Headlines show skyrocketing unemployment with no end in sight, but eventually economic conditions will brighten. Here's four things to watch for.

As the job market improves, employers need to reward their top performers so they don't choose to leave the company.

Even experience professionals can slip up during an interview. Diana Middleton explains what not to do.

Unemployed workers are finding new jobs, but they're struggling to regain the same income as before.

Background checks are more intense in this terrible job market, pushing more people to legally clear their criminal records.

U.S. companies are gradually ratcheting up their search for new workers, a Labor Department survey showed.

A look at a few high-paid executives who were laid off but still tried to maintain their flashy lifestyle.

One bright spot of Friday's gloomy jobs report was the surge in temporary hires. Companies are hiring more temps with plans to convert them into full-time workers if economic conditions improve.

Toddi Gutner answers a reader's question about job hunting when negative perceptions of age may be in play.

People who found enjoyment in their extended unemployment have a hard time transitioning back into a job when the time comes.