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Cessna planning to lay off 700 additional employees

Shortly after Cessna was in the news for averting a strike by the machinist's union, an announcement was made that they will be laying off...

A reader emailed me recently to ask “How do I explain a small personal time off from employment on my resume?” It’s a question I...

Several iterations of recession-proof job lists have crossed my desk in the past couple of weeks. The only reason I’m bothering to...

What is it about tough times that make employers and managers suddenly doubt that the people working for them are grown-ups?I was just reading a...

What would Henry Ford say?The industrialist is famous for his epiphany that for his cars to have mass success everyday people like the ones that...

So you’ve been laid off, but your career is in a profession where people work independently as consultants or freelancers, and you’re...

What do you want from work?For most of us the answer is “many things.” Ideally we would all like a job that’s meaningful and...

I’m a big believer in loving, or at least liking your job. We spend way too much time at work to not be enthusiastic about how we earn out...

Funny thing, I keep reading in the media that we’re in an economic slowdown. And indeed, the unemployment rate rose to 6.1 percent in August...

Shshshsh. Hear that? It’s the sound of desks being emptied up and down Wall Street as employees at Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and AIG...