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Internships -- exploitation or education?
Have you heard about the lawsuits several unpaid interns are filing against their former non-employers alleging they were used as unpaid labor? I couldn't believe what I read in The Los Angeles Times. My feeling is that unpaid internships should be for networking because they may lead to future opportunities ...
New fight over mandatory sick leave
In an age when some 40% of people have no sick leave at work, there's a big push to mandate employers to grant it across the country. Yet I think there's a better solution that doesn't require a government mandate. In Central Florida, there has been a big to do ...
Bosses skimp on health coverage
With the Affordable Care Act coming next year, there will be requirements for employers with 50 or more people to provide health insurance or face fines. Yet The Wall Street Journal reports employers are looking for ways to avoid providing meaningful benefits, and at same time avoid the fines required ...
SBA helping veterans start businesses
Veterans have access to new assistance and funding to start their own business after returning from service.
Should you ever work for free?
I lose count of my “jobs” these days: my literary writing (that theoretically pays, or had better one day or else), a nonprofit board on which I serve as president, and the magazine I started last summer. While I certainly put the same intensity into everything, I can definitely say that I work ...
Ten best cities for job opportunities in 2013
Recent grads: looking for work? Here are the 10 best cities where people just like you are finding job opportunities.
How to dress at work
I typically wear shorts and a golf shirt to work. It's become such a trademark that my staff has dubbed it the "Clarkiform." When I'm not completely dressed down, I tend to wear stain-and-wrinkle resistant slacks or a wash-and-go suit jacket that doesn't require dry cleaning. But how should you ...
New way to find a job
One of the leading dating sites wants to hook you up…with a new job! eHarmony is getting ready to dip its toe into the job search market. Now that there's been a gradual improvement in the employment picture, we're beginning to see some employers actually hiring again. So this is ...
Best and worst college majors and jobs
Technology moves at such a quick pace that many jobs we know today could be extinct tomorrow. Salary.com recently ran a list of 12 jobs on the brink of extinction. Among the professions listed were librarian, professional typist, video store clerk, travel agents, newspaper deliverer, switchboard operator, and more. The ...
New list names those fired for internal retail theft
Employers take note. Internal theft is a big enough problem in retail that now there's a "violators list" with the names of employees who've been fired for sticky fingers. But what if you're innocent?
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