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Here is a 10 Step list for those who are still employed on how to defend your job.

Here is a list of what to do if you find yourself without a job and tips on how to describe your layoff to job recruiters.

For those who find need time to absorb a new transition, it can be helpful to reassess one's career goals.

The pressure to 'find a new direction' or to find passion in a career can be daunting. This article offers 5 ways to discover what you are meant to do with your life.

Ask your family and friends what they think your special knowledge areas and passion is. Often their perspective provide new clues.

Tom Rath's StrengthsFinder 2.0 (published in 2007) provides an assessment to help readers discover what their true strengths, passions, and talents are.

Martha Beck's Finding Your Own North Star (published in 2002) provides details and processes for how individuals can work through their personal transitions in their lives.

Once you know what career opportunities you seek, develop your networks and ask for their help. The personal branding and networking articles describe the foundation of building a thick interconnection of contacts and enlisting their help.

Perfect your introduction so is tailored to the listener and that it is relevant. Make a good impression by avoiding these common mistakes like 'speed dating' through a conversation.

Here are 4 tips for salary negotiations.

What happens when you are offered a position, but the compensation offered is lower than expected? Place yourself in the shoes of the hiring manager and respectfully offer these alternatives before dismissing the offer.