Tax day is finally here. Hopefully by now you’ve filed your income taxes — or at least filed for an extension. If you’re finishing up your forms last minute, make sure you’re not making any of the common tax-time mistakes, as reported by the IRS. Frequent errors include a missing social security number, math mistakes or no signature.  
Want more tax-day facts? Check out the recent CareerBuilder and Liberty Tax Service survey on some of the job-search and work expenses you may not know you can claim on your taxes. …

Social media is exploding. It seems that with each day comes a new social network or socially powered business model and what we’ve learned is that consumers (and job seekers) are relying heavily on their own connections with friends and families to influence their purchasing decisions, as well as their job search.
How does CareerBuilder.com play into all of these spaces? Well, consider your current location as home base. TheWorkBuzz.com is a place for career and job news, job search advice, tips and resources on how to start your career and …

Recently we shared the six most in-demand jobs in the U.S., based on information from CareerBuilder’s database. Today, we’re highlighting one of those jobs — commercial driver’s license, or CDL, drivers who work in the trucking industry.
Having a CDL means that drivers must pass their state’s regulatory requirements. According to CareerBuilder’s Supply & Demand Portal, the average national salary for a CDL driver is $44,500, and the top cities hiring for these positions are Chicago, Dallas and Columbus, Ohio.
Watch the below video for more details on this position:

And if you’d rather see it as a snazzy infographic, we have that too:

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With tax day quickly approaching on April 17, a new survey by CareerBuilder and Liberty Tax Service has revealed that many job seekers may be missing out on tax deductions related to either their job-search or work expenses.
According to the survey, only 20 percent reported to have claimed work-related expenses on their tax returns, with just 7 percent claiming job-search expenses.
Job seekers may hesitate when claiming such expenditures, because they can’t clearly identify what’s eligible. That’s why it’s important to consult a tax professional to understand what items you could be deducting.

Eligible job-search expenses
At least three out of …

Over the years, we’ve provided nearly a metric ton of résumé tips and we thought, “Why not just put some of our best and most popular posts on the topic together for people? What a gift that would be!”
Gift, indeed. So I’m happy to present you with some of our best résumé articles from this blog and the Career Advice & Resources section on CareerBuilder.com.
But first, let’s hear from employers on how you can address a gap on your résumé:

You can check out the rest of our Expert Advice series …

With tax day quickly approaching on April 17, a new survey by CareerBuilder and Liberty Tax Service has revealed that many job seekers may be missing out on tax deductions related to either their job search or work expenses.
According to the survey, only 20 percent reported to have claimed work-related expenses on their taxes, with just 7 percent claiming job-search expenses.
Job seekers may hesitate when claiming such expenditures, because they can’t clearly identify what’s eligible. That’s why it’s important to consult a tax professional to understand what items you could be deducting.

Eligible job-search expenses
At least three-out-of-four workers surveyed weren’t …

Over the years, we’ve provided nearly a metric ton of résumé tips and we thought, “Why not just put some of our best and most popular posts on the topic together for people? What a gift that would be!”
Gift, indeed. So I’m happy to present you with some of our best résumé articles from this blog and the Career Advice & Resources section on CareerBuilder.com.
But first, let’s hear from employers on how you can address a gap on your résumé:

You can check out the rest of our Expert Advice series …

According to new job openings data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, while the number of openings was little changed from January to February 2012, the number has increased 46 percent since June 2009. The retail trade and health care and social assistance industries saw increases in the amount of job openings over the year prior, as did the Midwest and South regions.  
While some industries were looking to hire more workers than others in February, here’s a list of 10 companies across a variety of industries that are hiring now.
1. Aggreko
Industry: …

Let’s face it — job searching is stressful. So if there’s anything that can be done to help bring positive energy to the experience, it’s worth exploring. That’s why the practice of feng shui is so intriguing. While feng shui may seem like something you do when decorating your house, its applications can extend beyond the abode and into your job search.
According to the Encarta World English Dictionary, feng shui is “a Chinese system that studies people’s relationships to their environment, especially their home or workspace, in order to achieve …

By Lori Michelle Ryan, JIST Publishing
STEM careers — those that focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics — require special skills, and many of the workers in these fields are highly skilled in their areas.
In the new edition of his book, “150 Best Jobs for Your Skills,” Laurence Shatkin, Ph.D., says that STEM careers include “work that discovers, collects and analyzes information about the natural world; applies scientific research findings to problems in medicine, the life sciences, human behavior and the natural sciences; imagines and manipulates quantitative data; and applies …