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There was a time when a person would do just about anything in order to make ends meet. However, even with the unemployment rate dangling somewhere around 8 percent, many companies claim that they cannot find enough help to staff their operations.

Some celebrities pop up overnight, helped along by a star-making performance that makes it seem as if they came out of nowhere. But before all that fame and glamour and easy money, plenty of celebs had to actually workto make ends meet -- and a lot of them had some pretty bizarre occupations along the way...

Some people get up every morning and do their best to help make the world a better place. Others, however, feel like their jobs actually make the world worse.

Not being paid enough and having a difficult boss are two of the more common complaints of the employed. But which of these problems bothers working folks more?

When you work more than eight hours a day you begin to suffer from frustration and lack of a social life. But did you know overtime can actually kill you?

It has been predicted that by 2020, the United States will experience a nearly 14.5 percent labor increase, making room for an additional 20 million new jobs as the result of this country’s growing population and competitive marketplace.

If while you were sitting at work a strange man walked up to you and handed you a magic wand that was said to hold magical powers that would allow you to abracadabra yourself from your current career to a new one of your choice would you do it?

Jobs Jobs Jobs! That’s all anyone talks about these days. Have you ever actually had a job? Most of them are awful, so sit back, relax and look at the bright side of not getting a steady paycheck.

If you just can’t seem to get ahead a work you might want to take a look at yourself in the mirror.

If you expect to see a giant pay increase next year, a new study suggests you had better head west.

There was once a time when working class Americans took full advantage of an actual outside the office lunch break. Those days seem to be long gone.

Having trouble getting things done at work or staying focused on the task at hand? Fire up your iPod.