How the End of Net Neutrality Could Affect Your Career
Pixabay/Pexels On Thursday, the FCC voted 3 to 2 to repeal net neutrality, dismantling rules that forbid internet service providers from blocking or slowing down access to certain sites. Net...
View ArticleSanta’s Salary Will Make You Want to Grow a Long, White Beard
Caleb Woods/Unsplash If you celebrate Christmas and have kids — or pampered pets — you may have already paid a visit to your friendly neighborhood mall Santa this year. Perhaps you even stopped a...
View ArticleWomen Get Less Credit for Speaking Up, Being Leaders
Brooke Lark/Unsplash New research confirms something that many working women already knew: when women speak up, they’re less likely than men to get credit for their ideas — or to be perceived as...
View Article5 Work Trends for 2018, Including Robot Teammates and Shiny New Perks
iLexx/Getty Images What will your career look like in 2018? While some of it is up to you, of course your employer’s decisions and policies will also affect your upcoming year at work. These are some...
View ArticleHow to Negotiate a Pay Raise
Pixabay/Pexels Average raises will be 3 percent next year, according to data from Willis Towers Watson and Aon Hewitt. That’s better than no raise, obviously, but it also doesn’t do much to improve...
View ArticleThe 10 Most Popular Posts on Career News in 2017
Morgan Sessions/Unsplash What was on your mind in 2017? If our stats are any indication, making more money, pursuing your passions — and quitting a bad job while the quitting was good. This year’s...
View ArticleCatt Sadler’s Male Cohost Made Twice Her Salary, So She Quit
SergeyNivens/Getty Images Earlier this week, Daily Pop host and E! News anchor Catt Sadler announced that she was leaving the network. The reason? Prior to negotiations to extend her contract, Sadler...
View ArticlePayScale’s VIP Blog Roundup: Update Your Resume for 2018!
Joshua Earle/Unsplash The end of the year is such a mad scramble of work deadlines and holiday planning, it’s a wonder anyone even has time to make New Year’s resolutions. But, if you can find a few...
View Article7 Steps for Better Goal-Setting in 2018
Pixabay/Pexels If your company does annual reviews, you’ve probably already set your goals for the coming year, or are just about to finalize them. But, while this process can help your career at your...
View ArticleThese 9 Jobs Are Worthy of the Most Respect (According to Redditors)
Afta Putta Gunawan/Pexels In a perfect world, the more useful a job was to society, the higher the paycheck would be. In the real world, well, let’s just say there are probably very few millionaire...
View ArticleHow to Negotiate a Raise During a Promotion
Floriane Vita/Unsplash It seems like it would be easy to negotiate a raise during a promotion, but that’s not always the case. You know that it’s more expensive for your employer to recruit, hire and...
View ArticleThe 10 Job Categories Where Flexible Jobs Are Growing Fastest
Mateusz Dach/Pexels If you dream of working in your jammies — or beating the commute with an alternative work schedule — you might want to look into landing a flexible job in the coming year. The...
View ArticleHow to Unplug From Work (When You Work From Home)
Gilles Lambert/Unsplash The benefits of telecommuting are pretty clear: no commute, a significantly more relaxed dress code and the ability to put in a load of laundry on your lunch break. But there...
View ArticlePayScale’s VIP Blog Roundup: Ask These 6 Questions for Better Goals in 2018
Ashes Sitoula/Unsplash The best New Year’s resolutions are about goal-setting (as opposed to self-shaming, which is less useful, although sadly quite popular). And the best goals are specific. Want to...
View ArticleHow to Work Less and Do More in 2018
Uroš Jovičić/Unsplash Americans work longer hours than the citizens of nearly any other industrialized nation. We take little vacation and have no federally mandated paid family leave. Many office...
View ArticleSay Yes and Have the Best Year of Your Career
Nghia Le/Unsplash Career advice often focuses on the value of saying no, and it’s true that without good boundaries, it’s hard to be successful. However, it’s also important to say yes in your career —...
View ArticleThe 3 Worst Things About Going #BacktoWork After the Holidays
Tim Gouw/Unsplash What is it about the holiday break that makes getting back to work so hard? On the calendar, it’s only a few days off. In terms of your motivation, however, it might as well be a...
View ArticleADP: Private Payrolls Added 250,000 Jobs in December
negativespace.co/Pexels Privately owned companies added 250,000 jobs last month, according to payrolls processor ADP. Prior to this morning’s release of the monthly ADP National Employment Report,...
View ArticleHoda Kotb: ‘I’m Not Making Matt Lauer Money’
Earlier this week, NBC announced that Hoda Kotb will permanently replace Matt Lauer as co-anchor of the Today show alongside Savannah Guthrie. Kotb has been filling in since Lauer was fired for alleged...
View ArticleWill the New Tax Law Create Jobs and Boost Wages?
Negativespace.co/Pexels In December, President Donald Trump signed sweeping tax legislation, after the bill formerly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed the House and the Senate along party...
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