Transcripts of live chats with Maine job experts:

Go to RETRAINING TIPS AND WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU'VE LOST A MANUFACTURING JOB (Cindy Edwards, Maine Dept. of Labor Portland Career Center)

Go to MAKING THE JUMP FROM SCHOOL TO JOB (Amy Jaffe, career counselor, Heart at Work Associates)

Go to TIPS FOR ENTREPRENEURS (Nate Huckel-Bauer, director, PROPEL/Entreverge)

Go to GETTING A JOB WHEN YOU'RE OVER 50 (Barbara Babkirk, founder, Heart at Work Associates)

Go to HOW TO WRITE A RESUME AND COVER LETTER (Ben Neveux, employment and training specialist, Maine Dept. of Labor York County Career Center)

Go to ADVICE FOR THE LONG-TIME UNEMPLOYED (Mary LaFontaine, manager, Lewiston Career Center)

RETRAINING TIPS AND WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU'VE LOST A MANUFACTURING JOB

MAKING THE JUMP FROM SCHOOL TO JOB

TIPS FOR ENTREPRENEURS

GETTING A JOB WHEN YOU'RE OVER 50

HOW TO WRITE A RESUME AND COVER LETTER

ADVICE FOR THE LONGTIME UNEMPLOYED