By now, we’ve all heard about how employers scope out the Tweets and Facebook profiles of job seekers to winnow down the field of applicants. But job seekers may be surprised to hear just how many recruiters now use social media …
Careers & Workplace
What Type of Worker Are You? Your Next Boss May Want to Know
Employees who are interested in their jobs perform better than their disinterested peers. So how do hiring managers go about finding the legitimately interested and passionate?
Steadiest, Fastest-Growing Jobs: Service Gigs That Pay Poorly
In a tough job market, the industries that are growing the quickest and have been hiring like crazy are offering jobs with meager wages and duties that many workers find beneath them.
In Inbox Hell? Time to Admit You’re an Email Sinner
A SaneBox executive outlines the seven deadly sins of email. Are you guilty?
There’s One Upside For Unemployed Older Workers: Happiness
A recent study suggests that there’s at least one upside for the millions of beleaguered older Americans among the nation’s long-term unemployed: Unlike their working peers, retirement — officially calling it quits –actually …
No Job? No Date for You!
In a new survey conducted by an online dating service, three-quarters of women said they were unlikely to date a man who is unemployed. Only one-third of the guys surveyed, by contrast, refuse to go with women who don’t have jobs.
Catch an Employer’s Attention With a Video Resume
Many job applicants feel that if they could just get past the initial screening process and land a face-to-face interview with a hiring manager, they’d have their chance to shine. Getting that toe in the door has gotten harder than ever in today’s market. Matthew Epstein, a 2008 graduate of the University of Central Florida, created …
More Women Are In the Workforce — So Why Are They Still Doing So Many Chores?
With all the time dedicated to getting women into the executive suite, it seems a bit silly to talk about who’s buying the groceries. But new data suggests that women in heterosexual partnerships may be just as burdened with …
What Older Workers Want
70 is the new 50 at work these days. A new survey about what older workers want shows how much our timeline has changed.
Million Dollar Babies: What It Really Costs to Raise a Child
Last week, the Department of Agriculture announced that the cost of raising a child is now estimated to be $234,900. The fact that this figure represents an all-time high probably set some new and expectant parents into a panic. …
5 Ways Women Can Defy the Odds & Start a Business
Here’s a simple test: Name your top five role models (aside from family and friends)? How many of them are women?
You may be unable to connect your inspiration to a female role model, simply because there aren’t enough female …
How Smart Phones Are Changing the Way We Bank, Drive, Have Sex and Go to the Bathroom
“Smartphonatics” are changing the way we bank and play. And while smart phones are making a lot of things easier, in many contexts they are the source of gross distraction and rude behavior
