The question remains, while a creative/unusual/incomprehensible title can be a real ice-breaker at networking parties, will it help you get -- or keep -- the job?
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 12.05.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — Two years of steep job cuts all but ended last month, unexpectedly pulling down the unemployment rate and raising hopes for a lasti...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 12.03.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — The tally of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell unexpectedly for the fifth straight week, a hopeful sign tha...
AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 12.04.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama promised at a White House jobs forum on Thursday to take "every responsible step to accelerate job creation,...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 12.02.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — Unemployment worsened or stayed the same in most metro areas in October, the Labor Department said Wednesday, as jobs remained scar...
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.
Reuters | Mary Milliken | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In a depressed neighborhood in the City of Angels, hundreds of good jobs appeared to fall from the sky last week....
nytimes.com | NYT | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business
If you are looking for an economic recovery you can believe in, the October employment report is not for you. ...
Jill Schlesinger | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business
For the first time since 1983, over 1 out of every 10 American is out of work. How's that for starting your Friday with some sobering news?
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — Just when it was beginning to look a little better, the economy relapsed Friday with a return to double-digit unemployment for only...
nytimes.com | STEVEN GREENHOUSE | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business
It is well known that during the nation's gale-force recession, many older Americans who dreamed of retirement continued to work, often because their ...
nytimes.com | MICHAEL LUO | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business
C.R. England, a nationwide trucking company, needed an administrative assistant for its bustling driver training school here. Responsibilities include...
AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — Even with an economic revival, many U.S. jobs lost during the recession may be gone forever and a weak employment market could ling...
The Atlantic Business Channel | Mike Konczal | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business
The Wall Street Journal ran a post over the weekend about a new credit crunch among low income borrowers, noting it is now 'payback time.' What they d...
Wall Street Journal | Phil Izzo | Posted 10.08.2009 | Business
The worst recession since the Great Depression has left a scorched landscape that will weigh on the labor market and the broader economy for years to ...
wsj.com | SUDEEP REDDY | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business
The U.S. has shed 7.2 million jobs since the recession began in December 2007. How long will it take for the economy to replace them? And where will t...
Stephen Viscusi | Posted 12.02.2009 | Business
"Friendship" is just a word. It's like the saying "blood is thicker than water." Your superior may have "boss blood," but you still have subordinate "water in your veins."
Liz Black | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living
I want to have a reason to wake up in the morning, change my clothes and get out of the house. I want to use my creative brain for something more than quirky tweets and stylish outfit choices.
Mainstreet | Althea Chang | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business
If you're thinking about switching careers, or you're worried about your current employment status, here are 10 jobs that have real security. They're ...
Joel Epstein | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living
The job market for corporate giving professionals says a great deal about the state of the L.A. economy. When businesses lose their commitment to the community, we all lose out.
The Boston Globe | Erica Noonan | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living
In this job market, it's not just who you know, or even what skills you've mastered. It's how well you understand other people that will get you ahead...
time.com | Justin Fox Friday, September 4, 2009 at 2:40 Pm | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business
Here in the U.S., stock market investors seem thrilled that the pace of job losses slowed a bit in August. Guess what happened up in Canada? Payroll e...
Washington Post | Steve Vogel | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business
The federal government needs to hire more than 270,000 workers for "mission-critical" jobs over the next three years, a surge prompted in part by the ...
Posted 09.24.2009 | New York
Over a thousand New Yorkers filled the streets of Queens this weekend in the hopes of receiving a coveted plumbers union apprenticeship. People waite...
James Sims | Posted 09.21.2009 | Entertainment
Neither screenwriter Kelly Fremon nor Hollywood starlet, Alexis Bledel could have seen the recent economic meltdown coming when first creating the sentimental teen comedy, Post Grad .
Stephanie Pierson and Barbara Harrison | Posted 12.07.2009 | Business