The travel bug pandemic: Why young people are postponing their careers to...
When Eric Messinger says "travel," he’s not talking about a weekend trip to Las Vegas, skiing in the Rockies, or even relaxing at a beach in Hawaii. By "travel," he means exploring the Mayan ruins of...
View ArticlePassion for fitness inspires new calling
Clients at First Wind Cycling & Fitness might be greeted by Lika, a dog with a heart condition that business owner Karen Hill found at the Humane Society. There might be a crate of adoptable...
View ArticleWhy you should ask for a raise like a kid asking to stay up late
Kids learn the art of negotiating when they're small, whether it's asking for an extra 15 minutes of reading...
View ArticleAsk Amy: Boyfriend threatens to dump girlfriend if she moves for her job...
Dear Amy: I am a 25-year-old young professional woman in a white-collar job with a boyfriend of 10 months, who works in a blue-collar job. He is the type who wants to save and buy a house 30 miles...
View ArticleMillennials at work: five stereotypes - and why they are (mostly) wrong
Generation Y has been labelled a bunch of lazy job-hoppers who expect everything on a plate. The truth is very different...
View ArticleShould You Ask For A Raise Or Look For A New Job?
In particular cities, young workers tend to ping-pong between a handful of major employers, doing a year or so at each. There’s little to differentiate the working conditions (we’re talking mostly tech...
View Article'Resume whitening' doubles callbacks for minority job candidates, study finds
‘Discrimination is still a reality’ says co-author after two-year study reveals a much higher rate of interest in ‘whitened’ names for black and Asian Americans...
View ArticleToll Holdings worker sacked for Islam and Taliban taunts gets his job back
A worker who allegedly taunted an Afghan colleague about Islam and the Taliban has been reinstated after being sacked last year. The Fair Work Commission ordered Toll Holdings Ltd to re-employ the dock...
View ArticleIf you're over 65, you should love the Fed
Conventional wisdom suggests that monetary stimulus is particularly bad for senior citizens: When the Federal Reserve holds interest rates low, retirees tend to get less income from their nest eggs....
View ArticleFounders: 4 ways to stay ahead of changing regulations
“Look, I love technology. Nobody loves it more than me. But the law’s the law and my job is to enforce the law. There’s nothing I can do.” Anyone who runs a startup in a regulated industry has heard...
View ArticleWhy Doesn’t Every Plan Have Automatic Enrollment? (ASPPA - American Society...
(Source: ASPPA - American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries) For all the good press and positive results that automatic enrollment gets, one might well expect that every plan would embrace...
View ArticleJobs galore in London’s Square Mile … but not if you’re under 24
Problems ahead as City fails to provide work opportunities for the capital’s young people...
View ArticleAcas publishes new guide for employing apprentices and young workers (ACAS -...
(Source: ACAS - Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service) Friday 18 March 2016 Workplace experts, Acas, have launched a new free guide during National Apprenticeship Week to help employers manage...
View ArticleSacramento job fair opens up world of opportunity for youths
During the height of the economic downturn, when youth unemployment soared over 20 percent in California, Vincene Jones heard teenagers talking about how badly they wanted jobs. The head of the city of...
View Article‘Building Blocks’ Enhances Skills of Southeast Students, Pre-Schoolers with...
(Source: Southeast Missouri State University) CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., March 21, 2016 - The Autism Center for Diagnosis and Treatment at Southeast Missouri State University has launched a new initiative to...
View ArticleBe Yourself. The 2 Things College Students Should Know about Personality on...
The martial artist, actor, filmmaker, and philosopher, Bruce Lee, was one of the most prominent figures in the world throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Lee was not only extremely successful at each of...
View ArticleConrad Liveris: Why WA men are losing their jobs
Hands up if you are bit bored or confused of the government talking to you about innovation? And how about if you know someone who has lost their job in the last twelve months? On the face of it they...
View ArticleAt Carrier, Corporate Greed is the Bottom Line (Alliance for American...
(Source: Alliance for American Manufacturing) Indiana workers remain angry that thousands of middle class jobs are being sent to Mexico. Wayne Dale got the call late in the evening on Feb. 9. A...
View ArticleNow You're Working With Power
A few months ago, Giant Bomb’s Dan Ryckert tweeted about unions. He didn’t get them, why they exist, or what they do. Responses ranged from the appalled to the helpful, but the truth is that Dan’s not...
View ArticleSanders Is Fighting to Raise the Wages for Most Black and Latino Workers
Corporate profits are booming, and U.S. workers remain some of the most productive in the world. Yet tens of millions of workers still earn hourly wages that fall below the federal poverty line. These...
View ArticleObsessed & 2 Dumb 2 Tame
Comedian and writer Joseph Scrimshaw seems obsessed with obsession. Not his own so much, but those of the guests that join him on each episode of Obsessed with Joseph Scrimshaw. His show is hosted on...
View ArticleWhy Raising The Social Security Retirement Age May Hit Latinos Hardest
More than four in 10 workers aged 58 or older have physically stressful jobs, according to a new report. Six in 10 older Latino workers have jobs that are either "physically demanding" or involve...
View ArticleWhy Raising The Social Security Retirement Age Could Hit Latinos Hardest
More than four in 10 workers aged 58 or older have physically stressful jobs, according to a new report. Six in 10 older Latino workers have jobs that are either "physically demanding" or involve...
View ArticleBeyond email: could startup Slack change the way you work?
Two million people are already using Slack to chat, send emojis and encourage creativity at work. Nasa and Harvard are on board – will your company be next?...
