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Depressed real estate market stunted job mobility

01/31/2017
Upside-down mortgages and stagnant home sales affected job mobility during the Great Recession and likely made the economic slowdown even worse than it would have been anyway.

What should we do? Only after accepting job did we figure out her husband works here

01/30/2017
Q. We recently hired an amazing applicant for a position at our large accounting firm. After signing her offer, she casually mentioned that her husband works here. We have a policy against office romances. Can we dismiss either her or her husband for this reason?

6 ways to manage use of personal smartphones for work

01/27/2017
There’s no guarantee your em­­ployees’ personal devices are as well-protected as company-issued de­­vices. To ensure the safety of employees’ smartphones and continued access to your company’s information, take these six steps before allowing employees to use them for work.

Unexpected appreciation works best

01/26/2017
Made any sweeping gestures recently?

5 tasks you can do in 5 minutes

01/25/2017
Make every minute at work count. Here are five quick and easy tasks you can complete when you only have five minutes to spare.

Snapshot: Workforce participation among women falls

01/24/2017
Since the turn of the millennium, the rate of women in the workplace has fallen dramatically.

Work fatalities hit 8-year high; the 10 deadliest jobs

01/19/2017
4,836 Americans were killed in workplace accidents in 2015.

Yearly cost of commuting: $3,000 and 187 hours

01/18/2017
Americans spend an average of 45 minutes every day commuting to and from work at an average cost of $12 per day.

Snapshot: Optimism about job prospects reaches an all-time high

01/18/2017
Half of Americans surveyed think now is a good time to find a quality job.

Snapshot: What women look for when they look for a new job

01/10/2017
Women more than men will shop around for job opportunities that fit them and their lives.