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Race on your resume: An invitation for discrimination?
Barbara Bogaev Apr 5, 2013
From the organizations you're a member of to your educational background to something as simple as your name -- advertising your ethnicity, sexuality, religion or gender on your resume can affect the hiring process.
Unemployment falls to 7.6%, 88,000 jobs added
Jeremy Hobson Apr 5, 2013
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the economy added 88,000 jobs last month, below analyst expectations. The unemployment rate fell to 7.6 percent.
Long-term unemployment gets...longer
Sabri Ben-Achour Apr 5, 2013
Even as the U.S. economy is adding jobs, nearly five million people have been out of work for at least six months, and figures show their wait to return to the workforce is growing.
Big Data creates big industry for storing data
Stacey Vanek Smith Apr 4, 2013
Every purchase, online web search and even cellphone call generates data that companies hope to use to boost sales. But storing all that data is becoming a big expense, and it has spawned a multibillion-dollar industry.
Quarterly job cuts highest since 2011
Mark Garrison Apr 4, 2013
Global outplacement firm Challenger, Grey & Christmas reported that employers cut 49,000 jobs in March, down 11 percent from February. Despite the month to month decline, job cuts for the first quarter were their highest since 2011.
Recovery from job loss: Easier for whites than blacks
Krissy Clark Apr 3, 2013
A new study from Pew on economic mobility examines how unemployment affects black and white families differently.
Private sector job gains miss the mark
Jeremy Hobson Apr 3, 2013
The payroll processing company ADP reported this morning that 158,000 private sector jobs were added last month, falling below analyst expectations.
'If I Had Glass'...I'd throw it at your face
Will Oremus Apr 1, 2013
What would you do if you had Google Glass? The public weighs in and the joke is on Google.
The most common job in the U.S.
Sarah Gardner Apr 1, 2013
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has calculated the most and least common jobs in the country.
Digital Easter eggs: A developer's secret message to you
Katie Long Apr 1, 2013
In the digital world, an Easter egg is a hidden message snuck into a computer program, video game, or website where it shouldn’t be.
