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The difference between a paid and unpaid internship? A job later
Sally Herships May 31, 2013
Students may want to think twice about working for free: interns who get paid are almost twice as likely as their unpaid counterparts to get a job offer when they graduate.
Electric car startup Better Place goes bust
David Brancaccio May 28, 2013
Better Place, a company that aimed to solve the notorious electric car driving range problem, is going bust.
Jobs for youth today spares economic burden tomorrow
Sarah Gardner May 27, 2013
Could the government solve the youth unemployment problem?
Reality show puts firing power in the hands of employees
Adriene Hill May 24, 2013
"Does Someone Have To Go?" is a new reality show on the Fox network. It allows office mates the authority to fire their co-workers in an attempt to repair the workplace environment. A cruel concept or a smart way to weed out unproductive employees?
What do home sales have to do with the job market?
Chris Farrell May 23, 2013
Domestic migration, when you move from one place in the country to another, plunged in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. Now things are looking up.
Ford calls it quits in Australia
Stuart Cohen May 23, 2013
Ford Motor Company is calling it quits in Australia, after a nearly 90-year run. The U.S. automaker says it will shut down its two factories down under and halt production in 2016.
Unemployed steelworker is back in a job
Kai Ryssdal May 14, 2013
One small economic data point: a steelworker in the Midwest, back on the job.
Inside the National Craft Championship
David Brancaccio May 13, 2013
A competition for the construction industry.
The possible downside to the good jobless claims numbers
Stacey Vanek Smith May 9, 2013
U.S. jobless claims are falling -- most recently to a pre-recession level -- but does that mean nothing more than employers are getting to the point where they can’t lay off any more workers?
What unemployment rate should we be aiming for?
Chris Farrell May 9, 2013
Is there such a thing as an unemployment rate that is too low?
