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Family meltdown
WASHINGTON -- The discouraging March employment report, with a job increase of only 88,000, raises questions well beyond the dreary state of today's labor market. Prolonged high unemployment may be silently shredding the social fabric in ways that last...
Tags: Labor Markets, Marriage, Social Issues, Family, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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StubHub In East Granby: Adding Staff, Space, And A Higher Profile
The Hartford CourantStubHub has pulled off a feat over the past eight years in Connecticut that might have seemed impossible. The nationwide sports and entertainment online ticket marketplace, based in San Francisco and owned by eBay, has grown to 260 people at its East...Tags: Consumers, Metro Hartford Alliance, Dannel P. Malloy , Lobbying, eBay Inc.
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We need to move education forward, not back
It's not just about the reading, writing and arithmetic. We send our children to school each day so they learn a variety of skills beyond those that just meet graduation requirements. Students need skills that will allow them to be successful no matter...Tags: Language, Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Arts and Culture
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MarksJarvis: Not all is lost if you save
More than a quarter of women earning $200,000 or more are afraid they are going to end up as bag ladies, and about half of women with paychecks around $100,000 fear the same fate. Among all Americans, a mere 13 percent are very confident they are...
Tags: Stock Market, Employee Benefits, Allianz AG Holding, Personal Finance, Research
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Does Congress have the heart to avert disability crisis?
Bonnie Lee worked for 12 years as a health technician for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California, started her own Web services company, and raised two kids as a single mother in Ontario. Then Bonnie, 51, moved back East to rural Pennsylvania and...
Tags: Interior Policy, National Government, Osteoporosis, U.S. Congress, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Unemployment question
Question: I am no longer satisfied with my job. Can I quit my job and go back to school and still qualify for unemployment? Answer: I spoke to Jeanine Brown at the Somerset Career Link (814-445-4161), who referred me to the Altoona Unemployment...Tags: Career and Workplace, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Employment, Unemployment, Christianity
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America's trade muddle
WASHINGTON -- Americans have a love-hate relationship with foreign trade. In the marketplace, we're enthusiasts. During 2012, we scarfed up $2.3 trillion of imports: cars, computers, clothes, smartphones, shoes, toys, oil and much more. We are also...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Productivity, Employment, Industrial Production, Imports
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Do job titles mean anything anymore?
There was a time when job titles were simple. You were either "the boss" or "not the boss." That has changed dramatically now that we have fancy things such as workers rights and business cards and egos. Some companies are staffed by small armies of...
Tags: Women's Health, Labor Legislation, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Social Media
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How to discuss politics at work (without getting into a fight)
The real problem with talking about politics in the office is that I'm right and you're wrong and I hate you.
Just kidding. (I'm not kidding.)
As we enter the meat of the 2012 presidential campaign and our eyes and ears are bombarded with negativity,...Tags: Career and Workplace, Companies and Corporations, Rex Huppke, Employment, Labor Legislation
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March Madness at work: We don't need no stinkin' brackets
There are three things that annoy me about March Madness:
•It draws people's attention away from the praiseworthy things I'm doing.
•I know that up until the NCAA basketball tournament's championship game April 2, co-workers will ask me...Tags: NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Labor Legislation, College Basketball, Economy, Business and Finance, Basketball
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Facebook and job performance
There's a perception among job seekers that material posted on Facebook and other social networking sites can only hinder their chances of employment. A dumb comment that can never be erased. That photo of you — bleary-eyed — building a...
Tags: Music, Arts and Culture, Social Media, Economy, Business and Finance, Concerts
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Reward the office superstars
Not long after this column launched, I declared myself America's most beloved workplace-advice columnist. While that wasn't based on anything concrete — like facts — it has yet to be disputed, so I assume it's true.
That makes me somewhat...Tags: Periodicals, Music, Advice Columns and Columnists, Economy, Business and Finance, Concerts
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