It's an agonizing discussion for adult children: whether elderly parents are able to live on their own. Here's how some families worked to make caregiving decisions.
Top attorneys in the U.S. are asking for as much as $1,250 an hour, significantly more than in previous years.
Interruptions at work, from email and phone calls to co-workers dropping by your office to talk, can complicate the juggle, extending your workday and draining personal time. But how far would you go to eliminate them?
People who complain about being pressed for time often blame an overload at work, homeor both. Now researchers are pointing to a surprising culprit: the pay raise.
More executives—including some at GM and Disney—are finding their duties suddenly changing to cover areas they know nothing about.
Once you leave the tech industry, can you get back in? Our columnist shares advice.
Have you ever cried on the job? Or have you been faced with a crying employee or colleague? Crying on the job, at least for women, is almost always perceived badly, especially when done at a public meeting, a performance review or because of work stress.
The EEOC has begun a probe of whether employers and recruitment firms are unlawfully barring the unemployed from applying for certain jobs.
Hiring managers are typically not allowed to discriminate on the basis or race or gender. But what about smoking? A growing number of hospitals and other companies have adopted controversial policies allowing them to turn down smokers as job applicants.
When Valentine's Day rolls around, some co-workers want to celebrate their deep—yet platonic—bond with their office spouse.
Several states allow aspiring entrepreneurs to collect unemployment benefits—while they're building their business.
Even if you have to resort to saying I am lucky to have a roof over my head and food in my stomach, do it.
For many executives, a corporate directorship offers a route to move ahead. Here's how.
In middle school, Ivan and Laura shared a brief romance and a knack for trouble. Then they parted ways. Now he is college-bound and she isn't. How different schools shaped their paths.
Starting any new job is hard, and coming back to work after a long layoff can be even harder. Here's how to make a successful re-entry.
The job market for business-school students is better than last year, but still isn't back to pre-recession levels, says the head of MBA Career Services Council.
Wall Street cash bonuses shrank by roughly 8% last year despite strong profits, according to New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, reflecting the changing compensation culture on Wall Street.
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Author Josh Kaufman criticizes MBA programs in his book, "The Personal MBA…A World-Class Business Education in a Single Volume."
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Time Warner forced out Jack Griffin, the CEO of Time Inc., after just six months on the job, saying his management style didn't mesh with the media conglomerate.
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Technology is eating jobs—and not just obvious ones like toll takers and phone operators. Lawyers and doctors are at risk as well.
A woman has been appointed dean of the Ross School of Business--the first in the school's 87-year-history, and still a relative rarity among business schools.
While some sweethearts can handle the pressure of building a relationship and a company, many others warn it's a difficult path. The secret to making it work? Have a good marriage in the first place.
Harvard Business School is changing its curriculum, but whether it can reform 'elitist' business-school culture remains to be seen.
Advice for a worried job searcher whose recent speeding ticket–and other personal information-is easily discoverable via web search.
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