View ArticleRubin: The Detroit Promise has, well, promise
How’s this for a sales pitch for the Detroit Promise: The less debt young people have, the more quickly they can become productive members of society. That was one reaction from Wayne State University...
View Article11,000 Young People Apply for Summer Jobs through Grow Detroit’s Young Talent...
(Source: City of Detroit, MI) In just 5 weeks, more than 11,000 Detroiters between the ages of 14 and 24 went online and applied to participate Grow Detroit's Young Talent. The program, recently named...
View ArticleAn innovative project on the Mexican border helps people with disabilities...
NOGALES, MEXICO — In a makeshift audiology center on the southern end of this border town, 6-year-old Jesus Lopez sits in a sound booth wearing headphones and a look of wonderment as a technician...
View ArticleLabour safety low, health risks high
Labourers working on the site are the first to get exposed to the health and other risks, but little is being done to improve their safety. Even a decade after the Building and Other Construction...
View ArticleCan You Attract Top Talent With Free Food and a Long Wait Time For Benefits?
For years now, the general agreement has been that if you want to retain top talent, you need to offer office perks. The workplace environment has become the main benefits focus for many top companies...
View ArticleNearly 2 million new jobs for techies in next decade (Interquest Group plc)
(Source: Interquest Group plc) 15thMarch 2016 There is no doubt about it that the tech industry is poised for progression due to the rapidly expanding digital economy. And now, a new report from a...
View Article5 Unexpected Moments You Should Handwrite a Thank-You Note
We're all familiar with those moments in life when it's appropriate, or expected, to send a handwritten thank-you note (after a job interview, when you receive a gift, when someone treats you to a...
View ArticleGovernment announces four key labor reform tasks that should be implemented...
(Source: Ministry of Employment and Labor of the Republic of Korea) Mar. 21, 2016. The employment situation is deteriorating day by day with the youth unemployment rate hitting 12.5%, its highest level...
View ArticlePerris Job Fair Scheduled for April 21 (City of Perris, CA)
(Source: City of Perris, CA) More than 10 major employers will take part April 21 in a Perris job fair that includes openings for variety of employment opportunities from entry-level positions to...
View ArticleA linguistic look at Anchorage and community (University of Alaska Anchorage)
(Source: University of Alaska Anchorage) UAA's Dr. Clare Dannenberg, right, and her linguistic anthropology student, Yvette Pype, devised a research project in which Pype interviewed 12 Anchorage...
View ArticleDid You Know That Recycling Can Be a Dangerous Job?
We need to raise pay and improve working conditions for recycling workers. Americans have made a decision: We’re throwing away the throwaway economy. Curbside recycling is available in more than 9,000...
View ArticleOklahoma Labor Commissioner warns business owners stricter overtime, worker...
Workplace safety experts with the state Labor Department can provide confidential on-site walk-throughs and recommendations to state businesses, so employers have a head's up on what inspectors from...
View ArticleFrom cars to construction: Automobile technologies could make your job site...
(Source: Suffolk Construction Company Inc) By now you have surely driven in cars that illuminate your side view mirror when someone is in your blind spot, vibrate your steering wheel when you stray out...
View ArticleHillary Clinton wants to end the loophole that lets disabled workers earn...
This Monday, Hillary Clinton proposed something no major presidential candidate ever had before: paying all disabled workers the minimum wage. At a campaign event in Madison, Wisconsin, Clinton was...
View ArticleTwo Years After Mayor de Blasio Expands Paid Sick Leave to One Million New...
(Source: City of New York, NY) April 1, 2016 Department of Consumer Affairs secures more than $1.7 million in fines and restitution for nearly 9,600 New Yorkers NEW YORK-Mayor Bill de Blasio and...
View ArticleSFY 2016-17 Enacted Budget Raises the Minimum Wage and Delivers Paid Family...
(Source: New York State Assembly) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 1, 2016 SFY 2016-17 Enacted Budget Raises the Minimum Wage and Delivers Paid Family Leave to Support Workers and their Families Assembly...
View Article11 Workplace Luxuries Employees Love
Starting at day one of employment, Southwest employees, their spouses, eligible dependent children, and parents, fly the airline for free. Others like Delta and JetBlue also offer free or discounted...
View ArticleLabour deputy leader warns over jobs automation 'inequality'
Labour must build a new alliance to ensure the benefits of the growing use of automation across the economy does not lead to greater inequality, the party's deputy leader has warned. Addressing party...
View ArticleJane Bradley: Is your employer a flexible friend?
Some firms are sympathetic about giving unexpected time off, others take a very hard line. Jane Bradley calls for balance When a close member of my friend Laura's household was diagnosed with terminal...
View ArticleOn The Rise: Workers' Desire For Raises Over Health Benefits
i More cake, please. Illustration Works/Corbis hide caption toggle caption Illustration Works/Corbis More cake, please. Illustration Works/Corbis Fatter paychecks, slimmer health insurance. A recent...
View ArticleNew Mexico companies are getting creative with benefits, including some that...
If a job applicant asked potential employers about benefits 20 years ago, they were probably talking about time off, vacation days and health care. But that landscape looks a lot different now — and...
View ArticleA Look at the History of the EPA & Why We Should Have Predicted Flint
The following article is based off of the hearing embedded above, courtesy of C-Span. On March 15th 2016, I was able to attend the second hearing on the Flint Michigan hearings while on Capitol Hill in...
View ArticleLeaked documents show strong business support for raising the minimum wage
Whenever minimum wage increases are proposed on the state or federal level, business groups tend to fight them tooth and nail. But actual opposition may not be as united as the groups' rhetoric might...
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