Job Market

Looking for a New Job? These Are the Best Cities for You

By Beth Braverman

If you’re on the hunt for a good job, think warm thoughts and pack sunglasses.
Hoping for a Big Raise Next Year? Here’s How Much You’ll Probably Get

By Beth Braverman

A new report sheds light on how big a raise most workers will be getting next year.
A New Report Shows Why The 10-Year Jobs Crisis Is Effectively Over

By Jacqueline Leo

A new report by the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution has good news: "With [yesterday's] employment report, we can report that the national jobs gap relative to November 2007 has closed (...
3 New Benefits That Could Be Coming to Your Company

By Beth Braverman

As America flirts with full employment, companies have to work a bit harder to attract workers. A new survey shows that companies are becoming more generous with their benefits packages.
Are You Being Paid Fairly? Here's How to Find Out

By Beth Braverman

After nearly a decade of stagnation, wages are starting to rise as a strong job market (finally) gives American workers more power in negotiations.

The 10 College Majors Employers Want Most This Year

By Janna Herron

The proportion of employers planning to hire recent college graduates hit a decade-high this year. Here are the 10 majors most in demand.
What Will It Take to Finally Get US Workers’ Pay Growing Again?

By Anthony Mirhaydari

Workers of all political stripes must be frustrated by the fact that the economic expansion has yet to deliver the kind of wage gains that have been long promised.
Trump Inherits a Solid Job Market. Can He Really Make It Better?

By Rob Garver

For Trump, who declared that he would be “the greatest jobs president God ever created” during his campaign and has specifically and repeatedly said that employment growth will be his singular focus...
Here’s How Long It Takes for Your College Degree to Pay Off

By Beth Braverman

While there has been much hand-wringing among policymakers about the rising cost of college and growing levels of student debt, most analysts agree that those who earn a college degree are better off...
Why 2017 Should Be a Very Good Year for Finding a New Job

By Janna Herron

The U.S. economy last year added more than 2 million jobs, and 2017 should be an even better year for job seekers. Wages are poised to move higher, too. Employers expanded their payrolls by 156,000...

Obama’s Tax Plan As Stale As Month-Old Bread

By Liz Peek

President Obama is at it again – calling for tax hikes on the wealthy and trying to divert the nation from the sputtering economy. In renewing his well-worn pitch, he claimed that “what’s holding us...
Obama Aims at Middle Class with Tax Cut Extension

By Eric Pianin

President Obama called for limiting an extension of the Bush era tax cuts to families making less than $250,000 a year, arguing that the middle class needed the help far more than the wealthiest two...
Ohio’s Swing State Blues and Reds Still Undecided

By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

Ohio's Republican leaders recognize Romney will have to rack up huge margins here to offset the big Democratic majorities in Cleveland and the Northeast if he is to have any hope of winning a state...
Easy Money Won't Cure EU’s "Contained Depression"

By Patrick Smith

The earth’s core was exposed this week – it’s called the world’s central banks . The European Central Bank, the People’s Bank of China and the Bank of England all unveiled easier monetary policies of...
How Money Stresses Us, and How to Fix It

By Libby Kane, LearnVest

So many of us are stressed by money and financial issues today, which can ultimately lead to illness if we're not careful. But there are ways to address this. Here's how to lessen some of the stress...

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