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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...
Why Your Paycheck Is Growing Slowly and it Is Not a Bad Thing
The jobs report that was released by the Department of Labor on December 6 showed a blowout number of new jobs created and a falling unemployment rate. Normally, you would generally think that competition for worke...
What You Need To Know About Unemployment
Unemployment compensation is not something that you ever want to have to get. However, many people were forced to get unemployment after they lost their jobs due to the Great Recession in 2008. Over 5 million people had lost their j...
9 Things Managers Do That Drive Good Employees to Quit
Anytime a good employee turns in his resignation is a sign that a company is in trouble. But too often managers are blaming everything but their own behavior for helping to drive good employees out the door. Not only is i...
9 Unusual Ways to Find a New Job
In our parents and grandparents' day, anyone could find a job straight out of high school and stay with the same company until retirement. The economy, changes in technology and demands for a different kind of work environment has created a ve...
10 Data Entry Jobs That Can Be Done from Home
Data entry jobs have always been desirable, and doing them from home is an easy way to make extra money on the side or a full-time income. However, you need to be careful when signing up for an at-home position, because there are ...
Are You Qualified for the Job?
If you don't have a degree, there is no need to worry. If you don't have experience at a job, there's no need to worry there either. Since employers are struggling to find workers in the fast-growing labor market, many are beginning to hire can...
135,000 Jobs Added in September After Hurricane
According to ADP, which is a payroll processor, 135,000 jobs were added in September. Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Harvey slowed down the hiring process. These hurricanes will likely have an effect on the hiring process for a lo...
10 Tips for Job Seekers
Many job seekers fail to get jobs at the last minute during the interview. Having searched for a suitable position, polished your resume/cover letter and sent out applications, what remains for you to do is to master the art of succeeding in job interv...
