Yet even as many people face a job famine, a minority is benefiting from an intensifying war for talent.
The unemployed face a job market where employers can cherry-pick the best prospects without having to tempt them with attractive salaries.
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But campaigning is one thing - managing relations with unions as their members face potential job losses and cuts in pensions and other benefits is another.
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But the truth is that online networking can be the equivalent of career insurance, opening up your options and keeping you resilient in the face of job changes.
Those who do make it home unharmed then have to face a job market that rarely translates the training and skills obtained in the military into civilian jobs.
She began to lose weight, became increasingly depressed to the point where she was crying for no reason, and could no longer face her job in the pet department of a local garden centre.
We recognize that no matter how responsibly we live our lives, any one of us at any time may face a job loss or a sudden illness or a home swept away in a terrible storm.
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The changes come on the heels of a 5, 000 word New York Times story published in January, which looks at law school grads who have piled on debt to go to school and face bleak job prospects.
Finally, as more of the economy moves towards higher-quality products that are personalized, we also expect to see the emergence of new services that are social by design to address the large worldwide problems we face in job creation, education and health care.
You heard from teachers that are doing a good job but face the prospect that they won't have their job for the next school year.
On its face, the job of the state prosecution couldn't have been more obvious.
Women who return to full-time work face a lower job title, a decrease in management and overall responsibilities and a striking financial penalty.
It's hard to imagine that a wholesaling operation like this will ever be wonderfully profitable, but Breslawsky puts a nice face on his job.
Win or lose, McClaren is likely to face another rebuilding job this summer, with Ruiz and defenders Ronnie Stam and Douglas among those tipped for moves to bigger clubs.
And the Fed would face the delicate job if explaining to market traders that the short term rate they had been plugging into all their algorithms was variable, after all.
In the past year alone, a fuel crunch has put a crimp in the sales of SUVs (Detroit's most profitable product), unions have rattled their sabers in the face of more job cuts, and people have started whispering about GM possibly declaring Chapter 11.
Soon to face a specter of job loss are tax accountants, international bankers, investment advisors, and all related professionals.
If he were to lose his job or face another financial hardship, he would have trouble paying the bills.
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Greig is known to have loved beauty salons, and underwent numerous plastic surgeries, including breast implants, a nose job and face lift.
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Many job seekers wonder how being qualified can be a bad thing, but it's a Catch 22 that many job seekers face today.
That said, blacks certainly face barriers in the job market.
She feared he would face a daunting civilian job market.
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In the face of a major rebuilding job, public relations officer Jiri Sedlak remained philosophical.
Young people and women face a lifetime of poor job prospects due to current underemployment, MSPs have claimed.
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Thousands of medical students face having their first hospital job offer withdrawn because of marking errors in their exams.
To be sure, graduates still face one of the worst job markets in decades, with unemployment at 9% nationwide.
The BBC understands one Conservative MP is prepared to face the sack from their job as a ministerial aide by rebelling against the coalition and others could follow.
You know, it's terrible to face the prospect that your job will be going away in a year and a half or in two years, but on the other hand they get paid until then, and then when they retire, they still get almost fully paid health care, and they'll have a pension.
Not to face up to failure in a job is cowardice rather than compassion.
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