There’s the old adage of it’s not what you know, but who you know, when it comes to getting a job. From nepotism to favoritism, a strong network can typically make or break you when it comes to your job search. Last week’s unemployment figures showed a bleak outlook for African-Americans, but is something simple…
The world is changing and in hopes of riding the wave of change when it comes to employment rights, a group of senators introduced ed legislation that would band job discrimination based on sexual orientation. The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) has been introduced several times without being passed, but because of gay rights getting a lot more attention,…
Homelessness is an epidemic in the United States. More than 600,000 people are homeless on any given night according to End Homelessness, an organization that compiles statistics and resources for the homeless population. One of the attacks lodged against the homeless is “get a job,” but one of the requirements for employment in numerous companies…
I wasn’t always good at negotiating. As a writer, I was usually just delighted to be getting paid anything at all, so if I was told a freelance rate or a starting salary was standard or set in stone, I took it and I liked it, with the kind of deranged enthusiasm that you only…
As anyone who’s had a frustrating conversation with their parents knows, the job market just ain’t what it used to be. Where our parents generation may have switched jobs four or five times in a lifetime, these days, it’s far more common for people to change jobs — and sometimes whole careers — at least…
Up until recently, I can say that I’ve never had a problem with anyone I’ve worked with. My co-workers and I have been around each other for the last six years, and have come to recognize each other’s moods and work habits. Although my office is mostly composed of women, there hasn’t been issues that…
It’s timely for me that The Cut would broach the topic of how interns are treated. My latest one, my third, started on Monday. With her arrival, I’d been thinking about writing an essay called something like “How to Train and Treat Your Intern”. I planned to solicit stories from all my friends – anonymous,…
It’s Labor Day weekend. If you’re lucky, you don’t have work Monday. If you’re not lucky, Monday will be just another day in the office. Since I always seem to have some sort of work to do, I’m sure I’ll end up working as well. Outside of having a full-time career in human resources, I…
As part of its ongoing series on job insecurity, Alternet recently examined whether or not couples can weather the challenges of extended unemployment. It’s a particularly timely discussion, given the instability of the job market and the ever-lengthening periods of joblessness many Americans face. If you’ve ever been laid off, you may know how intensely…
You’ve been working on a job you either love, hate, or feel indifferently about when you find out you’re being laid off. What happens then? Jobseekers are unemployed for an average of nine months, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Finding a job can be a long, difficult process, but there are…
