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These Skills Will Boost Your Salary by 20 Percent

A new study also looks at the disconnect between recent college grads who think they are ready for the workforce and the hiring managers who disagree.

By Carolyn Sun

Building a Business

How This Franchisee Is Giving Hope — and Jobs — to the Disabled Community

By Jason Daley

Building a Business

8 Ways to Create a Strong Internship Program for the Summer

By Lauren Berger

Business News

Smokers Get Burned When it Comes to Payday

By Reuters

Building a Business

We’re Turning Into a Freelance Nation. Here’s What That Looks Like.

Technology has facilitated a global market shift that provides more options for freelance employees.

By Russ Fujioka

Building a Business

10 Hilarious Signs You Should Not Take That Job (Infographic)

#3: 'We're looking for a rock star ninja beast for a unique opportunity.'

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

Building a Business

Dear Politician: If Small Business Is So Important, How Do You Explain These Facts?

The economy runs on private-sector job growth. Why is that so hard to understand?

By Susan Solovic

Tech

The Robots Are Coming. Is Your Job Safe?

If you're a bartender, probably not, according to a new report.

By Laura Entis

Building a Business

Finding a Good Small Business Job is Getting Harder

Small businesses are doing a lot more without having to hire new workers.

By Scott Shane

Building a Business

Advice for Older Americans Seeking Employment

Give your own motives a deep assessment, avoid your biases and market yourself for the current-day work world.

By Gabriel Bristol

Building a Business

5 Questions Struggling Entrepreneurs Must Ask Before Taking a Job

When your dream of self-employment is threatened, when should you suck it up and work for someone else?

By Lisa M. Blacker

Building a Business

Study: It’s Better to Start a Business While You’re Still Employed Elsewhere

A new study finds that entrepreneurs who start companies while still employed at their day jobs are a third less likely to fail.

By Nina Zipkin

Building a Business

Entrepreneurship Is Both Job Creator and Job Alternative

Sift the economic data and you find entrepreneurs are both seizing opportunity for themselves and creating it for many more.

By Bill Clerico

Building a Business

A Reality Check for Anyone Eager to Work for a Startup

Brutal hours, low pay, stock option souvenirs, smart people with good ideas routinely going broke. You can fall in love, again, with your day job.

By Iman Jalali

Building a Business

When Will Washington Start Unleashing the Power of Entrepreneurs?

The latest GDP figures prove that the policies of the last six years are targeting the wrong culprits.

By Ray Hennessey

Building a Business

Small Businesses Extend Hiring at Best Post-Recession Clip

There's still a lot of worry about adding new employees, but the pace of hiring is at an eight-year high.

By Ray Hennessey

Tech

How Not to Embarrass Yourself During a Skype Interview (Infographic)

It's never ok to interview in your underwear. Not even on Skype. Get a clue and step up your video interview game with these fast, fun tips.

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

Building a Business

Troubling Trend: Fewer High School Grads Are Choosing College

After surging during the recession, college enrollment is down as high school graduates appear to be choosing work over school.

By Laura Entis

Building a Business

Tech Workers Are Now Sizable Slice of Big Apple’s Economy (Infographic)

Study cites role of 'tech ecosystem' in adding 45,000 positions to New York City's workforce in a decade.

By Jessica Lawrence

Building a Business

Jobs in the Aviation Industry Are on the Rise

With global cargo and passenger traffic growing, aviation companies are hungry for skilled workers.

By Mary Thompson

Building a Business

When Hiring, Bosses Choose Expertise Over Education

In a new survey, business leaders place more importance on practical skills and knowledge rather than where a candidate got his or her degree

By Nina Zipkin

Entrepreneurs

Bet You Won’t Guess the Happiest State in America

A recent Gallup poll ranked the 50 states in terms of wellbeing.

By Laura Entis

Building a Business

This Simple Strategy Will Make You the Top Candidate for Any Job

What does Netflix, comedian Jack Moore and you finding the perfect job have in common? Hint: You won't find it on your resume.

By Joel Capperella

Building a Business

How Both Parties Were Wrong About Obamacare and Jobs

The latest jobs report is showing the impact of Obamacare on employment. Turns out, a lot of pundits' predictions were wrong.

By Ray Hennessey

Building a Business

As More Workers Drop Out, We Need a Better Solution

The latest report from the CBO shows Obamacare will rob America of 2.3 million workers. It is time for a philosophical, business-driven change in mindset.

By Ray Hennessey

Buying a Franchise

Franchise Industry Finishes Strong in 2013 (Infographic)

The U.S. added 30,250 franchise jobs in December, bringing the 2013 total to a whopping 229,000.

By Kate Taylor

Business Operations & Logistics

How Much Blame Do the Jobless Bear for Joblessness?

Business owners have jobs and want to hire, but employers say candidates are unprepared and have the wrong attitude. What gives?

By Ray Hennessey

Business Accounting

Why Our Job Market Is Dying Before Our Eyes

The latest jobs numbers prove a point: Putting government policy over business interests has been a disastrous failure for the American worker.

By Ray Hennessey

Building a Business

99 Percent of November’s Franchise Growth Was in the Restaurant Industry (Infographic)

According to the ADP National Franchise Report, the U.S. added 13,070 new franchise jobs in the last month, with 12,970 of them in the restaurant sector.

By Kate Taylor

Business News

Good News: Private Sector Hiring Jumps in November

The latest ADP employment report shows the private sector added 215,000 new jobs in November, more than the 173,000 jobs economists were expecting.

By Jeff Cox