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Salary Negotiation: Tips on Taking Your Income to the Next Level

In the age of the Great Resignation, many employees are discovering their ability to ask for more money and better benefits in their new positions. However, given that employers are usually the ones with all...

The 5 Top Tips to Guide You on Career Selection

Be careful while choosing a career because it is not something you'll do every day. Therefore, make sure you understand a job before settling on it. That is because whichever you choose will build your life and future. Y...

Navigating Workplace Diversity: Cultivating an Inclusive Work Environment

Working with colleagues from all walks of life can be a difficult task. Not only do you have to contend with differing opinions, but also cultural and social differences can make it hard to build co...

How to Make Your Career More Secure Against Layoffs

In recent times, more people are looking for jobs due to concerns about the economy and increasing layoffs across many industries, as reported by a survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.  Layoffs, whic...

November's Jobs Report Crushes Expectations and the Stock Market Soars

In news that has sent the stock market soaring, the November jobs number has blown past expectations, and unemployment has dropped to a 50-year low. By midday, the market was up over one percent. This repr...

Recently Lost a Job? These Industries Are Hiring As Many People As Possible

With rates of unemployment currently projected to be higher than the peak of the Great Depression, many Americans are concerned about their abilities to obtain and retain employment. Many were laid o...

These Are the Most In-demand Jobs During the COVID-19 Pandemic

You've probably seen the terrible news about the staggering 30 million Americans who've lost their jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The industries with the biggest COVID-19 related job losses include resta...

Best Job Roles for Gig Workers and Freelancers in 2021

The American economy lost more than 22 million jobs at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although it regained about 12 million jobs, that leaves 10 million fewer jobs now than the United States had one year ago. In...

Instacart Plans to Lay Off 2,000 Workers This Month

Grocery shopping and delivery service Instacart announced on January 22 that it is going to lay off about 2,000 of its workers. This includes 10 workers who recently joined the United Food and Commercial Workers Local Union...