The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced in their March 2012 report that there are currently 5.3 million long-term unemployed people in the U.S. This figure is virtually unchanged from the previous month, meaning nearly 43% of the unemployed sector has been without a job for more than six months. That is a lot of competition when applying for a job.



To ensure that…

By now, everyone has heard the news. Employers are beginning to ask applicants and interviewees for their passwords to Facebook and other top social networks. Companies are claiming it is a way to gauge your personality, your ethics and your morals—in a detailed way that was not possible before the advent of social media…