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Election 2012 and Jobs: The Most Offbeat Ballot Measures That Actually Passed

Election 2012 and Jobs: The Most Offbeat Ballot Measures That Actually Passed

While President Obama's win Tuesday has garnered lots of attention, ballot initiatives approved by voters in six states that boost wages and may result in more jobs in some niche industries -- and threaten jobs in another -- are also noteworthy. Some are praised as breakthrough measures. Others (such as a ...

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Underemployed Workers: Left Behind In The Recovery?

Underemployed Workers: Left Behind In The Recovery?

Like many part-time employees, Bintou Kamara would like to work more hours. Employed as a cashier at a flagship Ambercrombie & Fitch store in midtown Manhattan, Kamara, 22, says that she works as few as five hours a week and is paid $9 an hour. Kamara's predicament is made all the more difficult by a ...

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Hotelier Becomes Benefactor For Medical Bills On 'Undercover Boss' Premiere

Hotelier Becomes Benefactor For Medical Bills On 'Undercover Boss' Premiere

Movies, novels and television shows are often at their most poignant when they take on contemporary subjects. Over the course of the current financial crisis, few versions of commercial entertainment have been as pitch-perfect as the CBS reality series "Undercover Boss." By sending corporate executives to work ...

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Moving On: The 10 Best Cities To Get Hired [Infographic]

Moving On: The 10 Best Cities To Get Hired [Infographic]

A painful truth of the current employment situation in the U.S. is that they are plenty of jobs out there going unfilled because employers can't find workers with the right skills. That's particularly true in manufacturing. Companies across the nation are looking to fill about 600,000 manufacturing jobs, ...

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Companies Hiring For The Holidays 2011

Companies Hiring For The Holidays 2011

Job seekers, get out your seasonal cookie cutters and hunt down some eggnog, it's time to prepare for the holidays. OK, so maybe it's a little early for the festive cookies and cocktails, but if you plan on looking for work during the holiday season, it's high time you started preparing. ...

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Tipping In The Recession, Service Professionals Speak Out

Tipping In The Recession, Service Professionals Speak Out

The industries hit hardest by the recession are well known. They're usually involved in building things Americans can no longer afford (construction workers, carmakers, architects). Less talked about is the suffering of the tipping industries, the professions that rely on tips to survive. ...

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The Best And Worst Industries To Find Love

The Best And Worst Industries To Find Love

There are very few rates as depressing as employment in this country, but one of them may be marriage. The number of weddings in America has been declining for decades, since premarital sex and cohabitation are no longer taboo, women go to college for more than their "MRS" and high divorce rates have left young ...

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Which Workers Work The Most?

Which Workers Work The Most?

Time is a relative concept. Don't worry, we're not talking in an Einstein, speed-of-light kind of way. We mean in a practical, "time flies when you're having fun" kind of way. Most of us feel like times when we're enjoying ourselves go by quicker, while times when we're unhappy, bored or stressed seem to drag ...

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Job Openings Rose In June, Though Levels Are Low

Job Openings Rose In June, Though Levels Are Low

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) -- Employers posted more job openings in June and layoffs fell, a sign that hiring could improve a bit in the coming months. The number of available jobs rose to 3.1 million, up from 3 million in May, the Labor Department said Wednesday. It was the highest total ...

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