New Deal is bad for your health
I bumped into a friend who I had not seen for a while. A lovely bubbly girl, full of life, or at least she was the last time I saw her. She had changed ? drawn, hagged, dulled spirit, a pale shadow of her former self. What had happened to her I
MBA employment outlook: Not as bad as expected
MBAs have not been insulated from this crisis, but early career service feedback suggests the percentage finding employment within three months of graduation will not be significantly different from a year ago.
Only seven schools worldwide reported 100%
Notes from the Breadline: Friends and Other Strangers (Part 1)
Ed. note: Welcome to the latest installment of ?Notes from the Breadline,? a column by a laid-off lawyer in New York. Prior columns are collected here. You can reach Roxana St. Thomas by email (at roxanastthomas@gmail.com), follow her on Twitter, or
The Best Job-Hunting Tips for Executives
Do a Google
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Everyone, it seems, has some advice to offer you if you?re looking for a job.
There are inspirational poems. Haikus. And "duh" tips like:
Sleepout will aid homeless
MANSFIELD -- Danielle Bigsby was temporarily homeless, but homeless all the same.
Living at the Harmony House since Sept. 21, Bigsby said she moved out of her old place only to learn her new apartment wasn't quite ready.
At one low moment, she
North Carolina Pension Boss Offered Favors
Raleigh, NC -- The chief investment officer of North Carolina's $60-billion pension fund was offered favors by investment firms and agents who arranged investments.
The Associted Press reports e-mails obtained through a public records request
People skills win out, survey finds
H aving a winning personality will open more doors in a job search than a brilliant résumé, a new study has found. When presented with accounting or finance candidates with similar qualifications, 34 per cent of 270 Canadian chief financial officers
Here But Not Here
Our pumpkins aren?t carved. Our garden hasn?t been dismantled. The house trim I scraped hasn?t been painted. Surely I am not the only person in town who is about two months behind her to-do list.
As many of you know, my family has undergone a
Making the economy a bit sick
New research has found that the duration of sick leave has risen 8 per cent among
Australian workers, partly due to the swine flu
pandemic between April and July.
A national survey on absenteeism in the Australian workforce by consultancy Direct Health
