The International Worker Outlook With layoffs hitting companies across the nation, people from abroad are having a tougher time obtaining standard employment in the United States. But in some markets, job seekers from abroad will have the advantage. According to the Center for Immigration Studies, more than 1.2 million legal and illegal immigrants now land [...]

Kids pretend to be them; every other television show is about them. They are overworked and underappreciated; still, more people than ever are applying to become law enforcement officers. Getting in isn’t easy. Besides requiring rigorous mental and physical training, law enforcement has one of the lowest turnover rates of any career. But law enforcement [...]

It’s all about knowledge management. Imagine the typical research job and tell me what you see: A room full of gene-splicing grad students in white lab coats? A towering rack of glass beakers? A bank of computer screens beckoning with blinking cursors? Nowadays, such notions are changing. The fastest growing research area is knowledge management–finding [...]

Employee volunteers can make a difference. Employees want to impact more than just the bottom line; they want to know if their hard work is making a difference in customers’ lives. More and more people are also looking to make an impact in the world around them–and companies are giving them the chance to do [...]

Political apathy on America’s college campuses. For 22-year-old Katherine Bishop, it’s politics as usual. After graduating from James Madison University in May, the speech communication major took on her current job as deputy press secretary for Mike Easley, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate from North Carolina. “I couldn’t pass up this opportunity,” she said. “I wanted [...]

Get tough and get what you deserve. In today’s tough economy, you have to be a strong negotiator to get what you want. Don’t shy away from asking your boss for that raise, especially if you’ve proven your worth to the company. Bargain for that plum assignment if you can (and will) get the job [...]

Helpful hints for out-of-workers everywhere. Now that you’re unemployed, it stings to remember why they tell you to store three to six months’ salary in a savings account for a rainy day. And now it’s pouring. But how many working people can afford to save anything, much less a half-year’s pay? “The concept of having [...]

Buoyed by the success of U.S. military strategies and systems used during the Iraqi conflict, the Pentagon is even more intent on pursuing the next generation of weapon and homeland-security-defense systems. Many, such as those that allow remote and secure communications systems to collect, interpret and send relevant information to proper channels, require advanced communications [...]

There’s something comforting and familiar about Casper haunting the Saturday morning airwaves. But there’s nothing comforting about the ghosts of your former workplace. Manifesting themselves as feelings of inadequacy, layoff threats or even fear of physical violence, ignored phantoms from your past are affecting you, whether you know it or not. Physical Evidence As we [...]

You cannot put an age limit on career transition. As the U.S. population grays, more Americans in their 50s are changing careers. After spending a decade or two working in the same field, many people are retiring early from one career–only to embark on another. The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), a non-profit dedicated [...]