Is Your Resume Too Good? Faced with the cruelest job market in years, some unemployed professionals are lowering their standards for the jobs they're seeking - and even toning down their resumes to avoid seeming overqualified. To try to land interviews, they're mum about master's degrees they've earned and omitting lofty-sounding executive titles. Still others have left out everything from salary histories to the years they graduated to appear more attractive to employers. Experts say it's a sign of growing desperation in a tough economy

California to Halt 275 State-Funded Public Projects Due to Budget Crisis

Due to a budget crisis, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is prepared to announce a halt to 275 state-funded public works projects still in operation, it was reported on Tuesday.

Employers See Advantages of Onsite Health Clinics

Directing workers an in-house doctor rather than one in-network should reduce insurance claims, leading to lower premiums for your company. Workers may also be encouraged to seek care more regularly because of the removal of headaches like co-pays and time-consuming, crosstown trips. Could this be the future of employer-based health care?

Poll: More and More Americans Fearing For Their Jobs

The number of workers who consider jobs or unemployment as the nation's worst economic problem has quadrupled since early October, and more and more people believe the country is in a downright depression, according to a new poll from the Pew Research Center.