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5 Gratitude Hacks for Ingrates Who Want to Get Ahead Anyway
Pexels By now, you’ve probably hear about the career-boosting power of gratitude. There’s just one problem: perhaps you are not, by nature, a person who looks on the bright side of life. That’s OK. The...
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What It’s Really Like to Work Retail on Black Friday
Powhusku/Flickr The retail industry has suffered in recent years, but you wouldn’t know it from sales forecasts during the holiday season. According to the National Retail Foundation, 66 million...
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Why Your Boss Should Let You Shop at Work on Cyber Monday
Rawpixel/Pexels First things first: it’s still a bad idea to shop while you’re on the clock, on Cyber Monday or any other day of the year. People can be — and have been — fired for doing their online...
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GM to Cut 14,000 Jobs, Close 5 Plants
marvod/Getty Images Earlier this week, General Motors announced that it will lay off 14,000 workers and close five plants in North America. In addition, the company will discontinue the Chevrolet Cruz,...
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Are You Your Job?
Hunters Race/Unsplash If you work full-time, you spend at least a third of your day and perhaps half your waking hours on the job. And, if you love what you do, it’s easy to let aspects of your job...
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Should You Bother Job Searching During the Holiday Season?
Miguel Á. Padriñán/Pexels If you’ve been looking for a new job, you might be tempted to press pause on your search during the holiday season. After all, what are the odds that a hiring manager will...
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Underpaid? Do These 3 Things Before You Quit
Lukas/Pexels Unemployment is at a 49-year low and more people are quitting their jobs. Are you thinking of joining them? If so, money might be a contributing factor. In a recent survey from The...
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ADP: Private Payrolls Added 179,000 Jobs in November
Rawpixel/Pexels Hiring slowed at private employers in November, according to this month’s ADP National Employment Report. The report showed that private payrolls added 179,000 jobs last month — fewer...
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Jobs Report: Payrolls Added 155,000 Jobs in November
brownpau/Flickr Prior to this morning’s jobs report from the Labor Department, economists predicted the addition of 198,000 jobs to non-farm payrolls. The monthly Employment Situation Summary instead...
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Fairygodboss: Despite #MeToo, Gender Inequality a Problem at Work
wildpixel/Getty Images According to a new report, the #MeToo movement hasn’t made as big an impact on gender equality in the workplace as we might have hoped. Last year, Fairygodboss surveyed 502 women...
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10 Christmas Jobs That Get Your Presents to You
Want to spread holiday cheer and make a few bucks doing it? One of these Christmas jobs might be the perfect fit for you. PayScale looked at salary data from over 33,000 users to find out just how much...
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95 Percent of Managers Hate Performance Reviews. So Why Are We Still Doing Them?
WOCintechchat.com/Flickr Have you had your annual performance review this year? If so — and things went well — you’re probably just relieved that it’s over. Unsurprisingly, most surveys show that...
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The 10 Most-Read Stories on Career News in 2018
Rawpixel/Unsplash Not into New Year’s resolutions? Maybe you prefer to use the last gasp of the old year to reflect on the past 12 months — what you learned, how you changed, what was on your mind....
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Make These 5 Small Changes and Achieve Your Dreams in 2019
Ian Dooley/Unsplash What are your goals for the coming year? Maybe you’re hoping to get a promotion or a new job — or make more money at the job you have. Perhaps you’ve set your sights on learning...
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ADP: Private Payrolls Added 271,000 Jobs in December
Christina Morillo/Pexels Employers in the private sector added the most jobs since early 2017, according to the latest ADP National Employment Report. The tally of 271,000 jobs added exceeded...
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Jobs Report: Payrolls Added 312,000 Jobs in December
brownpau/Flickr The monthly jobs report from the Labor Department beat economists’ expectations, with non-farm payrolls adding 312,000 jobs in December. Prior to the release of the report, economists...
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Study: 2-Page Resumes Better Than 1-Page
What’s the ideal length for a resume? Traditionally, career experts have advised job seekers to distill their experience down to a single page. But a recent study showed that recruiters and hiring...
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The PayScale Index: Real Wages Fell in 2018
Lukas/Pexels Nominal wages grew 1.1 percent in Q4 2018, according to The PayScale Index. However, the value of workers’ pay (after inflation) declined 1.3 percent year-over-year. That means that while...
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The Real Reason Why People Quit Their Jobs
Employers need to know why people quit their jobs — and how to keep them from doing so. It costs money to recruit, hire and train replacements for employees who jump ship. And that’s not even figuring...
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How to Be Happy at Work: 15 Ways to Beat a Bad Day
You know those days at work when nothing seems to go right? Your clients are dissatisfied, your coworkers aren’t holding up their end of the bargain and nothing you do works out the way you planned....
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