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How to Stop Office Drama with Just Four Words

Office drama can spread like a wildfire, feeding on the emotional reactions it gets. The more people react to the drama, the bigger it grows.  Dramatic people tend to exaggerate problems, making small issues seem like ...

How New Graduates Can Get Noticed in the Job Market

Every year, universities in the United States send off around two million new graduates into the world, ready to start their career journey. While a lucky few have jobs waiting for them, the majority are out there, trying ...

Is the Job Market Getting Worse? What We Know as the Government Shutdown Continues

The ongoing government shutdown, which is the longest in U.S. history, has stopped two important reports from the Labor Department. These reports usually help policymakers and economists u...

Understanding the Self-Employment Tax Credit (SETC): Qualifications and Benefits

Not many people are familiar with the Self-Employment Tax Credit (SETC), but it is a highly valuble program designed to support self-employed individuals. It particularly provides benefits for ...

November's Jobs Report Crushes Expectations and the Stock Market Soars

In news that has sent the stock market soaring, the November jobs number has blown past expectations, and unemployment has dropped to a 50-year low. By midday, the market was up over one percent. This repr...

Real Income Growth Trends: Insights from the JP Morgan Chase Institute's Latest Report

  The recent labor market data has led to varying perspectives on real income growth trends, and the topic has received a lot of attention due to its connection to consumer confidence...

The Risks of AI-Created Job Seekers

In today’s job market, not all applicants are real people. Some companies have started noticing a strange trend: candidates that seem perfect on paper but are actually created by artificial intelligence (AI). Imagine a company in...

Recently Lost a Job? These Industries Are Hiring As Many People As Possible

With rates of unemployment currently projected to be higher than the peak of the Great Depression, many Americans are concerned about their abilities to obtain and retain employment. Many were laid o...

How the COVID-19 Pandemic May End Up Changing the Job Market Forever

A lot of research on the COVID-19 job market is focusing on how the virus is putting hourly hospitality workers out of work. However, it turns out that there are also some broader, more long lasting changes...