• 5 Ways to Come Out From Under the Cloud of Underemployment

    5 Ways to Come Out From Under the Cloud of Underemployment
    Underemployment is an epidemic in America. For many workers today, it feels like a punishment to receive such low pay after all the money and time poured into their educations. I don't even think "underemployment" was a word in nineteen-eighty-whenever-that-was. Now, you're handed an umbrella too small to cover your arms from the storm.I had my own period of underemployment, and though it was partially my fault, no one told me how much damage it would do to ...
  • Workforce Trends: 85 Percent of Workers Have Side Hustles

    Workforce Trends: 85 Percent of Workers Have Side Hustles
    I know a financial advisor in Minnesota who moonlights as an Uber driver. Another friend of mine works full time in IT and fixes computers on the weekends. At least three of my graduate professors edit literary journals on the side, and I can name at least a dozen more for whom teaching is actually a side job. When I browse blogging gigs online, many specifically ask for lawyers, doctors, ...
  • Carrier Steelworker Responds To Movement Of Jobs To Mexico - NPR

    Carrier Steelworker Responds To Movement Of Jobs To Mexico - NPR
    Carrier Steelworker Responds To Movement Of Jobs To Mexico
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    NPR's Audie Cornish talks with T.J. Bray, a steelworker at the Carrier plant in Indianapolis where President Trump said he saved over 1,000 jobs. Last month, Carrier told the state that 600 people will be laid off, and those jobs will be transferred to ...
  • Don't Make These Cringe-Worthy Interview Mistakes!

    Don't Make These Cringe-Worthy Interview Mistakes!
    Summer is officially here! If you're like us, your steps are lighter, your mood is better, and even Monday mornings seem just a little more pleasant. You probably also care a little less about the small things.But you know who hasn't stopped caring about the little things? The interviewer you'll be meeting at your next job interview. It's easy to throw your cares away, but don't make careless mistakes ...
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  • The Way to a Candidate's Heart: Care About the Things They Care About

    The Way to a Candidate's Heart: Care About the Things They Care About
    I recently had the opportunity to travel to Austin, Texas, to meet a number of folks who work at the job website Indeed. If you've looked for a job in the last ten years, there's a good chance you've visited Indeed: In 2010, the website surpassed Monster to become the highest-trafficked job site in the United States. In May, a ...
  • To Make Better Hires, Treat Job Seekers With Respect

    To Make Better Hires, Treat Job Seekers With Respect
    While I usually write for an audience of job seekers, today I'd like to address a question I've received many times from many employers: "How can I hire better candidates"This question may seem fairly straightforward, but the answer isn't so simple. There are a number of factors you need to consider, which I'll outline below.The internet has changed the job search game. In particular, it has given candidates ...
  • From Michael Scott to Miranda Priestly: Which Famous Fictional Boss Are You?

    From Michael Scott to Miranda Priestly: Which Famous Fictional Boss Are You?
    And now for a little hump day fun.The folks at cloud communication advisory firm GetVoIP recently crafted what has quickly become one of my all-time favorite infographics: a flowchart that helps you determine which famous fictional boss you would be.Including James Bond's M, Gilmore Girls'
  • Video: Trump and Coal Jobs - FactCheck.org

    Video: Trump and Coal Jobs - FactCheck.org
    FactCheck.org
    Video: Trump and Coal Jobs
    FactCheck.org
    In this week's fact-checking video, CNN's Jake Tapper discusses President Donald Trump's remarks at his June 21 Iowa rally about coal mining jobs. As we wrote in our story, “FactChecking Trump's Iowa Rally,” the president again claimed he has reversed ...
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  • VW brand is cutting jobs more quickly than planned - CNBC

    VW brand is cutting jobs more quickly than planned - CNBC
    CNBC
    VW brand is cutting jobs more quickly than planned
    CNBC
    VW is reducing its workforce in order to generate funds for investments in electric cars and self-driving technology. More than 7,500 workers have accepted offers of early retirement, and the company also seeks to significantly cut down on temporary jobs.and more »
  • Top 10 Tech Tools for Remote Workers and Distributed Teams

