Career and Unemployment News 12/5/2009
Unemployment is now supposedly at 10% in the United States. This is undoubtedly propped up by the seasonal work around the Christmas season. Here are the headlines for this week and a great series from the New York Times about unemployment benefits.
Best employment articles from the Carnival of Personal Finance 191
This week Brooke at Dollar Frugal hosted the Carnival of Personal Finance. This is an awesome blog carnival and it included quite a few good articles about careers. Here are some highlights.
Examples of Illegal Interview Questions that You Should Avoid Answering
You have gotten an interview with a potential employer, and they are asking you a flurry of questions. Should you answer them all? Here are some questions employers are not allowed to ask according to the employment discrimination laws in America.
Five excellent articles for dealing with unemployment
So you lost your job. Now what? Fortunately you are not alone and many people have experienced the same thing. Here are some great articles on how to deal with unemployment both fiscally and psychologically.
Ten Extremely Basic Job Hunting Tips
My mom is looking for a new position for the first time in ten years because her company’s sole client has been taken over by another firm. She asked me before if I have any tips on finding a job, and I decided to list what I learned in the past few years here in [...]
How to evaluate job offers
So you have gotten a job offer after days to months of searching and interviewing. Now should you take it? Read on for some tips on what you should consider beyond just the salary.