Here’s a new guest blogger post. Other clients are getting jobs, I’m happy to report, so don’t give up. Take a break maybe, but don’t give up! Daisy On February 26, 2009, my life hit rock bottom. I was laid off unexpectedly from my marketing job that I had held for 4 years. I just [...]

This article originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal By ALINA DIZIK July 28, 2009 Last December, with unemployment at 7.2%, The Wall Street Journal enlisted eight people who had lost their jobs to write about their hunts in a new blog called “Laid Off and Looking.” All eight had M.B.A. degrees; five had worked [...]

This article originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal By JOSEPH DE AVILA July 2, 2009 For many Americans looking for work, the first stop is an online job board. Now job seekers are finding that prospective employers increasingly are looking elsewhere to find new hires—the companies’ own Web sites. To draw more applicants to [...]