Career Economics

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 (...
The Real Reason Teens Don’t Have Summer Jobs Anymore

By Beth Braverman

Toiling all summer as a camp counselor or lifeguard used to be a rite of passage for American teenagers, but they’ve been dropping out of the labor force for years.
Women Are Better Investors Than Men. Here Are 3 Reasons Why

By Beth Braverman

Female investors outperform males on average, and new report attributes the better performance to three traits more common in female investors.

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.
Do Demographics Dictate Economic Destiny?

By Jacqueline Leo

A new Morning Consult poll suggests that fewer Americans are spending their tax refunds. Instead, they’re socking the money away or paying off debt.
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.

Congress Holds up Funding for Youth Jobs as Summer Heats Up

By Elaine S. Povich, The Fiscal Times

Lawmakers left town for the July 4 recess without approving funds for summer jobs for young people, and by the time the Senate acts it may be too late.
Prime Numbers: Five Unemployed Workers for Every Available Job

By James C. Cooper, The Fiscal Times

• 32 percent of payroll gains are temp positions. • 85 percent of gains are in industries making up a quarter of private-sector payrolls. • 100 percent of gains are in industries with below average...
Special Report: Growth, Jobs and the Recovery

By ANN DOWD and John Berry and JAMES COOPER, The Fiscal Times

The Jobs Conundrum: Improving, Just Not Fast Enough Of the 15 million unemployed Americans, 6.8 million have been out of work for 27 weeks or longer. If you’re one of them, the news of a slowly...
The Jobs Conundrum: Improving, Just Not Fast Enough

By The Fiscal Times Staff

Of the 15 million unemployed Americans , 6.8 million have been out of work for 27 weeks or longer. If you’re one of them, the news of a slowly improving job market is small solace. But the numbers...
Class of 2010: Will These College Grads Ever Find Jobs?

By Michael Brody, The Fiscal Times

As millions of new college grads stream from the nation’s campuses, they have their eye on one prize: a job. A need-to-know guide, from one of their own.

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