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...

10 Best Cities for Jobs That Let You Have a Life

By Marine Cole

If you’re looking for the perfect balance between work, family, and fun leisure time, moving to a college town is a really good idea. A new report published this week by NerdWallet on the best and...
Lie on a Resumé and You May Lose More Than a Job

By Marine Cole

Have you ever claimed on your resum é to be the assistant to the prime minister of a foreign country – though that country doesn’t have a prime minister? Or maybe you included some amazing job...
Poverty Moves Into the Burbs

By John W. Schoen, CNBC

In thousands of suburbs across the country, the strengthening U.S. economic recovery is helping to restore local housing markets, improve job prospects and boost household incomes. But among metro...
How to Find a Job Without Looking for a Job

By Reilly Dowd, The Fiscal Times

A new company called Poachable is focused on “passive candidates”—those with impressive resumes who are open to finding a new job, but not urgently searching for one. Co-Founder Tom Leung talks with...
July Jobs Disappoint as Unemployment Ticks Up to 6.2 Percent

By Lucia Mutikani, Reuters

U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in July and an unexpected rise in the unemployment rate pointed to some slack in the labor market that could give the Federal Reserve room to keep interest...

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