Corporate recruiters spend four to five minutes carefully scrutinizing every resume that hits their desk — at least, that’s what they say. But when jobs site TheLadders set up eye-tracking software to record recruiters’ …
Careers & Workplace
The Real Reason New College Grads Can’t Get Hired
It’s because college kids today can’t do math, one line of reasoning goes. Or they don’t know science. Or they’re clueless about technology, aside from their myriad social-media profiles. These are all good theories, but …
Bad News for Anybody’s Who Has Messed Up at a New Job
Everybody knows the cliches about the importance of first impressions, but it’s actually more important than most people realize. Research shows that the initial interactions you have with your new co-workers and boss when you …
Apple CEO Backs LGBT Anti-Discrimination Bill
Support for Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Welcome to the World’s Most Potentially Awkward Interview
Trick or treat … or a job offer. Those were among the possibilities at a job fair held on Halloween night, when applicants and hiring managers dressed as Big Bird, the Grim Reaper, and other costumes. And they met in a bowling …
Why It’s a Good Thing More People Are Quitting Their Jobs
Go ahead, tell the boss where to put it. That’s what more Americans are doing, according to an analysis of employment data by the outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.—and it’s a good thing. Why? Labor …
Why Companies Can Profit By Paying You More
Here are some hard facts: Income inequality in America is almost double that of other developed nations, two thirds of our national wealth is concentrated in the hands of the top 5 percent richest Americans, and 95 percent of …
5 Reasons Your Job Is Making You Miserable
Hate your job? The good news is you’ve got company — lots of it. The bad news is it’s making you fat, cranky and possibly even shortening your lifespan.
U.S. Adds Fewer Jobs Than Expected, But Unemployment Ticks Down
Unemployment down to 7.2 percent
Three Little Words to Never Say in an Interview
Not without a follow up at least
Fast-Food Workers Are Costing the U.S. $7 Billion a Year in Public Aid
Those cheap fast-food prices conceal a huge hidden cost—even if you never pull into a drive-thru. New studies by the University of Illinois, University of California, Berkeley, and the National Employment Law Project find that …
Forget Unemployment, Time to Worry About ‘Mal-Employment’
Nearly 4 out of 10 young people are now underemployed