Called in to help companies lay people off, and to offer career guidance aimed at easing the newly unemployed into their next jobs elsewhere, outplacement firms are pretty busy these days, especially in the financial services industry, writes Fortune’s Anne Fisher in her April 4 Ask Annie column.

Have you been offered professional job-hunting help as part of a layoff? Just severance? Nothing at all? Does having a job coach help? Can it speed your job search?

Tossing and turning in your dorm room at night wondering if you’ll be able to get a decent job? Don’t worry - or at least, don’t worry too much. A couple of new surveys gauging employers’ entry-level hiring plans show that jobs for new grads are plentiful, writes Fortune’s Anne Fisher in her March 27 Ask Annie column.

Are you (or your kid) about to graduate? Or, are you hiring new grads? How are you finding the job market?

It’s every professional’s nightmare: You’re working in a great job for a well-regarded employer, then the company — seemingly overnight — suffers a crisis and is bought out or goes belly-up. That’s the unpleasant situation facing many Bear Stearns employees, writes Fortune’s Anne Fisher in her March 25 Ask Annie column. How safe is your job? Are you worried your company could suffer a Bear Stearns-like implosion, and if so, what are you doing to get ready? If you worked for a company that failed, how did you deal with it? You can also send us your photos and videos, or email us and share your story.

With the U.S. economy apparently getting ready to take one of its cyclical snoozes, employers are more hesitant to take on new hires than they were even just three or four months ago, writes Fortune’s Anne Fisher in her Feb. 14 Ask Annie column. Have you ever landed your dream job during a downturn? How did you do it? What tricks do you have for finding a job in a tougher market?

In her November 20th column, Fortune’s Anne Fisher looks at how someone can turn a part-time holiday job into a permanent position, especially this year when companies may not be hiring as many holiday temps as they did in recent years. Have you ever turned a part-time gig into a full-time job? How did you do it?

Don’t bring mom to the job interview, warns Fortune’s Anne Fisher in her Oct. 11 Ask Annie column. One candidate forgot that basic precept, and wound up as No. 9 in a list of wackiest job-interview moves, which was based on a recent Accountemps poll of hiring managers. What’s the biggest mistake you ever saw someone make - or (gulp) maybe even made yourself - in a job interview?

Once you’ve agreed in writing to take a job, getting out of it to accept a better offer can be tricky, writes Fortune’s Anne Fisher in her July 31 Ask Annie column. Have you ever accepted a job, then changed your mind? Did it cause any career problems immediately, or later on? Have you ever signed a noncompete, and do you think it was fair?

Hiring is up and so are salaries, says Fortune’s Anne Fisher in her May 15, 2007 Ask Annie column. But there’s lots of competition, too, and many new grads make errors that hurt their chances, she says. What mistakes do you see new grads make when job hunting?