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NBCNews.com
April 26, 2018
Dr. Eugene Gosy, charged in opioid deaths, gets job offer from clinic. He's accused of over-prescribing pain pills for profit, but is still allowed to practice medicine. by Tracy Connor and Tom Winter / Apr.24.2018 / 2:03 PM ET / Updated Apr.25.2018 / 2:09 PM ETÃâà...
CNN
April 26, 2018
The parameters of Sanders' forthcoming bill are broad and simple. "Under a federal jobs guarantee program, the U.S. government would guarantee a job with a living wage and good benefits to any resident who wants or needs one," a draft proposal reads. Though still a work in progress, it would guaranteeÃâà...
CNBC
April 26, 2018
Here's what to do with your 401(k) when you change jobs. Kathleen Elkins | @kathleen_elk. 6 Hours Ago. CNBC.com. show chapters. Here's what you need to know about your 401(k) when you get a new job 12:03 PM ET Thu, 6 April 2017 | 01:01. Switching jobs, while exciting, means dealing with logistics, including whatÃâà...
CNNMoney
April 26, 2018
He has said the lender must do more to control costs, while focusing on retail banking and wealthy private clients in Europe. The bank will cut layers of management, and shrink the size of its executive board. Sewing said that job cuts, which will be focused on the investment bank, would be made over theÃâà...
CNBC
April 26, 2018
It also found a lack of basic digital fluency, like the ability to use a spreadsheet, which is a critical skill in the ever-evolving job market. "If you are displaced or the needs of your job and your company have changed," said Weiner, "you're in a much better position to re-skill and learn new jobs when youÃâà...
Seattle Times
April 26, 2018
Before giving notice, before walking out that door for the last time, you really need to understand why you hate your job. For one thing, you may be ... to your situation. For another, you need to know what to avoid when getting a new job. ... Very often, people who hate their jobs are bored. Boredom can beÃâà...
CNBC
April 26, 2018
Across much of the country, a decade-long economic recovery has created millions of new jobs and begun to nudge average wages higher. While the median household income stagnated in the years immediately following the Great Recession, paychecks have begun rising again for most Americans.
MarketWatch
April 26, 2018
Overwork also boosts the likelihood of dying on the job. Workers with sleep problems are nearly twice as likely to die in a work-related accident, a Swedish study of nearly 50,000 people over two decades and released last year found. Another factor: More temporary workers are taking on blue collar jobs,Ãâà...
Harvard Business Review
April 26, 2018
Over the last few decades, the job market in the U.S. has changed in many ways. But one trend that hasn't received nearly enough attention is the steady rise of occupational licensing: more and more jobs are requiring workers to be licensed to enter the profession. In the 1950s, approximately 5% of U.S.Ãâà...
MarketWatch
April 26, 2018
To provide that level of service, data centers need to be optimized and consistently updated and monitored. This is the job for the digital-logistics manager — they will make sure that cloud-computing systems perform data processing at the edge of the network, that is to say, near the source of the data.
Inside Higher Ed
April 23, 2018
In addition, some trainees transition into high-paying jobs where the offered salary can be three to four times their current one. Or they are so desperate to get out of the lab that they think they should take any offer that pays them more than what they are earning now. (And let's be honest, it's not very hard toÃâà...
Brookings Institution
April 23, 2018
I argue that a sensible policy agenda should: 1) Improve education and skills among non-college educated workers but also create better jobs that reward their skills; 2) Improve job availability in depressed geographic regions; 3) Reduce barriers to work associated with opioids and criminal records; and 4)Ãâà...
New York Times
April 23, 2018
During 97 consecutive months of job growth, it created 18.6 million positions, a 17 percent increase. But that impressive streak comes with an asterisk. Many of the jobs created — most in service industries — lack stability and security. They pay little more than the minimum wage and lack predictable hours,Ãâà...
NPR
April 23, 2018
Dylan McWilliams was surfing in Hawaii recently and was bitten by a shark. Previously he suffered a bear bite and a rattlesnake bite. McWilliams is a survival training instructor. Facebook; Twitter; Flipboard; Email. Get The Stories That Grabbed Us This Week. Delivered to your inbox, these are the NPRÃâà...
Inc.com
April 23, 2018
As Weiner put it, "Not surprisingly, there continues to be an imbalance with regards to software engineering. But somewhat surprisingly, interpersonal skills is where we're seeing the biggest imbalance. Communications is the No. 1 skill gap." He went on to give examples of jobs where this skill is essential,Ãâà...
CNNMoney
April 23, 2018
China's biggest tech companies are promising to make changes after being named in a report detailing discrimination against women in job advertising in the country. Entitled "Only Men Need Apply," the report published Monday by Human Rights Watch says that discrimination in hiring by ChineseÃâà...
