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Green jobs are red hot. Billions of dollars in federal stimulus funding are translating into growing job opportunities in fields such as solar power, wind power, advanced energy storage, and more energy-efficient electric power. A recent study from t...

Not seeing much progress with your job hunt? Get some assistance from a recruiter.Here are three important ways that working with a recruiter can help give you an edge over the competition:They know what's happening in your industry"The biggest perk...

You like what you do, but your job has become a little, well, blah. Or maybe you're just getting started in your career. Why not go international? If the idea of a new career overseas, or expanding your current career beyond U.S. borders, sounds appe...

Workplace laws protecting LGBT workers continue to evolve, but one constant remains: federal law does not protect workers from being fired because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, and a bill to enact such protections (the Employment No...

PayScale.com, the world's largest online salary database, recently released a report that showed that not all colleges are created equal when it comes to seeing a good lifetime salary...

You finally land an interview for a job you really want. You spend hours prepping for the meeting. You thoroughly research the company, practice responses to common interview questions, and develop a well-researched list of discussion topics.But desp...

You probably work with at least one person who simply gets on your nerves. Although you hate to admit it, interacting with him or her is a struggle, and the person's actions set you on edge. You dread collaborating with this colleague--and doing so n...

Fudging your hire date or your end date for a past job. Inflating your job duties. Adding a few tenths of a point to your grade point average.It's no big deal when job seekers make these types of adjustments to their resumes, right? Wrong. ......

We've all had bosses who made our lives difficult: the chronic micromanager, the chatterbox who over-shares embarrassing details from his personal life, or the Houdini who magically disappears whenever you need her. How should you handle a boss's ann...

If you watch movies, you've surely noticed that some professions turn up a lot more often than others. Some fields (detectives, journalists, and prostitutes, for instance) are over-represented, while others are nowhere to be seen. When was the last t...

For Jackie Donovan, director of marketing and merchandising at Fairway Market, coming to the office every morning is a joy, despite the long hours.Donovan manages 30 employees and fields approximately 600 e-mails every day. Although she's never worke...

The recession is over. Or perhaps it isn't, and the country is facing a double-dip recession. Wait, what is a double-dip recession?Maybe you're looking for a job, or maybe you'd really like to be looking for a job. Either way, you need to know about...

Full-time workers in the United States earn an estimated average of $20.90 an hour--which is just over $43,000 a year. What would you do to increase that salary by 50 percent? The good news is, you don't have to spend years in college just to make mo...

Do you want your boss to advocate for you when it's time for management to decide on promotions (and raises)? Do you want your employer to reward your contributions? Take these four steps to prepare for your next performance review--and make a case f...

It's a tough job market out there: people are staying put in jobs they don't like, or are stuck in the unemployment line. If you're one of these highly skilled, educated employees who can't get a solid footing in their field, have you ever thought of...

We grew up learning that gossip was something to be avoided (and definitely "not nice"). But it turns out that office gossip can help us get ahead at work--if used carefully. "It's not realistic to say, 'Don't participate in [workplace] gos...

The recession has certainly been hard on the people who have lost their jobs, but it's also taken its toll on those left behind. As staff sizes shrink, employees are under more pressure than ever to do more work in less time. So the ability to say no...

On a couple of occasions lately, I found myself in places where I felt I had to do some serious networking. One was my thirtieth college reunion; the other, a meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative. Though I'm not a shy person, I felt stymied. I ha...

Congratulations on landing your new job! The hard part may be over, but you still have some loose ends to tie up. This is a checklist of tasks to take care of before, during, and after your first day at work.Before the First DayDouble-check everythin...

Dread going to work? Worried you're going to lose your job? Feeling burned out or left out at the office?How do you know when the trouble is just a little blip you'll soon get past, and when it's time to dust off your resume and start perusing...