How to Recession-proof Your Job Whether you are sitting in your cubicle or standing with co-workers by the coffee machine, you can see as well as anyone that the jobless rate keeps climbing: The workplace isn't as crowded as it used to be. Amid one of the worst economic downturns since the Great Depression, layoffs are hitting all levels of many organizations, with little regard to tenure or title. It's a numbers game now, and the challenge is to keep yourself from becoming a statistic, from becoming the next person to pack your belongings in a box.

Davos 2009: Where Are the Women?

On Jan. 28, several thousand of the world's leaders will meet at Davos for the World Economic Forum [WEF]'s annual meeting. Women clearly have never made up a major part of the event. It was for this reason women organized their own "Davos" -- the Women's Forum for the Economy & Society -- held at Deauville, France, every year. But the absence of an equal balance of women to men in the WEF's own leadership structure suggests that the organization itself has not caught up with the 21st century.

Economic Woes May Trump Diversity

On September 14, 2008, the financial industry held its breath as it awaited the fall of Wall Street. What followed was a veritable redrawing of the industrial map: Former cornerstones of the nation's economy filed for bankruptcy or merged with larger companies to stay afloat. As the mergers are finalized, the new fear within the industry is not so much whether the companies will survive, but will the employees? And how important will diversity initiatives be?

Job Markets: Economic Downturn Hurts Hispanics, But Opportunities Await

The economic crisis facing the country has crushed employment levels in all business sectors, but U.S. Hispanics have been among those hit the hardest. Still, there's optimism that Hispanics will weather the storm. One area of hope: green construction.