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Change Course: Empowering Lives and Building Careers in Des Moines

  In the heart of Des Moines, a nonprofit organization called Change Course is transforming lives and giving individuals a second chance at building successful careers. With its unique program offerin...

How to Keep Your Career on Track During COVID-19

COVID-19 has been a massive disruption in the job market and has greatly impacted the career plans of tens of millions of Americans. You do not have to let the crisis, or even job loss, derail your career progression. You can ...

April Jobs Report Paints Bleak Picture for Employment and the Economy

As expected, the latest job report is nothing to cheer about. According to the stats from the US Department of Labor, a record 20.5 million jobs were lost over the month of April alone. This equates to a ...

Latest May Jobs Report Stuns Economists with Good News About Unemployment

Economists were bracing for another terrible monthly jobs report when the latest figures were released on Friday. The May jobs report was expected to demonstrate another month of staggering unemployme...

Media Targets Essential Industries for Virus Blame

Once upon a time in the United States of America, the free press, whose rights are guaranteed in the nation's Constitution, were an honest and powerful force for good. In 2020, with hundreds of competing networks figh...

Considering a Phased Retirement? Here is Everything That You Need to Know

The ongoing COVID-19 health crisis has done a real number on the stock market. As the markets continue to experience extreme volatility, many retirement accounts have been put in flux. This uncertaint...

Fastest-growing and Highest-paying Jobs for 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way most people lived and worked in 2020. A lot of jobs soared in demand as employers tried to meet changing needs triggered by the pandemic. At the same time, other jobs disappeared, and ...

What to Know About Employee Benefits When Searching for a New Job

American business is in the midst of a hiring frenzy. After the severe economic downturn due to the COVID-19 pandemic, business is booming again in most sectors. This means that many Americans are on the hunt...

Losing your job is one of the most unfortunate events in life. However, it should not be the end of life because even some of the most successful peop...

The hardest part of accepting your dismissal is to know that you did nothing wrong. You might have asked a challenging q...