The Atlantic
April 22, 2018
Today, about 400 people work inside the White House, in jobs from national-security adviser to public liaison to special assistant for financial policy. Two thousand more work in the Executive Office of the President. In 1940, the civilian agencies of the federal government employed 443,000 people.
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
April 17, 2018
Sonoma County may need to cut some jobs from its 4,000-member workforce in the coming months due in part to the severe financial strain from the October wildfires as well as unrelated budgetary challenges in some departments, officials said Monday. The county's human services department is askingÃâà...
Quartz
April 17, 2018
You update your resume. You send in your application. You pass the phone screen. You read your interviewer's LinkedIn profile. You think of a strength that you can pass off as your greatest weakness. You iron your lucky shirt. You're ready to nail the in-person interview. But then you get a text from theÃâà...
WTOP
April 17, 2018
... up more than 30 percent from 2016. Appian had a net loss of $31 million last year. Appian reports its first-quarter results May 3. This is the second big job win for Tysons Corner this month. Last week, software company Cvent Inc. said it would expand its Tysons headquarters and add about 500 jobs to itsÃâà...
CNBC
April 17, 2018
Before Dara Khosrowshahi became Uber's CEO last summer, he had been successfully leading over travel company Expedia for over a decade. In fact, he nearly turned down the executive role at Uber. "When I thought about Uber, and honestly at first when they called I said, 'No way, I'm doing great.
NBCNews.com
April 17, 2018
How robots are reshaping one of the dirtiest, most dangerous jobs ... Sorting trash is a dirty, dull, and dangerous job. ... twice as likely as other workers to be injured on the job, and stubbornly high fatality rates make refuse and recyclable material collection one of the nation's most dangerous occupations.
Inc.com
April 17, 2018
Back in the spring of 1992, Steve Jobs was invited to speak to a group of students at the MIT Sloan School of Management. (According to MIT, the lecture was a bit of a surprise, the result of the efforts of a Sloan student whose sister had recently married Jobs.) In the talk, which lasts a little over an hour, JobsÃâà...
New York Times
April 17, 2018
STEM jobs are concentrated in one area: over the next six years, nearly 60 percent will be in computer science. Those jobs are increasing at three times the overall rate of job creation. Computing doesn't mean just Facebook and Google. “All companies are now becoming tech companies,” said TomÃâà...
CNN
April 17, 2018
His intended career path was underwater geology - and he had college jobs to support that career. Upon graduation he was recruited to be an officer in the US Navy SEALs where he proudly served for 23 years and retired with the rank of Commander." Interior did not answer if Zinke is or has been aÃâà...
Surfer
April 17, 2018
Need a summer job but don't want to miss those pulsing south swells? Well here are five seasonal employment options that will afford you time to surf and hopefully feed yourself during those hot summer months. If you're thrifty, you might even be able to stack enough cash with these jobs for a surf trip onceÃâà...
PBS NewsHour
April 17, 2018
Nick Corcodilos started headhunting in Silicon Valley in 1979 and has answered over 30,000 questions from the Ask The Headhunter community. In this special Making Sen$e edition of Ask The Headhunter, Nick shares insider advice and contrarian methods about winning and keeping the right job,Ãâà...
CNBC
April 17, 2018
Whether you're interviewing for an entry-level role or eyeing a seat in the C-suite, it's more than likely you'll face the question, "What's your dream job?" While it may seem simple to answer, bestselling management author and CNBC contributor Suzy Welch warns that this common interview query can beÃâà...
Axios
April 16, 2018
Mike Pompeo will inherit a State Department where only three of the 10 highest-ranking jobs are filled, and two of those jobs are being performed by people in "acting" roles, per Bloomberg. Why it matters: If Pompeo is confirmed as the new secretary of state, he'll have a lot of work to do to raise morale atÃâà...
KETV Omaha
April 16, 2018
Having experience in landscaping, food service, heating and air conditioning or business is helpful. Some part-time positions could lead to full-time jobs. More details about the job openings is available online at www.outdoornebraska.gov/workinapark. Summer jobs available at Nebraska state parks.
nbc25news.com
April 16, 2018
A job fair is being held in Flint Tuesday to fill more than 75 manufacturing positions. The unnamed company is a Tier 1 Defense and aerospace manufacturer with 15 miles of Flint, according to a news release from CNC Jobs Inc. Positions looking to be filled include general labor, welders, robotic welders, CNC machinists,Ãâà...
NBC4i.com
April 16, 2018
Despite more than three decades of teaching experience, Christi Phillips keeps up her longtime second career as a children's photographer. She enjoys working both jobs, but she feels like she doesn't really have a choice. "Thirty-two years, I have to have a second job," said Phillips, who teaches first gradeÃâà...
BBC News
April 16, 2018
As some warehouses start to roll out robots to work alongside humans, BBC Click meets an employee at an Alibaba packing centre in China to find what it is like to have non-human colleagues. See more at Click's website and @BBCClick. 7h ago. Share this with Facebook Ãâ÷ Share this with Twitter Ãâ÷ ShareÃâà...
