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.

Guess Who's Hogging All the Part-Time Jobs?

By Mark Koba, CNBC

The huge spike in part-time jobs since the recent recession is not unusual as recessions go, according to a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. But what has changed...
The New Test for Grads That Could Get Them a Job

By Beth Braverman

More than 200 colleges, including some in the Texas and California state systems, have signed on to offer their students the new voluntary Collegiate Learning Assessment Plus (CLA+) test, which is...
7 Money Strategies for Today’s Single Parents

By Sheryl Nance Nash, The Fiscal Times

Here’s a wake-up call for anyone who still thinks the “typical” American family consists of a two-parent household: Today more than 20 million children in the U.S. live in single parent households...
Unpaid Intern Backlash Heats Up

By Nona Willis Aronowitz, CNBC

A growing number of disgruntled workers have begun to challenge the fairness--and legality--of the unpaid internship, a fact of life for young Americans hoping to pad their resumes and gain...
7 Ways Boomers and Millennials Differ at Work

By Daniel Bortz, The Fiscal Times

Boomers and Millennials have different views on work and life, which can clash in an office environment. Here are seven ways the generations are different in the office

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