White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has annual compensation of $172,2000. Given that the Press Secretary's job requires at the minimum about 100 hours a week, that adds up to about 5,200 hours a year, based on a 52 week year. Most of the rest of you put in about 2,080 hours a year. Given his minimum of...

Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, is upbeat about most factors in the economy. However, in his testimony to the U.S. Senate Budget Committee today, he predicted that it could take "considerable time" for the job market to recover. Specifically, Bernanke said: "A number of indicators of job openings...

Ted Williams, former radio announcer, went from being homeless to appearing on the 'Today' show and receiving multiple job offers. Those offers are coming from just about every kind of employer, ranging from Kraft to the Cleveland Cavaliers. In the Washington Post, Alexandra Petri suggested that Williams...

With a nationwide low of six percent unemployment, Washington, D.C., is the best city to find a job, reports Forbes. With 14.3 percent unemployment, up from 12.5 percent last year, Las Vegas is the worst. In Sin City there are eight unemployed for every job posted online. In the D.C. metro area, which...

There are digital business home runs like Facebook and Google. And then there are ones that were successful for years, but are now struggling, such as MySpace and Yahoo where layoff rumors swirl. MySpace, purchased by News Corp., hasn't been able to position itself in the marketplace as an entertainment...

Some of the companies on this list were once among the most beloved, or at least most respected companies in America. How did the companies mentioned earn this dubious honor? The list was compiled based on scores in six areas. According to 24/7 Wall Street, those doing the rankings examined:

Robert Half International, a well know brand in the field of staffing, also publishes quite a bit in terms of research, as well as the forecasting of employment trends. Here are their projections for 11 hot job areas for 2011. With the term "Hot" here, being defined as a job field that should expect to...

Office pests, that is the two-footed kind, continue with annoying behavior, despite how stressful and insecure making a living has become. They don't stop e-mailing those jokes they think are a riot, talk non-stop about their resolution to lose weight, complain/gossip about management, stink up the place with...

For some of you, the only way you can squeeze in getting an MBA degree is online. Up to now, you might have worried about how marketable that credential obtained online would be. After all, recruiters seem to favor MBA graduates from well-known schools who did the degree in the flesh. Well, there's good news.