By: Jack Salmon A new report from JP Morgan Chase & Co. finds that the summer employment rate for teenagers is nearing a record low at 34 percent. The report surveyed 15 US cities and found that despite an increase

By: Samantha Cooney The best job in America comes with a handsome six figure salary — and has plenty of job openings. The job: Data scientist. It came out on top of job search site Glassdoor’s its annual list of

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By: Jordi Lippe-McGraw With today’s competitive job market, many college students are trying to figure out a way to set themselves apart from other candidates. While good grades and extracurricular activities certainly help, many companies are looking for real-world experience

By: John Rubino One of the jarring — and until recently underreported — aspects of those seemingly-positive recent US jobs reports is the increasing skew towards older workers. Most new jobs have gone to people who in better times would

By: Connie Loizos The Bay Area is well-acquainted with boom and bust cycles, and while it’s too soon to declare that the tech economy has turned, recruiters see early indicators that it’s happening. Indeed, a handful of job placement executives confirms what

By: John Tozzi More than half of all U.S. businesses are based at home. These companies often are dismissed as quaint hobbyist ventures, but new research suggests that’s a mistake. An estimated 6.6 million home-based enterprises provide at least half

By: Sharona Schwartz The widely-held belief that a college education can break the cycle of poverty was handed a major challenge by a study from the Brookings Institution, which found that a college diploma’s salary earning benefit didn’t really hold

By: Steve Gladis As a leader on-boarding into a new company, the first pep talk by the CEO or your boss is most often Claudio Fernandez-Araoz, global expert on hiring at executive search firm Egon Zehnder, has said that a job interview

By: Emmie Martin It’s great to land a job right out of college — but it’s even more exciting when that job pays well. The Princeton Review recently compiled a list of the 25 colleges with the best career placement in the