    Top 10 Tech Tools for Remote Workers and Distributed Teams
    Welcome to Top 10, Recruiter.com's weekly rundown of the best of the best in recruiting! Every Friday, we release a list of some of our favorite people, things, and ideas dominating the industry. From awesome tech tools and cool companies to great books and powerful trends, no stone in the recruiting space will be left unturned.This Week: Top 10 Tech Tools for Remote Workers and Distributed Teams...
  • Summer Jobs Are a Thing of the Past - U.S. News & World Report

    U.S. News & World Report
    Summer Jobs Are a Thing of the Past
    U.S. News & World Report
    Summer jobs are vanishing as U.S. teens spend more time in school and just hanging out. June 23, 2017, at 10:26 a.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Summer Jobs Are a Thing of the Past ...and more »
  • Carrier moving Trump jobs to Mexico - Axios

    Carrier moving Trump jobs to Mexico - Axios
    Carrier moving Trump jobs to Mexico
    Axios
    Carrier, the heating and air-conditioning manufacturer, is laying off more than 600 employees from its Indianapolis plant next month, the same plant Trump vowed to keep on American soil, per CNBC. Those manufacturing jobs will go to Mexico, where labor ...and more »
  • Why Can't They Build More Homes Where the Jobs Are? - Bloomberg

    Why Can't They Build More Homes Where the Jobs Are? - Bloomberg
    Bloomberg
    Why Can't They Build More Homes Where the Jobs Are?
    Bloomberg
    Californian cities in particular are failing to add new inventory to make up for housing shortages. By. Patrick Clark. @pat_clark More stories by Patrick Clark. Fri Jun 23 2017 02:00:06 GMT-0700 (PDT). In a logical world, builders would rush to put up ...
  • Knoxville's Top Workplaces: Why the employees love their jobs - Knoxville News Sentinel

    Knoxville's Top Workplaces: Why the employees love their jobs - Knoxville News Sentinel
    Knoxville News Sentinel
    Knoxville's Top Workplaces: Why the employees love their jobs
    Knoxville News Sentinel
    Glassdoor, one of the world's largest jobs websites, released its 2017 list of the top 50 places to work on Wednesday. Bain again bested all other companies and surpassed last year's winner Airbnb. USA TODAY. Top Workplaces Knoxville Buy Photo.and more »
  • Sears Canada to close stores, cut jobs in restructuring - AOL

    Sears Canada to close stores, cut jobs in restructuring - AOL
    AOL
    Sears Canada to close stores, cut jobs in restructuring
    AOL
    TORONTO, June 22 (Reuters) - Sears Canada Inc said on Thursday it plans to cut jobs and close about a quarter of its stores as it restructures its operations after a steady decline in sales due to competition from big-box retailers and online merchants.
    24 workers will lose their jobs at Sears Home in WindsorCBC.caall 14 news articles »
  • Kids today: They don't work summer jobs the way they used to - ABC News

    Kids today: They don't work summer jobs the way they used to - ABC News
    Kids today: They don't work summer jobs the way they used to
    ABC News
    It was at Oregon's Timberline Lodge, later known as a setting in the horror movie "The Shining," where Patrick Doyle earned his first real paycheck. He was a busboy. The job didn't pay much. But Doyle quickly learned lessons that served him for years ...and more »
  • CEOs recall when teens like them actually worked summer jobs - ABC News

    CEOs recall when teens like them actually worked summer jobs
    ABC News
    Some of America's top executives made humbling debuts as teenagers in the workplace. They scrubbed toilets, cut tobacco, worked at McDonald's. Such work is becoming less common. Today's youths are more likely to enroll in summer school, do volunteer ...and more »
  • What Would the World Be Like if We All Loved Our Jobs? - Inc.com

