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Men Diagnosed With Childhood ADHD Struggle More with Jobs, Relationships
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common neurobehavioral disorder among children, and as incidence of the condition continue to rise,...
More Jobs, Less Pay
Would you rather have an iphone 5 or running water? It might seem like a “well, duh,” kind of question, but it gets to the heart of something important about the...
What Are the Jobs Figures Really Telling Us?
Has anything really changed in the labor market? That’s the question I’ve been asking myself since last Friday’s jobs figures, the most positive in three and a...
September Jobs Report: Obama Boosted by Weak but Persistant Recovery
Barack Obama‘s re-election effort once looked to be a tug-of-war between two powerful political forces: the magnetism of a charismatic incumbent vs. the drain of...
September Jobs Report: Obama Boosted by Weak But Persistent Recovery
Barack Obama‘s re-election effort once looked to be a tug-of-war between two powerful political forces: the magnetism of a charismatic incumbent vs. the drain of...
Can Robots Bring Manufacturing Jobs Back to the U.S.?
Heading into the 20th century, America was a predominantly rural country. Roughly 40% of the nation’s labor force toiled on farms alongside 22 million work...
Labor Department Finds U.S. Economy 386,000 Jobs Stronger
The Labor Department is constantly refining its estimation of the U.S. Labor Market as new data comes in. Each month, when it releases its employment situation...
New Public-Private Partnerships: The President’s Stealth Plan To Create Jobs?
As casual reading, the Presidential Memorandum “Accelerating Technology Transfer and Commercialization of Federal Research in Support of High-Growth Businesses,”...
Payroll Day Blues: Economy Adds Just 96,000 Jobs in August
The Democratic party spent all week (and millions of dollars) trying to convince voters to return President Obama to office in November. But perhaps the most...
New Jobs Figures Are Bad News for Obama
It wasn’t what the Obama administration wanted to hear. The new employment figures out this morning show that the U.S. economy created a mere 96,000 jobs, far...
On the Jobs Front, Reservists Fight to Take the Lead
During my first summer as an Army officer I took a Combat Lifesaver course at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Other than a fellow new lieutenant–like me, a recent ROTC...
Top Reasons Why Americans Stay At Their Jobs (And What It Means For The Presidential Campaign)
What’s the No. 1 reason people continue working for their employer? Is it the pay? The benefits? A lack of better options? Those are obvious answers, especially...
Start-ups Create Jobs, Right? So Why Aren’t We Funding More Small Businesses?
By pretty much any measure, lending to American small businesses is weak. Most recently, small business borrowing dropped 5% from May to June, according to...
Hey, At Least Investment Bankers Are Losing Their Jobs, Too
It’s been five years since the 2008 financial crisis upended the global economy, and while corporate profits and national output have recovered, there are still...
7 Myths About the Economy, Jobs, Taxes and Small Business
America’s Got Talent is the No. 1 show. Spider-Man is the No. 1 movie. “Call Me Maybe” is the top song in the country. Who’s the most popular guy in Washington,...
Best Way to Make Employees Better at Their Jobs
You’ve been there. You’ve stared at a blank document as you struggled to come up with incredible words of wisdom that will inspire and motivate your employees...
Steadiest, Fastest-Growing Jobs: Service Gigs That Pay Poorly
The latest jobs report indicates that economy added a mere 75,000 jobs during the April-June quarter, and that the unemployment rate remains stuck at 8.2%. The...
Prepare Emerging Leaders for Top Jobs
One of the most difficult managerial transitions is moving from functional leader to enterprise leader. Preparing people for these top jobs needs to start early...
Money Talking: What Matters More to Voters, Gas Prices or Jobs?
A lot of people say gas prices will affect the election. But, in fact, the unemployment rate is a lot more important as a political predictor. New York...
