News and Advice

Job growth holds up in Mass.
Massachusetts employers added jobs for the sixth consecutive month in July as the state economy continued a broad recovery that is outpacing the nation as whole. (By Robert Gavin, Boston Globe)

For job leads, face time beats high-tech tools
A year ago, Stephen Udden was laid off, a victim of outsourcing when the telecommunications company where he worked as a software engineer project manager moved operations overseas, and his office in the United States was shuttered. (By Cindy Atoji Keene, Boston Globe)

Let colleagues know of any name change
Q. Should you send an e-mail announcement when you have divorced and are taking back your maiden name? (By Peter Post, Boston Globe)

A fondness for fauna turns into a rewarding career
America’s only whale feeding sanctuary is just 25 miles offshore from Boston at Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. (By Cindy Atoji Keene, Boston Globe)