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With the job market continuing to struggle, an influx in workers’ comp cases is not helping the matter. An increasingly high amount of employees are taking advantage of their employers and insurance companies. Injured workers are frequently cheating the system by exaggerating injuries and collecting money from workers’ comp suits.

With the rising gas prices, some employers are responding to the economy in a positive and creative way. While some employees live close enough to bike to work, others live so far away that the higher gas prices are starting to burn a hole in their wallets.

As I’m sure you’ve heard in the news lately, unemployment benefits have been extended for many Americans. However, what you may not know is that this will not help anyone who has already been unemployed for 99 weeks or more.

It is certainly hard to believe that this time of year has come up on us again….spring, college career fairs and graduation! Without a doubt, a time of the year filled with hope, anticipation and in some cases, fear. 

Over and over I am hearing from candidates how different the job market of today is compared to the job market of yesterday. Finding employment as we come out of this recession is much more challenging. To move your job search along at a nice healthy pace it has become necessary to almost think of yourself as a juggler in the circus. Imagine each aspect of your job search as being one of the objects that you must keep up in the air. Keeping the rhythm, keeping them moving (in the air) is the object right????