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Like his father before him, Mike Coble has spent his adult life on the road, trucking up and down Interstate 5.
The youthful-looking 51-year-old didn't think much about following his father's tracks. After all, it provided a regular paycheck in ... more

Patrice Strachan was the vice president of operations with a manufacturer's representative group selling IT products when the shrinking economy took her job away in 2010.
But the Midlothian (VA) woman joined the Career Prospectors job-finder group in January last ... more

The day Larry Scott learned he was losing his job was a shock.
Recently, Scott took a moment to compose himself and restrain tears before beginning to share his story with a room of about 50 people -- many of ... more

Staying on top of the latest job-seeking trends can be overwhelming. To help you navigate your way through apps and alerts, here are the basics on three new techniques to help you find the right job.
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I recently found an array of online job postings that greet seekers with these encouraging words: "MUST BE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED, NO EXCEPTIONS."
How lovely. In a country with 13.9 million unemployed residents, that's akin to a restaurant requiring a hungry ... more

Job seekers often suspend their job searches during the holidays, on the mistaken assumption that companies don't interview or hire during this period. However, the holiday season - from mid-November through New Year's Day - actually is the perfect time ... more

Most workers who have passed their 50th birthdays have already settled into their homes and lives. Professionally most have learned what their jobs are all about and do those jobs well.
Yet many seasoned workers who are victims of the ... more

Social media continue to grow as a go-to source for both job seekers and the employers looking to hire them.
That's not surprising, considering how much social networks such as Facebook and LinkedIn have become part of users' daily lives ... more

Employers spend less than one minute reviewing an application so job seekers have come up some creative ways of standing out in a stack, a U.S. survey found.
The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive, showed that because an employer's attention ... more

Jim Reed is the manager of the Spokane Valley (WA) branch of Personnel Source, a staffing company based in Eugene with offices in Washington and Oregon. The firm is focused on finding qualified temp-to-hire workers to fill jobs in manufacturing, warehouse ... more

Vancouver residents Mark McCloud and Fred Schwarz represent the two -- what seem to be inevitable -- outcomes of late-career job loss.
McCloud, 63, hasn't been able to find another job, and is at the brink of a retirement he ... more

It was a Thursday afternoon about eight months ago when Paul McConnaughey, 63, was called into his manager's office. After 22 years with the company, McConnaughey learned it no longer needed his services as a sales manager.
"I was so ... more