Jobs

Getting a job is a lot of work. For the most part, an active job search is a full-time job. You put in a lot of effort and time to improve your resume, make sure it’s visible online, make good connections in your network and finally get an interview. But the work doesn’t stop there.

Padding one’s resume is not terribly uncommon, but former Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson learned the hard way that it’s never a good idea — after just four months on the job, he’s stepped down from his position after it came to light that he didn’t have the degree he claimed to have.

Times are tough and big business types are looking for excuses to reduce their workforce to preserve their ridiculous salaries, unnecessary bonuses and pure ivory staplers that only work with staples made of gold. If you fit one of the following signs, it might be time to get your resume in order and feather dust your neglected LinkedIn page.

6 years ago I moved to St. Cloud for my career in radio. The job market in Michigan had already started to lose strength and the economy soon to follow. I never thought in a million years that I would stay longer than 2 years, but employment in an unstable economy will beat out desires to be in a warm climate every time...