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It has been said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Unfortunately, millions of Americans find themselves slowly going insane as they apply for hundreds upon hundreds of jobs and yet never get hired. It is incredibly difficult to get a good job in most areas of the United States today. So if you are unemployed, and there are no jobs in your area, should you move somewhere else in an attempt to find work? That is a very hard question. Of course if what you are currently doing...

In the State of the Union address, President Obama declared our national economic agenda "begins with jobs." So does mine. I'm dedicating myself to a 30-day, nationwide tour to launch my newest book, "Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door: Job Search Secrets No One Else Will Tell You.""Use Your Head" is loaded with silver bullets. I even enlisted the help of readers of this column. They delivered great tips ranging from networking your way to work to tapping multi-skills for a totally new career. People have asked me for the most bankable advice I have to...

It's a new year and time for a new thread. If you're looking for a job and/or a career; this is the thread for you -- so bookmark it and tell others about this thread. Updates will be ongoing.

All, I am asking for prayer for wisdom concerning a job change. I am doing fairly well down in Arizona, but am in the middle of interviews for positions which would relocate me to Minnesota. The family has lived in the Twin Cities before and love it. It would involve a shift in my career to an area which would be more lucrative long term; but we (Mrs. Whiskers and Cubs too) are concerned about higher cost of living, schools, and leaving friends and social network behind. On the plus side in Minnesota is a return to four seasons and...

In Sweden, Iraqi officials watched television and awaited new orders. In New York, the Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations acknowledged the war was over. And in Brazil, Iraqi diplomats were burning documents and hanging up on reporters. For Iraqi diplomats in embassies worldwide, the televised images of U.S. Marines rolling their tanks through Baghdad and Saddam Hussein's statue toppling to the ground before their cheering countrymen created confusion, resignation and paranoia. Outside the Iraqi embassy in Brasilia, Brazil, employees were burning boxes and documents after the image of the Saddam statue was beamed to South America, police said. "There...