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by Phil Stott|February 26, 2015
The issues of equal rights and pay for women in the workplace have
been making headlines in recent weeks, along with the related issue
of parental leave and benefits.
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by Derek Loosvelt|February 11, 2015
In the past week, the New York Times published two articles on
international internships. One about the rise of unpaid internships
overseas that can cost students several thousand dollars and that
seem to be very attractive to students who can afford them. And a
second about a young woman who took an internship in La Paz and who
writes, "Opportunities can turn into opportunities for disaster
when students blindly leap into situations in foreign countries.
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by Derek Loosvelt|February 04, 2015
Have you ever wondered why Trader Joe's employees are always so
cheerful and helpful? If so, here's New Yorker financial columnist
James Surowiecki with the answer: A substantial body of research
suggests that it can make sense to pay above-market
wages-economists call them "efficiency wages." If you pay people
better, they are more likely to stay, which saves money.
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by Derek Loosvelt|January 28, 2015
Last week, in his latest State of the Union Address, President
Obama noted that the U.S. is just one of a few industrial nations
in the world without laws mandating paid parental leave for
employees. This had me wondering: Which are the other two countries
that don't mandate paid leave to parents? Which countries offer the
most paid leave? And which companies here in the U.S.
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by Phil Stott|January 21, 2015
"We are a strong, tight-knit family who has made it through some
very hard times." The central theme of the domestic portion of
President Obama's penultimate State of the Union speech last night
was all about the progress the economy has made since the darkest
days of the recession, coupled with a few ideas-most of which are
unlikely to make it through Congress alive-about where to go from
here.
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by Vault Careers|January 20, 2015
There are lots of different reasons why people choose one career
path over another. While some target careers with good earning
potential, others choose vocations that allow them to help others,
or to work with their hands. One thing everyone has in common,
however, is the desire to know that there will be jobs available
when they complete their training. Here is a look at five careers
where the future looks bright.
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by Vault Careers|January 14, 2015
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by Phil Stott|January 09, 2015
Can the Job Market Party Continue in 2015? The final employment
report of 2014 is out, and it's official: last year was the best
for US job growth since 1999. All told, the economy added some
252,000 jobs listing month, bringing the unemployment rate down to
5.6 percent-a 1.1 percent drop over the course of the past year.
The gains rounded off a strong year for the job market, with the
BLS reporting an average monthly gain of 246,000 positions in 2014.
Those figures translated to some 1.
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by Derek Loosvelt|December 17, 2014
It was the year of distressed babies, flash boys, and underpaid
women. It was the year of frozen eggs, racist statements, income
inequality, and the openly gay CEO. It was the year that Wall
Street got soft, and the year that an unknown schoolteacher in
China who hatched a company in his tiny apartment became a
multi-billionaire in the largest IPO in history. It was 2014. And
here are your 10 biggest workplace stories of the year. 10.
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by Phil Stott|December 12, 2014
The past couple of days have brought a rash of headlines about
union victories at the National Labor Relations Board-most of which
are based on decisions that the NLRB has made that theoretically
make it easier for workers to form unions. And most of those
articles have been accompanied by quotes from individuals and
lobbyists on either side of the debate, touting the rulings either
as spelling certain doom for businesses or a jolt in the arm for
workers' rights.
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