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Feel like you’re majoring in unemployment; it’s not too late to improve your odds.

The job market is tough and the idea that about fourteen million people are looking for work can ruin any graduation ceremony. But not all doors to a paycheck are closed. Liz Goodwin works with the news blog The Lookout. Goodwin compiled a list of the ten best majors for college students based on how much that field is employed.  read more »

Looking to jump start your career; embrace your athleticism.

Bobbie LaPorte is the founder of RAL & Associates. A company she started in 2002 that provides career management and leadership training to executives in the San Francisco bay area. LaPorte is also an endurance athlete. And at the age of sixty she is training for her fifth ironman competition. LaPorte started her company while training for her first triathlon. It was then that she discovered the mind of an athlete can benefit a person dealing with transition in the business world.

“They visualize the end and then they step back from that and they structure their performance, their planning to be able to accomplish that and i don’t think in today’s business world that we do enough of that.”  read more »

Appearances can be deceiving; especially when it comes to your career.

Looking for a job of glamour and glitz? Be careful what you wish for because every nine to five comes with conditions. Careerbuilder.com found ten jobs that aren’t as amazing as they look. Even though each one of these professionals might love their job; everyone has a day that makes them want to call it quits.  read more »

Need a job but not sure where to start; how about with the most popular professions in America?

To help get you started in working America or maybe get you back on your feet MSN has targeted the most popular jobs in the country; industries that are currently hiring the most people. And while some of the salaries may seem a little meager at least your odds of a paycheck might improve. And there’s something for everyone on this list.  read more »