    What Would the World Be Like if We All Loved Our Jobs? - Inc.com
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    What Would the World Be Like if We All Loved Our Jobs?
    Inc.com
    Everyone around the world deserves to wake up excited to go to work, but unfortunately that doesn't always happen. By Jacob Morgan · Jacob Morgan is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, and futurist. He has written three best-selling books: "The ...
  • New York Times bloodbath could include reporter jobs - New York Post

    New York Times bloodbath could include reporter jobs - New York Post
    New York Times bloodbath could include reporter jobs
    New York Post
    Reporters at the New York Times could soon be “vulnerable” to the ax. If the ongoing round of voluntary buyouts being offered to editing staff does not get enough takers, the Gray Lady could begin another round, NYT Executive Editor Dean Baquet ...
  • Google Jobs offers new tool to find work - WPSD Local 6

    Google Jobs offers new tool to find work - WPSD Local 6
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    Google Jobs offers new tool to find work
    WPSD Local 6
    You may have the perfect job with a great boss, great paycheck and great benefits. If you're like most people, though, you've thought about a new job. Maybe you've even spent time at monster.com, careerbuilder.com, or jobs.com. Now there's a new player ...
    Google launched its own job search engine — here's how it worksBusiness Insider
    Google is positioning its new job-search product as an effort to save AmericaQuartzall 61
  • Howes: Hello, GOP? Michigan is in hunt for Foxconn jobs - The Detroit News

    The Detroit News
    Howes: Hello, GOP? Michigan is in hunt for Foxconn jobs
    The Detroit News
    Michigan's chance to land a multibillion-dollar investment by Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group is for real. Quick, someone tell the foot-dragging Republicans in the state Legislature. The world's largest contract electronics manufacturer is ...
    iPhone Manufacturer Wants To Create Tens Of Thousands Of US JobsABC2 News
    Foxconn Dangles $10 Billion Tech Investment to Create U.S. Jobs ...Bloomberg
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  • Column: Preparing for jobs of the future - The Detroit News

    Column: Preparing for jobs of the future - The Detroit News
    The Detroit News
    Column: Preparing for jobs of the future
    The Detroit News
    One common thread links tech progress over the last 100 years: disruption. Smartphones replaced landline phones and switchboard operators. Delivery robots are outmaneuvering bike messengers and postal carriers, both of which had displaced the Pony ...and more »
  • There are Trump's claims about jobs. And then there are the numbers - CNNMoney

    There are Trump's claims about jobs. And then there are the numbers - CNNMoney
    CNNMoney
    There are Trump's claims about jobs. And then there are the numbers
    CNNMoney
    He took credit for thousands of new coal jobs on Wednesday at a rally in Cedar Rapids. "We've ended the war on clean beautiful coal. And we're putting our miners back to work," he said. "Last week a brand new coal mine just opened in the state of ...
    Indiana air conditioning plant to send 700 jobs President Trump bragged about saving to MexicoNew York Daily News
    Carrier Will Move Jobs to Mexico, Despite T
  • 41 Unusual Career Tips From a Recruiter

    41 Unusual Career Tips From a Recruiter
    There is no opening act. Let's just get started:1. Don't Ask How Don't ask how you can help. Do your research and figure out a way to help.When people email and ask how they can help, it creates more work for me. Now I have to think of how they can help. I don't know them or what they are good at.I've emailed senior people before with the same question. The web holds more information now than ...
  • Trump visited this Boeing factory to celebrate jobs. It just announced layoffs - Washington Post

    Trump visited this Boeing factory to celebrate jobs. It just announced layoffs - Washington Post
    Washington Post
    Trump visited this Boeing factory to celebrate jobs. It just announced layoffs
    Washington Post
    Five months ago at a Boeing factory in South Carolina, President Trump proclaimed, “We are going to fight for every last American job.” On Thursday, workers at the North Charleston plant learned they'd soon face layoffs. The airplane manufacturer ...
    Boeing Factory In South Carolina Where Trump 'Celebrated' Jobs Braces For LayoffsHuffPost
    Boeing factory where Trump del

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