As of January 2010, nearly 15 million people in the United States were unemployed. Here’s what to do if you lost your job in 2009:
You Still Have To File A Tax Return.
You’re legally obliged to file if you made more than $9,350 in 2009 (or if you and your spouse made more than $18,700). Even if you made less than that, you should still take the time to fill out a tax return, since tax season is one of the few times losing a job can literally pay off. This comes in the form of a larger refund check than [...]

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Holiday parties are a great opportunity to meet new people and explore career options. Whether you’re unemployed and looking for work, making connections for down the road, or flirting with the idea of a career change, this is a great time of year.  As long as you keep things casual and festive, networking is perfectly acceptable. Keep these three basic rules in mind to watch your Rolodex expand.
Rule 1: Remember, You’re At A Party.
Keep the conversation casual. Sure, you can mention that you were recently laid off or that you’re looking for a career change, but don’t straight-up ask for [...]

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In this era of Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn and countless other social networking sites, there is a thin line between your personal and professional life. While a simple status update, tweet, hastily written email, or photos online might seem innocuous to you, it could paint the wrong picture to thousands of online users, including your friends, your family, and your coworkers. What is a savvy professional to do?
1. Double-check that your social networking sites are not “connected” to each other.
Did you know that Facebook is now forging a “connect” service with Yahoo? Plus, users of LinkedIn and Twitter [...]

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When you’re short on experience, play up your strengths.
The Problem: Recession or not, you’re job hunting. Trouble is, aside from some internships and a few part-time gigs, the work experience section of your resume is, well, thin. You know that you could nail a job if given the chance – but with the national unemployment rate hovering around 10%, how to get a foot in the door with so little to go on?
The Solution: A resume redo. The key is highlighting your accomplishments, regardless of how you got them. Definitely include when you graduated and whatever positions you’ve held since [...]

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You wouldn’t wear ripped jeans to an interview at Goldman Sachs and you wouldn’t wear your mother’s stodgy Sunday church shoes to an interview at Vogue.
Yes, of course.
Beyond that, there are nuances galore that you need to understand before you walk through your potential new employer’s door. In this market it’s hard enough to score an in-person meeting, so be sure to make that meeting sell you, rather than selling you out.
Here’s what to wear if the interview is in an office that is…

Traditional And/Or Corporate: Your clothing needs to show your interviewer that you’ll be able to conform to [...]

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