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Is There an Autumn Hiring Surge Coming? The Stuff You Need to Know Now!

Career consultants advise that you should never take a job that you don't want just because you're desperate. However, your situation sometimes doesn't give you many options, but the fall ...

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...

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...

Out of Work Because of the Coronavirus? Check Out These In-Demand Jobs

According to the March jobs report released on Friday, the US cut 701,000 jobs while the unemployment rate jumped from 3.5% to 4.4%. It is no secret that the economy has taken a massive hit as a result o...

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 ...

Latest Jobs News Continues to Paint Bleak Picture as Struggles Mount

The US Federal Reserve released a new report on Thursday detailing a grim picture of the jobs situation. More than 36 million Americans filed jobless claims over the past two months. The record-breaking cl...

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...

Mass Layoffs Continue to Plague an Economy Struggling to Recover

It was not a pretty week when it comes to layoffs. Several of the country's top business organizations announced mass layoffs as leaders struggle to keep finances afloat during this unprecedented economic clim...

Salaries Recover Even Though 9 Million Jobs Are Still Missing

In an employment report released on Monday, February 15, the Department of Labor announced that salaries have recovered to their February 2020 levels, but there are still 9 million fewer workers compared to the nu...