Job Market

How to Quit Your Job

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 08.13.2008 | Living

Read More: Severance Pay, Job Market, Career, Giving Notice, Job Layoffs, Career Advice, Jobs, Quitting, Career Change, Happiness, Living News
Joel Schwartzberg

Leaving a job on purpose is an unusual concept for our parents and grandparents, who generally stayed with the same job their whole lives.

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College Student Summer Career Advice: 10 Things To Do This Summer to Solidify Your Ideal Job After Graduation

Lindsey Pollak | Posted 07.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Job Market, Social Networking, Jobs, Job Search, Networking, College Graduates, Advice for College Grads, Job Hunt, Living News
Lindsey Pollak

If you've just graduated from college and you're eager to find a full-time job before the fall, here are a few ideas to help you snap up job offers while everyone else is slacking.

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A Young Entrepreneur on Bank Failures and Small Business

Scott Sinclair | Posted 07.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Investment Banks, U.S. Economy, Job Market, Small Business, The Balanced Life, Job Cuts, Economy, Banking, Financial Crisis, Federal Reserve, Commuting, Business News
Scott Sinclair

In the wake of the failure of Bear Stearns, with layoffs at all the major financial institutions and the threat of more bank failures, it's entrepreneurs and small business owners who are investing in the American dream.

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How to Nail a Job Interview

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 07.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Job Market, Job Hunt Mistakes, Public Speaking, Career Advice, Jobs, The Full Life, Job Interviews, Resume Tips, Corporate Culture, Job Hunt, Living News
Joel Schwartzberg

A job interview isn't all that different from a public speech, except that in interviews you sit down, listen more than speak, and are the world's expert on the topic, you.

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The White House's Lame Excuses For Rejecting a Badly-Needed Extension of Unemployment Benefits

Ross Eisenbrey | Posted 06.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Job Market, Unemployed, Unemployment, Job Cuts, Economy, Unemployment Benefits, Jobs, US Job Market, Epi, Business News
Ross Eisenbrey

Of course Americans need jobs, but in the meantime, those who can't find them need unemployment insurance.

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Punishing Workers Who Must Work Part-Time

Beth Shulman | Posted 06.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Job Market, Unemployment, Job Cuts, Unemployment Rate, Working Mothers, Work, Job Layoffs, Working Women, Unemployment Benefits, Jobs, Business News
Beth Shulman

As the economy worsens, more and more workers will have to take part-time jobs, exposing the urgent need to reform these positions.

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Top 10 Most Painful Professions

abcnews.com | Posted 05.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Chronic Pain, Painful Jobs, Jobs, Job Market, Blogging, Worker's Compensation, Living News

No matter how much you love your job, there always will be days of strain and headaches. But for some, work brings daily aches and pains that can deve...

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Consumer confidence drops in April on inflation, job worries

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 04.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Consumer Confidence, Low Consumer Confidence, Inflation Worries, Inflation, Job Market, Business News

NEW YORK — From soaring gas prices to weaker job prospects, Americans are gloomier about the economy than just before the U.S. invasion of Iraq....

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Teens Follow Parents' Lead, Reign In Spending

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 04.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Jobs for Teens, Jobs, Job Market, Allowances, Business News

NEW YORK — The souring job market and rising costs of the usual teenage indulgences _ a slice of pizza, a drive to the mall, the hottest new jea...

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Work Is More Than A Four Letter Word

Tevis Gale | Posted 04.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Job Incentive, Job Search, Work, Career Advice, Job Cuts, How to Love What You Do, Job Market, Job Hunt, Living News
Tevis Gale

CFO's aren't seeing much to cheer about in the economy. Whether you're one of the lucky to stay or go - depending on your perspective - there's no time like the present to get clear on your relationship with work.

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Dangerous Cracks Appearing in Job Market

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 03.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Job Market, Jobs Unemployment, Unemployment Numbers, Job Slashed, Job Market Cracks, Business News

WASHINGTON — Dangerous cracks in the nation's job market are deepening. Employers slashed jobs by the largest amount in five years and hundreds ...

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Why Job Market Is Even Worse Than You Think

CNNMoney | Chris Isidore | Posted 02.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Unemployed, Unemployment, US Economy, Unemployment Rate, Job Market, Employment, Business News

A government report on January jobs showing that employers trimmed payrolls for the first time in four years set off alarm bells. But the report, whi...

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Willful Ignorance, Callous Indifference, or Both?

Richard Belzer | Posted 11.13.2007 | Politics

Read More: Fighting Poverty, Poverty, US Poverty, Economy, US China, Health Insurance, China Toys, Tax Breaks, Recalled Toys, Ruling Class, Weakening Dollar, Working Class, US Economy, China Products, Job Market, Minimum Wage, Wall Street, Bush Administration Poverty, Tax Breaks for Elite, Class Warfare, Toxic Toys, Politics News
Richard Belzer

The overpaid, smug opinionated keepers of Wall Street's gates are, in their view, the only class of people who can explain the confusing riddle of the American economy.

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Consumer Impulses or Economic Reality?

Byron Williams | Posted 11.11.2007 | Business

Read More: Gas Prices, Wages, US China, $100 Oil, Better Wages, Dollar Value, Debt to China, Africa Oil, Weakening Dollar, China Investment in Dollar, High Gas Prices, Job Market, World Oil Reserves, Weak Dollar, Oil Prices, Debtor Nation, China Diversify Investment in Dollar, Losing Interest in Dollar, Increase in Jobs, World Oil Prices, Foreign Excahnge Reserves, Business News
Byron Williams

The combined increase in gas prices along with home heating cost this winter translate to a tightening of consumer budgets--canceling out the good economic news regarding jobs and wages.

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What That Job Application Is Really Asking For

From cnn.com | Mary Lorenz | Posted 10.09.2007 | Living

Read More: Job Market, Job Application, Living News

If you've ever looked at a job listing and thought, "I'd be perfect for this job, if only...," you understand the discouragement a lot of job seekers ...

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