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...

3 Things We’d Give Up to Keep Our Jobs

By Libby Kane, LearnVest

Would you rather keep your end-of-year bonus, your pay raise, your health benefits … or your job?
Workers to Bosses: Skip the Party, Give Me Cash

By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

Cold hard cash that can be banked or spent – that’s what nearly three quarters of the workers surveyed in a new Harris poll said they’d prefer as a holiday gift from their employers this year. That’s...
30-Something and Miserable at Work

By Knowledge Wharton, Knowledge@Wharton

A new study finds that those between the ages of 30 and 39 are the most dissatisfied at work.
The Ten Best Cities to Find a Job

By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

The latest statistics from the Labor Department reveal Fort Wayne, Akron and San Jose were the fastest growing areas for jobs over the past year. For those cities, a reviving automobile industry, the...
Retailers Hired Nearly 425K in Nov.

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

Retailers hired 423,500 people in November for the holidays, the biggest hiring surge for the month since 2007, outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. said Monday Retailers hired 465...

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