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Employer Didn't Hire You? There's Value in Second PlaceWhen there are more than six unemployed people for every job opening, one thing is sure: the odds are better than good that you won't be the first picked for any particular job. But there's something else to know: It's better to be next in line than last. ...continue |
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Jobs Funding Set to Expire Before It Has Chance to WorkAfter a slow start, states struggling with record unemployment are scrambling to create and expand subsidized jobs programs that could employ thousands of poor adults, teens and disabled people. They're running out of time, however, because nearly $4 billion in unspent stimulus money that would finance the efforts is set to expire on Sept. 30. As a result, many are pushing Congress to make the remaining funds available for another year. ...continue |
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Monster Gobbles Up HotJobs: MWW to Pay Yahoo $225MMonster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW), which runs online job giant Monster.com, announced today plans to purchase the assets of Yahoo's (NYSE: YHOO) HotJobs, a competing recruitment site and job search board. ...continue |
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ADP Data Indicates Job Losses at Two-Year LowPayroll firm Automatic Data Processing said Wednesday U.S. private sector job losses slowed to the lowest number since February 2008. ...continue |
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In the Job Hunt, Beware of ScamsIn depressed job markets, where job hunters vastly outnumber job openings, there are people who try to profit at desperate job hunters' expense. Repeat after me: If it looks too good to be true, it probably is. ...continue |
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Top Jobs to Increasingly Feature WomenThe chances that the boss could be a woman are rising. About one-third of new jobs expected to be created over the next eight years are predicted to be at small businesses owned by women, according to a report issued this month. ...continue |
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Seniors Struggle to Rebound from UnemploymentAt age 69, Mario Gutierrez arrives at the Pepsi Bottling facility at 5 a.m. and ends his work day about 12 hours later. By the time he heads home, he has visited about a half dozen customers, buying one a cup of Cuban coffee or chatting with another about their sales. While traditional retirement age was four year ago, for Gutierrez it's not even in his near-term vision. ...continue |
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Recession Hits the Top Ranks of Colleges, TooAfter five years of big increases, pay for leaders of the nation's top public colleges and universities hit a stumbling block as the recession took hold. ...continue |
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Report: 6.9 million in U.S. had Multiple Jobs in DecemberJust under 7 million workers -- 6,886,000, or about 5 percent of the nation's work force -- held multiple jobs in December, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. ...continue |
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To Roth Or Not to RothThe idea of converting an Individual Retirement Account into a Roth IRA has attracted much attention because account holders are able to pay the tax at today's value and then let the account grow with no further taxes. In 2010, that attention has grown now that there is no longer an income limit for converting. Previously, only those with adjusted gross income of less than $100,000 could convert. Now, anyone can. But just because you can doesn't mean you should. ...continue |
