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• Summer job forecast: Partly cloudy, with improving hiring conditions
    As the days get longer and the weather gets warmer, many workers yearn to leave the constraints of their office or cubicle and enjoy the outdoors. But if you're unemployed during the summer, chances are you'd be happy to trade in the mild temperatures for the office environment.Summer job seekers, you're in luck. Hiring conditions are steadi […]
• Survey: Working moms continue to struggle with work-life balance, pay disparity
    Parenting is tough on any given day, and it does not get easier when one or both parents work outside the home. As you might expect, working moms have their own unique situations to confront, according to CareerBuilder's annual survey of working mothers. As with all workers, today's competitive workplaces, demanding positions and financial obliga […]
• What you can learn from not getting the job
   It's happened to almost everyone. Your résumé gets picked, you land an interview and then there's nothing but radio silence. Weeks of uncertainty go by until you receive an email that says, "Thanks, but no thanks." Getting rejected is both devastating and unnerving, and it's easy to obsess over what went wrong. Was the interview bad […]
• Should you work between undergrad and grad school?
    College seniors have some big decisions to make upon graduation. Where will they live? What career will they pursue? Should they attend graduate school? And if additional education is the next step, should they go right back to school or take time off and work instead?Working between undergraduate and graduate school has its advantages. "A graduate st […]
• Hiring managers share tips on transitioning from school to the workforce
    Most college graduates enter into the workforce with just enough broad knowledge to get them their first jobs. Unless they are continuing on to graduate school for more advanced schooling, most grads are submitting their first professional résumés and cover letters and buying their first interview suits.Employers often say that, while graduates usually hav […]