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Can I Ask for a Raise Yet?

If you’ve stayed employed during the recent recession, there’s a good chance you haven’t been getting salary increases. You may even have taken a pay cut. And you’ve probably been told–or you’ve at least told yourself–that you should be grateful to


Can I Ask for a Raise Yet?

If you’ve stayed employed during the recent recession, there’s a good chance you haven’t been getting salary increases. You may even have taken a pay cut. And you’ve probably been told–or you’ve at least told yourself–that you should be grateful to


Temp Worker Increase Spurs Hope for Job Recovery

In a signal that the job market may be inching toward recovery, employment by temporary staffing firms has risen for the past several months. “That’s a sign that business owners are facing more demand and more need for work, yet they are very thinly


10 Job Sectors in Decline

People in almost every profession may feel like jobs are scarce right now. For many industries, this is a temporary situation. But jobs in some fields are expected to continue disappearing even after the economy picks up.Is your industry on the decli


10 Job Sectors in Decline

People in almost every profession may feel like jobs are scarce right now. For many industries, this is a temporary situation. But jobs in some fields are expected to continue disappearing even after the economy picks up.Is your industry on the decli


Apologizing on the Job

Career success is all about relationships. And when something goes wrong, it’s important to fix it. That may mean an apology is in order. “Getting back on the right path as quickly as possible is what makes you a good employee,” says Anna Post,


Apologizing on the Job

Career success is all about relationships. And when something goes wrong, it’s important to fix it. That may mean an apology is in order. “Getting back on the right path as quickly as possible is what makes you a good employee,” says Anna Post,


Companies Cautiously Prepare to Raise Salaries

As the economy begins to recover, salary increases should do the same.In the past few years, employers have raised workers’ salaries by about 4 percent per year — except for 2009, when the figure dropped to a historically low 2.1 percent, according


Companies Cautiously Prepare to Raise Salaries

As the economy begins to recover, salary increases should do the same.In the past few years, employers have raised workers’ salaries by about 4 percent per year — except for 2009, when the figure dropped to a historically low 2.1 percent, according


Companies Cautiously Prepare to Raise Salaries

As the economy begins to recover, salary increases should do the same.In the past few years, employers have raised workers’ salaries by about 4 percent per year — except for 2009, when the figure dropped to a historically low 2.1 percent, according