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- Working on the Weekends
We all know the phrase "working for the weekend." In fact, it's a motto of most workers I know. What a...
- 10 Jobs With Flexibility
Let's face it, life is messy and unpredictable. It doesn't always allow us to work the traditional 40-hour, Mo...
- Tips for Relocating for a Job
If you're not finding the job you want in your hometown, you might want to consider looking in a diffe...
- Are You Obsessed With Your Job?
It's 9 PM, and you're still at the office. You promised your spouse that tonight was the night you'd...
- How Play Can Help You Work
If the old adage, "Never mix business and pleasure" defines your work style, you may want to consider a cha...
- How Play Can Help You Work
If the old adage, "Never mix business and pleasure" defines your work style, you may want to consider a cha...
- The New Rules of Nine-to-Five
Let's be honest -- the nine-to-five work day isn't for everyone. Nor is being chained to a desk seven days...
- How to Be Work-Free on Vacation
Your workload is growing, and it feels like there is not enough time in the day. You may be telling yourse...
- Addicted to Work?
Rachel Weingarten is hesitant to admit how long it's been since she took a "real" vacation."(It was)...
- Survey: One-in-Five Americans Work While on Vacation
After months without a day off, it's official: You need a vacation. But you feel you just can't leave the o...
- Five Signs of Job Burnout... and What to Do About It
Do you think you never have or never will experience work burnout? Consider these statistics:Th...
- Finding a Job With Flexible Hours
Have you ever seen people golfing, biking or shopping in the middle of the day and wondered: "What kind of job...
- Advice for Working Moms
Mother's Day means something special to everyone.For some busy moms, it means sleeping in; breakfast...
- Do You Live Paycheck-To-Paycheck, Too?
Counting down the minutes to payday? You're not alone. Four-in-ten workers (41 percent) say they often or...
- Is Your Weight Hurting Your Career?
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that 65 percent of U.S. adults -- or about 129.6 million peop...
- Fired? Five Tips for Rebounding
Simma Lieberman said she didn't even like her job working in sports medicine for a clinic, but that didn't...
- Can You Be a Home-Based Worker?
More and more Americans are finding that these days, the daily grind is becoming a daily migraine. Workdays...
- Survey: Almost Half of Dads Would Be Mr. Mom
By Richard Castellini, Senior Career Adviser for CareerBuilder.com Trading in power lunches for PB&J and Wi-F...
- Leave the Office Grind Behind With These Jobs
You'd love to escape the grind of your job, but you're not sure how to do it, or maybe you'd love a second...
- When Money's Tight: Second-Job Tips
Whether for money or experience, 17 percent of Americans work more than one job. There is much to be gained...
- Survey: Working Moms Want the Gift of Time
By Mary Delaney, Chief Sales Officer for CareerBuilder.com Forget candy and flowers, working mothers just wan...
- Eight Great Job Perks
Eight Great Job Perks What They Are and Where to Get Them What would it take to lure you to a particul...
- Survey: 1 in 10 Drink During Work Day on St. Patrick's
Every year around St. Patrick's Day, there's a song I just can't get out of my head. No, it's not "Too-ra-loo-...
- Recharge Your Work Batteries During Holiday Downtime
Everyone needs to take time out to recharge, and the holidays present a perfect opportunity to do just that...
- The Virtual Job
Think virtual working is for loners clad in sweat pants and fuzzy slippers? Think again. According to Net...
- What is Job Sharing?
Peggy began her first job-sharing arrangement when she became pregnant with her second child. A customer s...
- What's the Advantage to Telecommuting?
Are skyrocketing gasoline prices cursing your commute? Wondering why you're driving to work only to spend your...
- Pitfalls of Telecommuting
When we think about telecommuting, we often focus on the blissful freedoms that come with it. Freedom to set...
- Eight Traits That Make Your Job Feel Less Like Work
Falling in love is that euphoric feeling you have when you are with someone who makes you feel better about yo...
- You Lost Your Job -- What Should You Tell The Kids?
Losing your job is tough. If you're a parent, it can take on a whole new dimension as you worry: How will I...
- Six Job Options for Working Moms
Getting ahead at work can seem at odds with raising a family for many working mothers. "We know women are ofte...
- Work/Life Balance Tips for Supermoms
She is the family cook, maid, taxi service, coach, tutor, doctor, pet caregiver, gardener, stylist, social pla...
- Want a Family-Friendly Job?
In today's business world, more professionals are juggling their family and work lives, and both men and women...
- Why Does Time Off Result in More Work?
Technology is an amazing thing. You can check e-mail at a baseball game, receive phone calls while camping, an...
- Why Do Working Parents Dread the Summer?
It's summertime and the living is anything but easy for working parents who must find childcare while school i...
- Does Mr. Mom Have it Made?
John Lennon made it cool. Michael Keaton and Eddie Murphy played it for laughs. Any way you cut it, men who le...
- More Dads Want to Be Mr. Mom
Today's working dads aren't just satisfied with being Ward Cleaver -- they also want to be Mr. Mom. Although...
- Top 11 Tips for Surviving Your Spouse's Unemployment
Has the loss of your spouse's job put your ''for better or for worse'' vows to the test? Coping with the emot...
- Eight Ways to Improve Your Quality of Life at Work
If you are looking at your job as a source of satisfaction at work, then you may be looking in the wrong place...
- Waging War on Work Stress
C'mon, admit it. You've fallen victim to workplace stress at one time or another. You've probably even called...
- The New Retirement -- Going Back to Work
Mandatory retirement is quickly becoming as archaic as the dinosaur. With many people now retiring at 55 or 60...
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