Slow growth, the aftereffects of the credit bust and changes in the way the job market works and how employers view labor have combined to make the jobless recovery the new norm.
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U.S. business leaders urged a Senate panel to implement immigration-law changes that would allow companies to hire more highly skilled workers.
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Baristas are putting pressure on Starbucks to come to terms with 200 unionized workers in Chile who have been on strike for more than two weeks.
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The expanding auto market will make the prospect of adding new U.S. jobs a key to contract talks that begin this week between the Detroit auto makers and the United Auto Workers union.
The middle classes are once again cutting their vacation costs.
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More than one in three of the unemployed workers in several of the largest U.S. states have been out of a job for more than a full year.
The executive director of San Francisco writing-skills nonprofit 826 Valencia, co-founded by writer Dave Eggers, says the need for the program has become more acute as education budgets are cut.
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Whether failing schools can be improved or must be shut down is at the core of a debate burning across the country and in New York City.
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Companies are laying off employees at a level not seen in nearly a year, hobbling the job market and intensifying fears about the pace of the economic recovery.
As peak summer-vacation season approaches, employees at companies with "no-vacation" or "open-ended-time-off" policies are deciding how much time they dare take off.
Wisconsin and other states say No Child Left Behind unfairly penalizes schools that don't meet rigid requirements. Tired of waiting for Congress to overhaul the law, some states have taken matters into their own hands.
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My high-powered attorney boss wants me to pick up his dry cleaning, babysit his kids and do a bunch of other tasks outside my job description. What to do?
While online programs are still mostly seen as the purview of for-profit schools, like the University of Phoenix and Capella University, UNC is hoping to change that image.
R. Glenn Hubbard, dean of the Columbia Business School, wants his students to make connections—and not just through networking.
Western schools are capitalizing on Chinese demand for well-trained managers. And their China programs are also paying dividends at home.
Focusing on leadership and interpersonal skills can help avoid a stalled or misdirected career at every level.
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In the last decade, ConocoPhillips CEO Jim Mulva achieved a feat with few equals in modern U.S. corporate history: creating a new oil major, almost from scratch. Now, as he prepares to retire, Mr. Mulva is presiding over the disintegration of his signature achievement.
When Newark's public school system accepted $5 million from the federal government last year to turn around the poorly performing Malcolm X. Shabazz High School, it agreed to replace at least half of the school's teachers. Instead, Shabazz swapped teachers with two other failing schools.
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State-investment company Temasek Holdings appointed Jimmy Phoon as the new chief executive for Seatown Holdings, a hedge fund set up by the Singaporean investment company.
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The Wall Street Journal looked through recent conference call transcripts to glean what executives are saying about hiring. Here are excerpts of their comments.
Do you have a time of day or week when your productivity or concentration peak? Have you been able to change your schedule to do your most important tasks when youre most on your A-game?
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Examining the idea of academic tenure, Naomi Schaefer Riley comes to some dispiriting conclusions in "The Faculty Lounges." Frank Gannon reviews.
How have you been dealing with the heat wave? Have you had to make any adjustments to your routine to account for the heat?
How designer Catherine Malandrino makes sure her travel wardrobe offers style as well as comfort.
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