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Been in your share of car accidents or racking up those speeding tickets? It could have less to do with your driving and more to do with your job.

It’s not just the elderly or women stereotyped as bad drivers. Quality planning is a company that validates policyholder information for car insurance companies. They have collected statistics about car accidents and speeding based on profession. Tim Cox a spokesperson for the company says insurance companies may look at your job and consider you a risky person. Some companies even take your job into consideration when calculating your risk. While the company says overall students are the worst offenders because of their inexperience there are ten careers that have their own reasons for high crash rates.  read more »

In today’s economy it’s just enough to have a job. But can you imagine being lucky enough to love your job?  read more »

While your employer may frown upon you looking at pictures of scantily clad supermodels, in Australia it will bring you a fan page worth of supporters.  read more »

The world was happy to wave goodbye to 2009 while hoping 2010 would bring down unemployment and pump up salaries. But what can you really expect from the new decade?

U.S. News & World Report has put together a list of four things we can expect from the business world. President Obama has said that the economy has been rescued but jobs are still being cut, so will the actions of the coming year speak louder than our Commander in Chief promises?  read more »

These days people are just grateful to have a job and are willing to put up with extra work and longer hours to keep that steady paycheck. But there are ten types of people that may be lurking around your cubicle that could make your nine to five unbearable.

In their new book, "I Hate People: Kick Loose From The Overbearing and Underhanded Jerks at Work and Get What You Want Out Of Your Job" Jonathan Littman and Marc Herson have identified the 10 "least wanted" people to have in your workplace. Whether they're driving you to distraction or sucking the life right out of you, they can all be a fatal blow to your career.

1. Stop sign  read more »

National unemployment is creeping up close to ten percent and people are desperate for their next paycheck, but are they desperate enough to chase after the worst jobs in America?

JobsRated.com has ranked the ten worst jobs in the country based on salary, hours and the type of work it entails. And after checking out some of the heavy lifting required, you may find some relief in being unemployed. The list is based on research of up to two hundred jobs and the jobs selected all made the list because of the grueling work they entail.  read more »

Social networking sites are designed to connect you to people but what about connecting you with the right job?

Molly Wendell is CEO of Executives Network, a company she started to teach people how to network their way to their next job. When Molly found herself looking for work after fifteen years as a Marketing Executive she started the job search by looking at job boards and sending out her resume. But Molly soon noticed that there weren't many managment level positions posted so after an unsuccessful year and no job offers she began reaching out to old contacts and building up her network. Soon she had received thirty serious job offers within ninety days. Wendell says being a great networker can get your foot in all the right doors.  read more »

In this economy a good job interview is hard to come by and even if you're lucky enough to land one you had better be prepared. There's more to a job interview than references or experience. Your body language can tell a potential employer all they need to know without you ever saying a word.

Janine Driver is a body language and deception detection expert who analyzes our everyday movements to determine what they say about our character. Here is her list of six crucial body movements that can make or break that critical first impression.

1. Handshake: The wet fish versus the bone crusher  read more »

While you may be feeling the pain of unemployment right now, there is hope on the horizon.

According to Yahoo Hot Jobs, in the next few years jobs will outstrip demand in some professions. So instead of spending hours locking down your next pay check why not find a career where the money comes looking for you? Yahoo Hot Jobs lists ten careers that within a few years are going to meet these criteria.

Wanted: you! 10 jobs where employers come looking for you

Written by Romy LeClaire Loran, findtherightschool.com, for Yahoo! Hot Jobs:  read more »

These days help wanted signs at stores draw a bigger crowd than 75 percent off sales. So how can you get to the head of the massive line of job seekers?

Believe it or not there are jobs out there. Some companies are hiring. In fact Yahoo Hot Jobs Senior Editor Tom Musbach says cities such as New York, Houston, Atlanta, San Francisco and Oakland are top markets for job openings and opportunities. Musbach says in these tough times you have to expand your resources and nurture any and all networks you might have.  read more »