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Office Space Makeover

Part 4

Organized office

Part 4: Mary and Denise show off the new workspace, and discuss the makeover after the work is done.

• Coverage Watch all four videos, see photos, and more

Advice and Features

Transfer your
job skills

Trying to enter a new field of work can be difficult, but it helps if you know you have the right skill set for the job. Here are some tips.

• Discuss Have you recently changed careers?

Seven safe jobs

Even as many continue to fall victim to corporate layoffs, there are some careers with sought-after skills that continue to thrive in the workplace.

Where are
the jobs?

Even in this environment, there are jobs to be had out there, with many companies hiring selectively in certain areas.

• Photo gallery 30 jobs on the rise
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• 30 jobs on the decline

Who employers keep in bad times

Worried about being laid off? See what types of employees a business may look to hang on to during layoffs.

• Survey How does your company view you?

Steps to take after a layoff

So, you just lost your job. Now what? Here are seven things you should do.

• Tips Overcoming a layoff
• Also It's important to stay level-headed
• Gallery Adapting to the job market in a down economy

Flex your network

Networking is a lot like exercise – we know it's good for us, we just have so many excuses not to do it. But it's imperative for a healthy career.

Survivor syndrome

For survivors of a layoff, the anger and grief they feel may lower productivity - making them candidates for the next round of pink slips.

• Discuss Have you ever survived a round of layoffs?

Laid off? Be your own boss

For many small business owners, layoffs at larger firms were just the nudge they needed to take a leap of faith and work for themselves.

• Discuss Tips for starting your own business
• Gallery Recent major layoffs in Massachusetts

Booming market in mortgages

Even as the rest of the US job market plumbs new depths, hiring by mortgage lenders is surging now that home loan rates have hit multidecade lows.

Cities ease crime history queries

Hoping to prevent convicts from being shut out of the workforce, some cities are eliminating questions on job applications about criminal histories.

Industry desperate for nurses

Applicants for nursing jobs are still so scarce that recruiters have been forced to get increasingly inventive. One company literally rolled out the red carpet.

On the Hot Seat

Helping firms through tough times

Bob Gore, managing partner of the HR firm Towers Perrin in Boston, has an insider's view of the global recession.