Yes, you can find a job now, even in this tough economy. Or you can make more out of the job you have and increase your marketability for later

• Job Hunting? Follow Your Passions

  Identifying the sources of your passion can help you set your sites on the right job and give you a narrative that captivates interviewers

• Video: Use Passion in Your Job Search

  You may be doing work you're skilled at but aren't passionate about. If your job combines your skills and passion, you'll perform better, advises Alaina Love

• Why Fear, Not the Economy, Is Your Enemy

  For many high-achievers, a layoff can be traumatic. But the rules for looking for a job amid a recession are the same as during good times

• Video: Job Hunting Now

  Stop focusing on the dismal big picture, and realize you are looking for one job, for one person, and it's O.K. to ask everyone you know for help

• Slide Show: America's Most and Least Competitive Job Markets

  Looking for a job? Some cities have plenty of openings—and not enough people to fill them—if you have the right skills

• Find This Man a Job: Part 1

  Coach Lauren Zander takes on helping "Almost Homeless" Paul Nawrocki in his job search. In their first coaching session, she offers this job-search tip: It's all about attitude

• Video: Job-Hunting Advice

  Want to get a job? Your attitude is holding you back, says Handel Group's Lauren Zander. Watch her coach job seeker Paul Nawrocki in part one of our series documenting Paul's search

• Video: Job Hunting Advice: Get into Motion

  Exercising is a key way to develop a good mindset for job searching, coach Lauren Zander tells Paul Nawrocki. Next step: Get out of the house more

• Video: Job-Hunting Advice: Seeing Changes

  Job seeker Paul Nawrocki is seeing postive results from taking coach Lauren Zander's advice: He's healthier, more optimistic, and his networking is starting to pay off

• Video: Job Hunting Advice: Be Fearless

  Coach Lauren Zander tells Paul Nawrocki to take his job search up a notch and not to be afraid of pressing people for help

• Video: Job Hunting Advice: Follow Through

  Coach Lauren Zander tells Paul Nawrocki to keep reaching out to potential contacts and employers and to start visualizing himself in a new job

• Video: Job-Hunting Advice: Soul Searching

  Coach Lauren Zander tells Paul Nawrocki to look inward for clues about why he hasn't found the right full-time job yet

• Liz Ryan: Ten Ways to Tank a Job Interview

  The call to come in means you're close, but you don't have that offer yet. Bolster your chances by avoiding these job-interview pitfalls

• Dan Schawbel: Getting Unstuck In Your Job Search

  If you become the go-to person for expertise in your field and market yourself as a brand, you can create your own job opportunities

• Looking for a New Career? Try Physical Therapy

  With an aging U.S. population and two overseas wars, demand for physical therapists is soaring

• Looking for a Job: Your Inner Voice

  What are you telling yourself about your job search? If you think it's impossible, it will be. Stay positive and focus on what you want, advises the Handel Group's Beth Weissenberger

• Coaches Corner: Identifying Weakness

  Job seekers are always asked about their weaknesses. Use your job search as a chance to identify and fix yours, advises the Handel Group's Laurie Gerber. First steps: Assess and confess

• Coaches Corner: Gaps on Your Resume

  If you have gaps on your resume, be upfront about them, advises Handel Group's Johanna Sawalha. Dishonesty is counterproductive and exhausting

• Coaches Corner: What's Plaguing You?

  We all have a personal plague that has dogged us in our career. Beth Weissenberger of the Handel Group tells you how to identify and banish yours so it doesn't hurt your job search

• Job Seekers: Make Technology Fun

  Being at ease with technology is key for job hunters. Technophobes should start out playing games online, advises tech guru Omar Wasow, and work their way up to using social media tools

• Coaches Corner: Overcoming Anxiety

  Handel Group's Laurie Gerber offers tips for conquering fear in your job search. Among her tips: Make yourself accountable to someone else. And when you get stuck, ask for help

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