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Japan Aims to Raise Wages for Contract Workers
Thirty-seven percent of the workforce in Japan are short-term contract workers, earning less pay and receiving fewer benefits than regular, full-time employees. But the gap between regular workers and...
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10 Most Popular Career News Stories of 2016: Lazy Programmers, Drone Jobs,...
If we go by this year’s most popular stories on PayScale’s Career News blog, a lot of folks would like to start the New Year with a new job. Topics like burnout, toxic coworkers, and dealing with...
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Why You Might Be Able to Find a Work-From-Home Job Next Year
Telecommuting has risen sharply over the past 20 years, with 37 percent of workers in 2015 reporting that they’ve worked from home at some point, according to Gallup. That’s up from 30 percent in 2005...
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PayScale’s VIP Blog Roundup: Set Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals for 2017
Image Credit: Dino Reichmuth/Unsplash There’s nothing magical about the first of the year that makes it the best time for self-improvement. Still, some 40 percent of us will make New Year’s...
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3 Trends That Might Shape Your Career in 2017
What will the coming year bring for your career? No one has a crystal ball, and much of what happens to your career depends on you. You’re the one who decides how to react to the opportunities and...
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Did Donald Trump Bring 5,000 Sprint Jobs Back to the US?
Last week, President-elect Donald Trump announced that telecommunications provider Sprint will create 5,000 jobs in the United States. In addition, he said, satellite startup OneWeb will build a plant...
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Workers in France Now Have the ‘Right to Disconnect’
If you’re reading this post at midnight while answering a few “quick questions” for your boss via email, maybe it’s time to move to France. As of January 1, French companies with more than 50 workers...
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Iowa Cabinet Manufacturer Takes All 800 Employees to the Caribbean
Justin Lynch/Unsplash How was your bonus this year? Maybe it was pretty good, but it probably wasn’t “trip to the Caribbean” good. Unless, of course, you work for Waterloo, Iowa-based Bertch Cabinet....
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How to Get Hired for Your Dream Job in 2017
Are you hoping to change jobs in the coming year? If so, you’re not alone. According to a recent survey from TopResume, 65 percent of professionals listed a new job among their New Year’s resolutions....
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ADP Jobs Report: Private Sector Added 153,000 Jobs in December
Hiring slowed last month, according to payrolls processor ADP, with private-sector employers adding 153,000 jobs. Prior to the release of the monthly ADP National Employment Report, economists polled...
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Jobs Report: Wages Surged in December, Despite Relatively Modest Job Gains
The economy added 156,000 jobs to non-farm payrolls last month, according to this morning’s Employment Situation Summary. That’s less than the 178,000 jobs forecast by economists prior to the report’s...
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The 5 Best Jobs in America
What does it mean to have a “good job”? Most would agree that it’s a combination of satisfying work, opportunity for advancement — and perhaps most importantly, decent pay. Image Credit:...
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PayScale’s VIP Blog Roundup: To Manage Anxiety at Work, Take Worry Breaks
Image Credit: David Marcu/Unsplash You don’t need an officially diagnosed anxiety disorder to suffer the impact of worry on your work. (Although you might well have one. According to the National...
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Congress Can Now Single Out Federal Workers and Slash Their Salary to $1
Last week, House Republicans resurrected a rule that would allow members of Congress to cut the pay of any single federal worker to $1, via an amendment to appropriations bills. Lawmakers passed the...
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Office Cake Pushers Are Making Us Fat
Cake: cheaper than a raise, more delicious than a free gym membership. No wonder employer-sponsored (or management-encouraged) office celebrations remain so popular. There’s just one problem, of...
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One-Third of Working Parents Report Difficulty Finding Childcare
A recent poll of 1,000 American parents found that one-third have trouble finding adequate childcare. Image Credit: Roman Pohorecki/Pexels The poll, which was conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson...
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Obama: ‘When a Few Prosper at the Expense of a Growing Middle Class’
Barack Obama gave his farewell speech as president in Chicago last night. As is customary during an outgoing president’s speech, he touched on many topics, including the state of the nation, his...
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Will Trump Policies Affect Wage Growth in 2017?
Since the official end of the Great Recession in 2009, the economy has added millions of private-sector jobs, expanding for a record 80 straight months. However, one measure of prosperity has eluded...
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PayScale’s VIP Blog Roundup: Can You Save a Bad Interview?
Image Credit: Death to the Stock Photo We’ve all been in a job interview that goes wrong. It can start with something small — getting momentarily stumped on an interview question, for example. But once...
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3 Real Ways to Honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Work
Starting in the mid-1950s, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s activism set the stage for desegregation, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but we still haven’t reached true...
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