Carol Bartz Would Like You to Work Harder While She Goes on Leave

Workdig News- Carol Bartz is going to be out for two weeks. The surly Yahoo CEO is having her leg surgically enhanced so she can kick ass even harder; why are the rest of you peons just sitting around, on your butts??

Bartz would...More

huxleyboyce submitted from Canada, AB about 2 years 10 months ago

LINDSAY Lohan's Pay day

LINDSAY Lohan's 23rd birthday isn't until tomorrow, but she's already managed to profit off the day.

According to sources, the troubled starlet was paid a cool $70,000 by the MGM Grand in Las Vegas to host an all-day...More

huxleyboyce submitted from Canada, AB about 2 years 10 months ago

Unions: Do They Help Or Hurt Workers?

Employers and workers seem to approach employment from vastly different perspectives. So how can the two sides reach any sort of agreement? The answer lies in unions. Unions have played a role in the worker-employer dialogue for centuries, but in...More

huxleyboyce submitted from Canada, AB about 2 years 10 months ago

Four Unfortunate Facts about the Job Market

After this morning’s report, here are four unfortunate facts about the job market.

1) Manufacturing jobs are falling at their fastest rate since 1946, down -12.2% over the past year.

2) Private sector jobs outside of...More

huxleyboyce submitted from Canada, AB about 2 years 10 months ago

http://www.investopedia.com/slide-show/millionaire-mindset/default.aspx

When your grandparents lamented that a dollar just isn't a dollar anymore, they weren't just bellyaching. Inflation attacks the value of a dollar, reducing it as time goes by so you need more dollars as time goes on. That is one of the reasons...More

huxleyboyce submitted from Canada, AB about 2 years 10 months ago

Top-Paying Jobs for Women

Women are flocking to the labor force in record numbers. Nearly 60% sought or occupied employment in 2008, the latest year for which statistics are available, representing 46.5% of the total U.S. labor force. More than one-third of these women...More

huxleyboyce submitted from Canada, AB about 2 years 10 months ago

How MySpace Humiliates Fired Workers

MySpace's CEO purportedly keeps his body pretty tight. But he should lay off the weight obsession at work. Owen Van Natta said MySpace was "bloated" when he laid off 400 workers; now they're reportedly called "fat" to their faces. Says...More

huxleyboyce submitted from Canada, AB about 2 years 11 months ago

Eight Careers Rising from the Economic Ashes

It's been a tough year. While the economy didn't exactly burn to the ground, almost every industry managed to get a tad singed. The good news is the worst seems to be behind us. If you seize the opportunity now, you could make the switch to a...More

huxleyboyce submitted from Canada, AB about 2 years 11 months ago

AP Issues Strict Facebook, Twitter Guidelines to Staff

The Associated Press is adopting a stringent social-networking policy for its employees, informing them to police their Facebook profiles “to make sure material posted by others doesn’t violate AP standards.” The policy (.pdf) comes weeks after...More

huxleyboyce submitted from Canada, AB about 2 years 11 months ago

9 Signs You're About To Get Fired

When you wake up to the sound of your alarm and prepare to face another day on the job, do you dread the idea, feel good about it or are you somewhere in between? If you crawl into a fetal position and pray for an excuse to stay home, you may have...More

huxleyboyce submitted from Canada, AB about 2 years 11 months ago