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.
If you've been laid off and your former employer is hiring again, it's important to consider whether returning is a good idea—and whether the skills you bring are what the company needs now.
Job hunters might have less leverage today than they did a few years ago, but that doesn't mean there's no room to negotiate salary in a job offer. Here's how.
Cranky Consumer tests four services (three based in India) that cater to personal requests like making customer-service calls or researching vacation details, or anything else that doesn't need to be handled in person.
If you're a college student who wants to make sure that you'll be employable upon graduation, how can you figure out what are the hot jobs of the future?
A Society for Human Resources Management survey shows 35% of the 1,625 employers who responded to a March survey say they expect to add full-time workers in 2010.
Job prospects for M.B.A. graduates are better than they were just a year ago, but connecting students with positions has career centers at business schools operating in overdrive.
In December 2008, we launched the Laid Off and Looking blog as a way for WSJ readers and job seekers to learn firsthand about how rising unemployment was affecting Americans. We asked 29 laid off professionals with M.B.A. degrees to share what it was like for them to deal with suddenly becoming unemployed and having to search for a new job. Initially, we focused on those who had been let go from positions in finance and real estate. Then, as unemployment began to spread to other sectors, we recruited additional bloggers to weigh in on their own stories. Of our original eight bloggers, six have found permanent employment, while two have continued to take on long-term consulting assignments.
If you've been hoping to get a new job, you aren't alone. But employment experts caution that moving too quickly could land you in a job that you dislike even more. Here are ways to improve the odds of finding the right one.
Many companies are using personality and ability assessments as pre-employment or orientation tools to avoid a bad fit.
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