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4 Reasons Why Multiple Gigs Are Better Than One

Lynn Dixon | Posted 04.12.2013 | Small Business
Lynn Dixon

Though having multiple gigs may not seem like the norm, the truth is, they may be able to help people lead more fulfilling careers and combat unemployment because there are more options.

Tyler Kingkade

National Group Pressures Colleges To Save Adjunct Teaching Hours

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 04.08.2013 | College

Colleges that reduce working hours for part-time instructors to avoid providing them health insurance coverage are under fire this week, even as they ...

The Best Part-Time Jobs For Post 50s

2013-02-21-grandparentslogo.jpg | Posted 03.28.2013 | Fifty

SPECIAL FROM Grandparents.com Jobs for the Over 50 Set What are the best part-time jobs for you? We put the question to Tim Driver, founder and ...

Making the Personal Political

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 04.21.2013 | Women
Barbara & Shannon Kelley

The Feminine Mystique is 50 years old; do you know where your equality is? Here's a hint: If you're a woman living in America, it's still pretty far out of reach.

The New Dream Job

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 10.29.2012 | Business

For many, the new dream job is just working full time. Since 2006, the number of employees in the retail and hospitality industries that are work...

Restaurants Test Plan To Skirt Obamacare

AP | CANDICE CHOI and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 12.09.2012 | Business

NEW YORK -- The owner of Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants is putting more workers on part-time status in a test aimed at limiting costs from P...

Joe Van Brussel

Making Freelance Work Possible For Millions

HuffingtonPost.com | Joe Van Brussel | Posted 09.05.2012 | Small Business

In the struggle to get more people to work, Fabio Rosati is trying to get more work to the people. In 2007, Rosati relaunched Elance with 15 othe...

Look: The Craziest Jobs On Craigslist

The Huffington Post | Alicia Ciccone | Posted 07.17.2012 | Home

Discouraged by headline after headline on the dismal job market? So are we. That's why we've turned to the creative cats on Craigslist to brighten...

Top Part-Time Jobs for College Students

Uloop | Posted 09.09.2012 | College
Uloop

With college comes freedom and with freedom comes expenses. Today, most college students are faced with empty pockets and fierce competition for employment. Sure, flipping burgers is fast money, but it doesn't do much for the resume.

Woohoo! Summer Job Prospects For Teens Looking Up

The Huffington Post | Marissa Piazzola | Posted 03.28.2012 | Teen

Good news! Just when you thought you might never land a summer job because of the economy, things might be shifting in your favor -- but you'll have t...

Plan C Redefines the American Dream

Caroline Dowd-Higgins | Posted 05.09.2012 | Business
Caroline Dowd-Higgins

It's all about having choices. People have been creative and innovative with their careers since the economic downturn and the Plan C option empowers workers to design a scenario that taps their strengths and plays to their passions like never before.

Focusing On Cash Flow For Retirement

money.usnews.com | Posted 01.15.2012 | Fifty

Retirement savers are often discouraged by the large number they get from retirement savings calculators and financial advisers. Let's say you need $2...

Teenage Wasteland: Weak Labor Market Means Youth Struggling To Find Part-Time Jobs

AP | By STEPHANIE REITZ | Posted 01.11.2012 | Business

HARTFORD, Conn. -- The economic turmoil that has left many Americans without work is having a disproportionate effect on teenage job-seekers, whose qu...

10 Part-Time Jobs For Retirees

www.bankrate.com | Posted 12.14.2011 | Fifty

If you're at or near retirement, you may find that a part-time or occasional job would make a big difference to your budget. Beyond paper routes an...

Study: As More Workers Are Employed Part-Time, Fewer Are Insured

Posted 12.06.2011 | Business

More than one-fifth of employed Americans lack health insurance, according to a recent survey, and that number is may be poised to grow as more worker...

Top-Level Professionals View 40-Hour Work Week As Part-Time: Report

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 08.30.2011 | Business

Over the last thirty years, the majority of Americans have started working longer hours while earning less, according to a recent report by the Center...

Jon Stewart and the Sheer Hypocrisy of Fox News on Teachers

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Jim Wallis

I like teachers. But what I am learning from conservatives these days, especially the hosts and commentators for Fox News is that public school teachers are greedy.

Real Family Values: 9 Ways to Support Families in Hard Times

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Sarah van Gelder

For years, the Right dominated the dialogue on "family values." But what does it really mean to support families, especially in a time of economic har...

Examining the Defense of Family Values and Unequal Pay for Women

Bill Singer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Bill Singer

If we value families, then why is the economic burden of raising them always pressed upon women at the cost of fair pay and career opportunities? Whatever happened to the concept of shared sacrifice?

Unemployment Rate Hits 10 Percent For The First Time Since 1983

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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...

Mort Zuckerman: New Jobs Will Require "Massive" Intervention

ft.com | Mort Zuckerman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Today there is no evidence of job creation. Quite the opposite: unemployment is rising and millions of jobs have disappeared. In place of thrift we ha...

Underemployed?: Recession Pushing More Americans Into Part-Time Work

Washington Post's The Ticker | Frank Ahrens | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Unemployed Americans are so discouraged about the prospect of finding a new job that they're checking out of the labor force at the highest and fastes...

It's Time to Cover Part-Time Workers

Beth Shulman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Beth Shulman

In the current battle over health care reform, part-time workers are hardly being mentioned. This oversight is archaic. Why should basic health care be denied to anyone?

Unemployment Rate: Part-Timers Are Hidden From Data

AP | FRANK BASS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

TOWNSHEND, Vt. — When the monthly unemployment figures come out Friday, Greg Noel will go from collecting government statistics to becoming one....

Peaceful Revolution: Women and Work: Why Employers' Work/Life Policies Can--and Should--Survive the Recession

Joan Williams | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Joan Williams

Employers with telecommuting and flexible programs that really work are finding that these new ways to work can enhance their competitive position in a recession.