Slate Magazine
April 16, 2018
One of the weirdest and most stressful parts about looking for a new job is figuring out how to navigate the power dynamics that exist between employers and job candidates. I've been writing the workplace advice column Ask a Manager for 10 years now, answering questions about everything from how toÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
April 16, 2018
The day after he unceremoniously fired Comey, Trump reportedly described him as “a real nut job” during an Oval Office meeting with a pair of ... He was crazy, a real nut job,” Trump told Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, and its ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak, according to theÃâà...
New York Times
April 15, 2018
OTTAWA — While much of the world may be focused on President Trump's threats of a trade war with China, Canada's attention right now is on a commercial feud within its own borders. The provinces of British Columbia and Alberta are locked in a battle over a $7.4 billion expansion of a pipeline that runsÃâà...
Knoxville News Sentinel
April 13, 2018
Attendees clap during the announcement of Belgian bus company Van Hool building a factory in Morristown, Tenn. and creating more than 600 jobs, Thursday, April 12, 2018. ... The project is expected to qualify for the state FastTrack program, he said, which offers grants for infrastructure and job training.
South China Morning Post
April 13, 2018
However, while 81 per cent of respondents wished to work in mainland China after their graduation, only 37 per cent of respondents found jobs, the survey said. So the researchers conducted field interviews to learn more about these Hong Kong and Macau graduates' job search and career developmentÃâà...
Money Magazine
April 13, 2018
Out in greater San Jose, computer- and math-oriented gigs make up 12% of the jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics; that's four times the sector's national average. But there are also opportunities outside of the tech industry: As a whole, the Bay Area job market will outperform the rest of theÃâà...
BBC News
April 13, 2018
An Australian telecommunications company has apologised for posting a job advert that stated a preference for "Anglo-Saxon" candidates. Optus, the nation's second-biggest provider, had included the description in a posting about a vacant position in a Sydney store. The advert was shared on social media, where it wasÃâà...
BBC News
April 13, 2018
Fast food giants, coffee shops and retailers are relabelling low-skilled jobs as apprenticeships, a report says. The study by think tank Reform says many firms have rebranded existing roles after being obliged to contribute cash to on-the-job training. The study says 40% of the apprenticeship standardsÃâà...
CNBC
April 13, 2018
When you're flipping the 500th burger of the day, or trying to placate a table of frustrated diners, it can be hard to see it; but that job at the local food joint could just be the most valuable of your life. That's according to the CEO of Yum China, the country's largest restaurant company that manages big-nameÃâà...
CNBC
April 13, 2018
Right now is a great time to be looking for your next job. Unemployment is at 4.1 percent and industries like tech and healthcare are seeing tremendous growth. While wages have not increased significantly over the past few years, changing jobs can be a great way to advance your career and increase yourÃâà...
NBCNews.com
April 13, 2018
Massachusetts, for example, is investing $45 million over three years to expand and improve career-and-technical schools, making the programs more responsive to the changing job market, and refashioning them as a path not just to jobs but also to two- and four-year colleges. Nationally, there's someÃâà...
The Verge
April 4, 2018
In America alone, for example, the report suggests that 13 million jobs will be destroyed because of automation. “As job losses are unlikely to be distributed equally across the country, this would amount to several times the disruption in local economies caused by the 1950s decline of the car industry inÃâà...
CNBC
April 4, 2018
ADP payroll data is expected Wednesday morning and is seen as a warmup for Friday's government jobs report. The markets, however, will react more to any headlines out of Washington, particularly from the Trump administration on trade. The S&P 500 regained an important technical level in Tuesday'sÃâà...
CNBC
April 4, 2018
Last year, Netflix took the ninth spot on Comparably's 50 Best Places to Work list. This year, the company ranked No. 10 on LinkedIn's list of top companies where U.S. professionals want to work. With award-winning shows, which include "Masters of None" and "Orange is the New Black," and over 117Ãâà...
Harvard Business Review
April 4, 2018
So how do we encourage more and different people to apply for public sector jobs, and to the police in particular? It certainly is not easy. Police departments don't have the same tools available to them that private companies might — no signing bonuses, limited flexibility in job descriptions, and a multitudeÃâà...
KBTX
April 4, 2018
Alltran offers its clients the best customer service experience in the industry and will be creating new high paying call center jobs in its world-class customer service center located in Bryan. Alltran says its compensation package is well above average for similar call center positions in the Bryan/CollegeÃâà...
Buffalo News
April 3, 2018
Chelsea Juda moved back to Hamburg after graduating from the University of Vermont with a business degree three years ago and ultimately landed a job at the new IBM technology hub in Buffalo. "I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do, but this sort of fell into place," Juda said. "I'm learning a ton.".
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