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Low-Wage Jobs Deterring the Labor Market
The United States of America is facing a problem now that is has never faced before in its history. Since 1776, when the nation was ratified, there has never been a point in time where unemployment is very high while labor shortages ...
CBS Supports Growing Unemployment Rate
Mainstream media, as in NBC, ABC, Fox, CNN, and CBS, are all failing on television, with abysmal ratings that plummet more every month. Print media isn't doing much better, with publications like the New York Times and the Washington P...
The Secret Weapon in Salary Talks: Staying Cool
Negotiating a salary can make even the most experienced people feel nervous. But here’s a secret: staying cool and collected isn’t just helpful, it’s a game-changer. Being calm, clear, and strategic not on...
Will AI Affect Your Job? Not Really — In Fact, It's Creating More Opportunities
As concerns grow about whether Artificial Intelligence (AI) might take away jobs, the actual trend shows a very different picture. AI isn't eliminating jobs on a large scale; instead, it...
10 Well-Paid Education Jobs That Don't Need a College Degree
Many people think you need a college degree to have a career in education, but there are several high-paying jobs in the field that value hands-on skills and experience more than formal schooling. This shift refle...
30 Million Jobs Lost, and Counting
As of late April, 2020, the United States of America is looking at 30 million new unemployment claims filed since mid-March. This is an incredible number of people who have lost their jobs, for no other reason than states have deemed mos...
May Job Report Predicted to be Bad
As of May, 2020, over 30 million Americans have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic. For a lot of these unemployed people, their jobs are likely to come back once the virus scare has passed; though for many more, their jobs a...
Best Summer for Teen Jobs in 68 Years
The economy of America is often a mess and certainly another polarizing area of life for its citizens. Since the mid 1950s, when the minimum wage really started to take off all across America, the idea of the "teen job" started to die o...
How Side Quests at Work Improve Productivity and Employee Retention
What are “side quests” at work? A “side quest” is a term borrowed from video games, where it means a smaller mission or activity done alongside the main task. At work, a side ques...