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Employment
Remember the good old days? Just a few long months ago, the economy was roaring and nobody outside Wuhan had ever heard about coronavirus. Now millions of Americans are in…
Layoffs are a common experience — 40% of workers report having been laid off at least once and according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly 1.6 million workers were…
Getting laid off is traumatic, but at least I got the bad news in a fitting place. I was in a doctor’s office when my cellphone rang. It was my…
First job? Congratulations! Welcome to the workforce! First paycheck? You have some planning to do. Paychecks are your ticket to join – and enjoy – America’s economy, but there are…
Getting a pink slip might not be as devastating as learning you have a serious medical problem, but the trauma of losing a job can hit hard, especially for those…
If you want a raise in 2018, please don’t hold your breath. You might not make it to 2019. More than half of Americans haven’t gotten a raise in the…
This might bore you, but the following story on the presidential election does not address beauty queens, philandering husbands or locker room talk. It does, however, address how a President…
To the roughly 1.6 million college graduates in the class of 2014: You have my heartiest congratulations – and my sympathies. I graduated during the early 1990s recession when finding…
