"

Flickr It's impossible to forget such a game-changing day. I was a high paid journalist at a prestigious publication, and had worked hard to get there. Sometimes, my job seemed too good to be true - it was fun, exciting and different every day. This day was very different, though - within seconds of my arrival...

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