Job Market

Looking for a New Job? These Are the Best Cities for You

By Beth Braverman

If you’re on the hunt for a good job, think warm thoughts and pack sunglasses.
Hoping for a Big Raise Next Year? Here’s How Much You’ll Probably Get

By Beth Braverman

A new report sheds light on how big a raise most workers will be getting next year.
A New Report Shows Why The 10-Year Jobs Crisis Is Effectively Over

By Jacqueline Leo

A new report by the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution has good news: "With [yesterday's] employment report, we can report that the national jobs gap relative to November 2007 has closed (...
3 New Benefits That Could Be Coming to Your Company

By Beth Braverman

As America flirts with full employment, companies have to work a bit harder to attract workers. A new survey shows that companies are becoming more generous with their benefits packages.
Are You Being Paid Fairly? Here's How to Find Out

By Beth Braverman

After nearly a decade of stagnation, wages are starting to rise as a strong job market (finally) gives American workers more power in negotiations.

The 10 College Majors Employers Want Most This Year

By Janna Herron

The proportion of employers planning to hire recent college graduates hit a decade-high this year. Here are the 10 majors most in demand.
What Will It Take to Finally Get US Workers’ Pay Growing Again?

By Anthony Mirhaydari

Workers of all political stripes must be frustrated by the fact that the economic expansion has yet to deliver the kind of wage gains that have been long promised.
Trump Inherits a Solid Job Market. Can He Really Make It Better?

By Rob Garver

For Trump, who declared that he would be “the greatest jobs president God ever created” during his campaign and has specifically and repeatedly said that employment growth will be his singular focus...
Here’s How Long It Takes for Your College Degree to Pay Off

By Beth Braverman

While there has been much hand-wringing among policymakers about the rising cost of college and growing levels of student debt, most analysts agree that those who earn a college degree are better off...
Why 2017 Should Be a Very Good Year for Finding a New Job

By Janna Herron

The U.S. economy last year added more than 2 million jobs, and 2017 should be an even better year for job seekers. Wages are poised to move higher, too. Employers expanded their payrolls by 156,000...

Be a Great Hacker, Get a Great Job

By Mary Thompson, CNBC

At the Money 2020 Hackathon in Las Vegas, there's more than just the $125,000 in prize money at stake. Winners here may also land a job with one of the hackathon's sponsors PayPal. "They get to learn...
The Truth About Robots and Your Job

By Mark Hamrick, Bankrate

Man versus robot is a common - and often chilling - storyline in science fiction. Most apocalyptic are the Arnold Schwarzenegger "Terminator" movies, where people are on the run from killer robots in...
Aging Americans Push for More Flextime

By Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, The Conversation

There are two quiet trends that might very well transform the structure of work in the near future. First, a majority of today’s employees expect to work beyond the traditional retirement age of 65,...
The Truth Behind Soaring Student Debt Levels

By Jason Lange, Reuters

Young Americans with big college debts are often portrayed as struggling to pay their bills. The reality is somewhat different - those owing super-sized student loans tend to be higher paid. A...
The New Post-Retirement Opportunity for Millions

By Mark Miller, Reuters

“You must do the thing you cannot do,” Eleanor Roosevelt once wrote. It’s the only way to overcome the fears we all face in doing something new, she thought, and take a leap into the unknown. Kate...

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