No Easy Jumpstart To Get Small Business Hiring Again
As 130 business, labor and thought leaders converge on the White House today to discuss ways to create more jobs, the nation's main engine for job cre...
As 130 business, labor and thought leaders converge on the White House today to discuss ways to create more jobs, the nation's main engine for job cre...
Amitai Etzioni | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics
Millions of jobs, even if temporary, must be generated in short order, and the cost of these jobs must be kept low, in order to not increase the deficit unduly.
Philip N. Cohen | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living
For the first time in a long time, White women are more likely to have jobs than Black women. Why are Black women falling further behind?
Val Brown | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media
Disney, perhaps belatedly realizing that it needs to get a little edgier to appeal to today's kids, announced last week that they will be launching a ...
Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 11.16.2009 | World
While the problem of unemployment in the Arab world seems insurmountable, there are a number of initiatives being implemented and proffered in the region to begin to put a dent in the problem.
Christine Schanes | Posted 11.14.2009 | Living
I have found that approximately 25 percent of homeless people are children. Together, women and children make up close to 40 percent of homeless people and are the fastest growing segment.
Majora Carter | Posted 11.13.2009 | Business
People with jobs are better off than people without jobs. But it turns out that people with jobs are even better off if other people are fully employed too.
Posted 11.13.2009 | Business
Job seekers take heed, the best cities to find work may be in Texas. The Milken Institute, a nonpartisan economic think tank, released its annual Best...
Kenneth N. Davis | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
It's time for the Obama Administration to make jobs a much higher priority and to strongly back S 3899 as one of the main answers.
AP | JENNIFER DOBNER | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
SALT LAKE CITY — The Mormon church for the first time has announced its support of gay rights legislation, an endorsement that helped gain unani...
Jon Younger | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business
The problem with an employment contract is that it doesn't answer the fundamental question of why employees choose your company rather than another. This is the question answered by an "employment brand."
Mainstreet | MainStreet.Com Staff Writers | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business
The newest installment of the Happiness Index has arrived and residents of the midwest will be happy to learn that their strangle-hold on the top spot...
Posted 11.05.2009 | Impact
What do you do when resume-blitzing, Craigslist-combing and other jobhunting strategies prove fruitless in a dire economy? Star in a music video, natu...
Nanette Fondas | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics
Over the past 40 years the work force has changed dramatically -- with immigrants, women, single mothers, and Generations X and Y moving in. Yet the country has not updated its policies accordingly.
Christine Schanes | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living
"Get a job!" is an easy expression to say. However, for some homeless people, getting a job is an impossible dream.
Posted 10.29.2009 | Impact
Phalen Lim fled Cambodia at the age of 2 in 1975, during the regime of the Khmer Rouge, and has never forgotten what it was like to start over as an i...
nytimes.com | ANAND GIRIDHARADAS | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living
Western medical practices have attracted similar criticisms in recent years, for an emphasis on intervening in disease rather than preventing it befor...
Jenny Darroch | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business
As we frantically look for evidence of economic recovery, we need to take care not to mistake all measures as signs that everything is back to normal.
Posted 10.12.2009 | Impact
The future doesn't look so shiny and bright, especially for young people, who are finding the job market tougher going than the older generation. The ...
Jerry Chautin | Posted 11.30.2009 | Business
Employers who think they can avoid payroll tax and employee benefits by mischaracterizing independent contractors may be in for a surprise. The IRS, Labor Department, and even local state governments may disagree and the consequences can be severe.
John J. Castellani | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business
New rules would limit the flexibility of U.S. businesses to redeploy capital to geographic areas that show the most promise for growth and also eliminate vital foreign tax credits.
Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living
The huge societal shift brought about by women's move into the workforce has only begun to play out, and its consequences are truly complex. So when telling this story, we should be careful not to isolate our focus to just women.
divinecaroline.com | Suzannah Scully | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living
The secret to enjoying yourself when you are unemployed is to achieve enough during the day where you don't feel guilty about it. In fact, you will be...
Meredith Lopez | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living
Everyone loves my cool, funky new mom-'do. I love it, too. Which is unfortunate, as Husband and I have taken a look at our current financial situation and it seems I have to go back to work full time.
Financial Times | Sarah O’Connor | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business
The number of working Americans turning to free government food stamps has surged as their hours and wages erode, in a stark sign that the recession i...
HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 12.03.2009 | Business