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...

Young Adults Hit Hardest by Rough Economy

By Reuters

Annabel Adams has seen a lot in her life: 9-11, the dot-com bust, the housing collapse, the financial crisis, the Great Recession. That may sound like a lifetime of experience, but she is just 28...
Can Good Habits Really Mean Big $$ for Business?

By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

Alcoa had been in trouble until Paul O’Neill came aboard as CEO and changed employee safety habits . He turned the company into a top performer in the Dow Jones. The Fiscal Times explores the...
Why One Human Presence = Billions of Bacteria

By ERIC GERSHON

A person’s mere presence in a room can add 37 million bacteria to the air every hour, a new study finds. The bacterial material is largely left behind by previous occupants and stirred up from the...
Office Space: The Incredible Shrinking Workplace

By Steve Yoder, The Fiscal Times

As companies look to cut costs while boosting output, they’re reorganizing employees into open—and often tight—working quarters.
Obama Claims the Buffett Tax Will Create Jobs

By Merrill Goozner and Michelle Hirsch, The Fiscal Times

he Obama administration is shifting gears slightly in its effort to promote the so-called Buffett tax, which could slap a minimum 30 percent tax rate on anyone who makes $1 million or more a year.

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