Katwar, a young Moroccan woman, has been unemployed for more than five months. Although she was hired on a long-term contract by a printing firm in Casablanca, Morocco, she was fired almost as soon as she started working. Read more

If you missed your shot at the best job in the world in Queensland, Australia, here is another dream job being offered: to work for a California wine producer, Murphy-Goode Winery, for a six-month contract. Mission: to drink wine and promote it on blogs and social networks, for a monthly salary of $10,000. Read more...

Some job-hunters will to anything for their CV to stand out, like try to hype it up on the Internet. Two Observers decided to put try their luck using social networks and video sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter or Daily motion to spread their video CVs far and wide. So did it work? Did employers return their calls and, ultimately, hire them? Read more...

Jeb B., 50, has just been fired for the second time since his arrival in France, back in 1990. Yet, this Franco-American economist still thinks French companies should have more freedom to lay off staff. Read more...

Alexander Stone Dale, 46, gave up 20 years of cab driving in New York last year to pursue "more interesting avenues". Currently unemployed, Alex is still exploring those new possibilities. And whenever he sees a job he'd like but isn't qualified for, he undertakes his own training. Read more...

Sophie, a French woman living in London, UK, was fired so abruptly that she wasn't even allowed to go back to her office to get her personal belongings. Read her story...