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Mastering the Job Market in 2010 and Beyond

By: Peter Weddle

Prognosticating is a fine, old start-of-a-new-year tradition, as people look at the new dates on the calendar and ask "what will unfold in the months ahead?" Of course, history is filled with thousands of predictions that haven't come true – even after dire forecasts of a total economic collapse last January, things didn't turn out quite as bad as people expected. The truth is that in most cases, figuring out the future is nothing more than guesswork gussied up as deductive reasoning. So why are new year predictions so popular?

By: Peter Weddle

At the beginning of a job search, it not unusual to think that while you may be a little rusty, on a basic level you know how to impress employers and get a good job offer. But then, when you actually start to try doing it, you often get an unpleasant wake-up call.

By: Alexandra Levit

If you want to learn how to squeeze more out of a single day, ask someone trying to change careers.

By: Peter Weddle

The American Dream. While it is a quintessentially American aspiration, each individual person has a unique vision of just what it is. For some, the dream may be a chance to build a successful business. For others, it means owning a home of their own.

By: Peter Weddle

If you're looking for a job, you're probably doing so with two strikes against you. Why is that? Because most of the people in the job market today conducted their last job search prior to the beginning of the Great Recession, meaning that the conventional wisdom on which they relied is dangerously out of date.

By: Peter Weddle

While unemployment is rising and times are still hard for many Americans, recent glimmers of hope in the economy indicate that maybe, just maybe this Great Recession is finally reaching its end. This is a very difficult time for both employed and unemployed workers alike, and one that will likely be remembered for years to come.