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The unemployment rate is hovering just below the double digit mark, despite all the reports of the recession being over and the economy turning around. People are still getting laid off and they're still having a hard time finding work.
Yet, there are those out there that say there are jobs. But where? Where are these magical jobs?
We had no idea either, so we took four of the fastest growing jobs -- CPAs, nurses, sales directors and project managers -- and plugged them into Indeed.com for 25 of the nations largest cities. The maps below represent what we came up with.
To view an interactive version of these maps, click here.
CPA Jobs
Nursing Jobs
Project Manager Jobs
Sales Director Jobs
Do these match the jobs you're finding if you're in the market?
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Everyone has been affected by the recession and chances are people, including your friends, are hurting worse that you think. You just have to take a closer look at the subtle hints. Find out what your friends are really saying with that IM:
Translation: I don't get paid until Thursday the 15th.
Translation: They cut hours at work and I can only afford to eat once a day.
Translation: It wasn't on sale so I couldn't afford it.
Translation: I pawned it off for cash to pay my car loan.
Translation: I'm in need of charity and I'm not paying a dime.
Translation: I like you, but I like my money more.
Translation: We'll be clipping coupons all night long.
Translation: Haven't been able to afford 3 meals a day in a long time.
Translation: The alcohol at that place is way too expensive. Make sure you're saving the right amount each month so that you can avoid having to make excuses online.
Take a look at how much you can save over your career if you put your raises into savings each year.
Compare the difference if you bank (save) all, 2/3, or 1/3 of your annual raises and see how much you will have in savings at different stages of your life.
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More than 15.2 million mortgages - 32.2% of all US mortgages - are underwater
According to a report by First American CoreLogic , almost a third of all US home mortgages are underwater. For those unfamiliar with the term, it means that the mortgage amount owed on the...
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