Part Time Jobs

Woohoo! Summer Job Prospects For Teens Looking Up

The Huffington Post | Marissa Piazzola | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Video, Teen Unemployment, Teen Jobs, Part Time Jobs, Snagajob, Job Hunting Tips, Teen Summer Jobs, Summer Jobs, Youth Unemployment, Teen News

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...

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Plan C Redefines the American Dream

Caroline Dowd-Higgins | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Part-Time vs. Full-Time Work, Unemployment, Workplace, American Dream, Employment, Professionals, Careers, Jobs, Part-Time Jobs, Entrepreneurship, Finding a Job, Work, Job Hunting, Job Hunt, Business News
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.

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Focusing On Cash Flow For Retirement

money.usnews.com | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Cash Flow, Saving for Retirement, Retirement, Rental Properties, Fixed Income, Part-Time Jobs, Retirement Investing, Retirement Planning, Fifty News

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

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

AP | By STEPHANIE REITZ | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: U.S. Labor Department, Video, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Unemployment Rate, Job-Seekers, Part-Time Jobs, Hartford Culinary Arts Academy High School, Summer Jobs, Blue Hills Civic Association, Teenagers, New York Association of Training and Employment Professionals Inc., Business News

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

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10 Part-Time Jobs For Retirees

www.bankrate.com | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Retirees, Retirement, Freelance, Career Advice, Freelancers, Part-Time Jobs, Part-Time, Part-Time-vs-Full-Time-Work, Customer Service, Fifty News

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...

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

Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Video, Uninsured, Health Care Reform, Department of Labor, Business News, Part-Time Jobs, Joblessness, Health Insurance, Health Care, Unempoyment, Uninsured Workers, Health Insurance Reform, Business News

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...

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

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Lower Class, Unemployment, 40 Hour Work Week, Economic Crisis, Middle Class, Full Time Jobs, Employment, Part-Time Jobs, Economic Recovery, Work-Life Balance, Work-Family Balance, Upper Class, Overtime, Business News

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...

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Jon Stewart and the Sheer Hypocrisy of Fox News on Teachers

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Home Care, Social Security, Green Jobs, Tax Equity, 2010 Elections, Medicare for All, Part-Time Jobs, Jobs, Community Colleges, Paid Sick Leave, Housing Crisis, Land Trusts, Veterans, Precautionary Principle, Minimum Wage, 2010, Advertising, Cradle to Prison Pipeline, Marriage Equity, Foreclosure, Head Start, Cancer, Medicare, Health Care, Domestic Violence, Politics News
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...

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Examining the Defense of Family Values and Unequal Pay for Women

Bill Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Equal Pay for Equal Work, Unemployment, Maternity Leave, Gender Discrimination, Family Values, Great Recession, Part-Time Jobs, Discrimination, Chamber of Commerce, Bill Singer, Flexible Work Schedules, Gender, Equal Pay, BrokeAndBroker.Com, Family, Business News
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?

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Mort Zuckerman: New Jobs Will Require "Massive" Intervention

ft.com | Mort Zuckerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Mort Zuckerman, Food Stamps, National-Infrastructure-Bank, Economy, Great Recession, Part-Time Jobs, Financial Crisis, Jobs, Recession, Business News

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...

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Unemployment Rate Hits 10 Percent For The First Time Since 1983

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

Read More: Job Market, Job Numbers, Jobless Rate, Unemployment Rate, Unemployment Statitistics, Department of Labor, Part-Time Jobs, 1983, Business News

WASHINGTON — Just when it was beginning to look a little better, the economy relapsed Friday with a return to double-digit unemployment for only...

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

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

Read More: Underemployed, Part-Time Jobs, Labor, Jobless Rate, Unemployment, Unemployment Benefits, Economy, Recession, Jobless Claims, Personal Finance, Business News

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...

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It's Time to Cover Part-Time Workers

Beth Shulman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Part-Time Workers, Part-Time Jobs, Health Care, Job Benefits, Politics News
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?

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Unemployment Rate: Part-Timers Are Hidden From Data

AP | FRANK BASS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unemployment Numbers, Census, Part-Time Workers, Part-Time Jobs, Unemployment, Under-Employed, Business News

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

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

Joan Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Part-Time Workers, Recession Fears, Part-Time Jobs, Telecommuting, Recession, Business News
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.

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Hidden Toll Of Downturn: Millions Of Full-Time Jobs Cut To Part-Time

New York Times | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Part-Time Jobs, Recession, Full Time Jobs Cut, Job Cuts, Business News

The number of Americans who have seen their full-time jobs chopped to part time because of weak business has swelled to more than 3.7 million -- the l...

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