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Unemployent Hits 10 Percent and ... Shoe Sales Are Up?

Unemployment rates rose from 9.8 percent to 10.2 this October, which means there are 15.7 million ...

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What's the Craziest Thing You've Done to Get Out of Work?

Coughing into the phone and pretending you're sick while calling your boss is for amateurs, as a ...

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Layoffs -- Bad When You're Fired, Worse When You're Not?

BlogHer.com's Paula Gregorowicz, a life and business coach, explains why some people think it's ...

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How to Skype (and Look Good Doing It, Too)

Ten years ago, I was asked to fly from St. Louis to Philadelphia to interview for a job that would ...

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7 Nerds Who Are Good in Bed

Nerd boys have their obvious allure -- they're generally good for conversation, holders of steady ...

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Report Reveals That Men Like When Women Work; We Reveal Why

To celebrate that women now make up half of the workforce (woot woot!) Maria Shriver and the Center ...

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Quiznos Mascot Fined After Police Mistake Dance for Suicide Attempt

Of all the crappy, humiliating jobs one could have, dancing by the side of the road with a Quiznos ...

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Super Woman -- Cristina Rodriguez, Auto Development Engineer

Mechanical engineering is still a largely male-dominated field. But Cristina Rodriguez, 35, has been ...

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Forrest Griffin's 'Got Fight?' Book Club 3 -- Hard-Hitting Advice

Welcome back to the book club! Remember, everyone who comments by November 1 is eligible to win free ...

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How I Did It -- Get Paid to Answer Text Messages

You've seen the commercials for kgb -- that "Got a Question?" service that answers your texts. While ...

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More Women 'Opt Out' of Being Housewives

Six years ago, Lisa Belkin published an article in The New York Times called "The Opt-Out ...

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What Your Wedding Photographer Really Thinks About Your Big Day

There are four words a wedding photographer never wants to hear: "cameras on the tables." You might ...

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3 Reasons My Cat Could Get Hired Before You Could

I'll bet you five bucks that my cat Scrubby can get a job before you. Like the brother-in-law who ...

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Unemployed (but Still Optimistic) on the Other Coast

If you're jobless, it also helps to be fearless. You may not have control over your employment ...

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Soup, Salad or Me? Sex in the Service Industry

If you've ever worked in a bar or a restaurant, you already know: the service industry follows its ...

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