You’ve invested the time in completing the job application, polishing your resume and writing a compelling cover letter. Once you’ve submitted your materials, though, you enter the black hole - the space between applying for jobs and hearing back from potential employers.

After taking a buyout from The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington, then moving to Chicago to work as a freelance writer for a year, Heather Lalley decided it was time to go back to school -- this time to become a classically trained baker.

It's perfectly natural to want to jump at the first job offer that comes along. But at the same time, there's no point in taking a job that won't pay the bills.

You've gotten the same advice again and again: If you're out of work, you've got to network. Techies, like everyone else, often land jobs through colleagues, friends and other acquaintances.

Whether you're on your way to a great new position or unhappily leaving your employer for personal or career-related reasons, you need to write a resignation letter.

According to The Workplace Bullying & Trauma Institute Web site, telltale signs you're being bullied at work manifest themselves both in and outside the office. 

Being laid off or having your hours reduced doesn’t have to mean an end to health insurance, but for many workers it does because the cost of continuing coverage is too high, especially for those over 30. 

You’ve survived a round of layoffs (or two or three) at work. So why do you feel as bad as if you’d been laid off yourself?