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How to Choose a Health Care Plan
The right health insurance plan can both save you thousands and keep you from having to skimp on care
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How to Buy a Life Insurance Policy
Many people are so confused about buying life insurance that they never buy it at all.
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How to Manage Important Documents
Given how scattered our digital lives have become, it’s important to have a good system for storing and managing your important papers.
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Networking Mistakes We Often Make
WSJ.comNetworking requires strategy, research and social grace. But as competition for jobs remains high, it's easy to fumble. "Remember that you have two ears and one mouth, and use them in proportion," says Bobbi Moss, general manager at Govig ...
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Should Carried Interest Be Taxed as Ordinary Income, Not as Capital Gains?
WSJ.comThe debate over the taxation of carried interest has been bubbling for years in Congress, to little, if any, effect. But the release of Mitt Romney's tax returns during the Republican presidential primaries—showing that much of the ...
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College Graduates, Expect a Lengthy Job Hunt
WSJ.comGraduating college students face a mixed job market at best this year, and most will leave school without an offer in hand, despite an uptick in hiring by on-campus recruiters.
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Don't Cry (at the Office)
WSJ.comAfter successfully closing a $25 million deal with Sony, Anne Kreamer, a senior vice president at the children's cable channel Nickelodeon, got a call from Sumner Redstone. It was the first time the chairman and majority owner of ...
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States Are Shaking Up Their 529-Plan Lineups
WSJ.comTo attract more parents to college-savings plans, states are making a new round of changes to deliver lower-cost, better-performing investments.
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To Pay Off Loans, Grads Put Off Marriage, Children
WSJ.comBetween the ages of 18 and 22, Jodi Romine took out $74,000 in student loans to help finance her business-management degree at Kent State University in Ohio. What seemed like a good investment will delay her career, her marriage and ...
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College Graduates, You Need to Start Saving Now
WSJ.comThe majority of this spring's college graduates aren't ready to take on the world financially. Two-thirds of students will graduate with debt that averages $25,250 in student loans and more than $4,000 in credit-card debt, according to the ...
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The Juggle on Sunday; A Cellphone Mom Struggles to Keep in Touch
WSJ.comI have never been able to spell diarrhea correctly. Not really a big deal, except recently, when I was trying to text my husband to assess the level of concern that I should give to my 6-year-old's digestive distress.
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Why Co-Workers Don't Like You
WSJ.comYour co-workers are judging you. Beneath a veneer of professional collegiality, they're taking note of the mess on your desk, how loudly you chew, even your word choices.
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Employers advised on considering arrest records
MarketWatchWASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Employers have new guidelines when weighing job applicants’ arrest and conviction records, according to directions issued Wednesday by the U.S. agency devoted to federal employment-discrimination laws.
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'I Hate Tax Day—but Not for What You Think'
WSJ.comEverybody hates Tax Day. And so do I. But not for the usual reasons. This is the time of year when everyone seems to scream about just how much the federal government is costing us all. Weirdly enough, that's not one of the things that ...
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When Colleges Lowball Costs
WSJ.comPrice calculators were supposed to make estimating the cost of going to college easier. But some families are feeling burned by them. Beginning last fall, nearly every public and private college in the
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Hiring plans strongest since ‘08: Manpower; Job seekers should ���redouble efforts’
MarketWatchWASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Hiring plans are increasing for the second quarter of 2012, hitting the strongest pace since late 2008, according to the Manpower Employment Outlook survey released Tuesday.
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Benefits of a Mentor
WSJ.comMonths after landing a job at a Minneapolis-based public-relations firm, Tameka Davis was still looking for guidance on how to excel at the company and eventually move up the ladder. So she signed up for her employer's mentoring program.
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Who Will Run the Family Business? It's a question that leads to all sorts of conflicts. But it doesn't have to.
WSJ.comOwning a business can be a family's greatest asset—and its greatest source of conflict. Two areas in particular seem to hold the most potential for missteps in the life of a family business: getting family members into the business and ...
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Six Ways to Squeeze Money From Your Boss
WSJ.comFirst, the bad news: For most workers, fat salary hikes won't happen this year. The economy's still too weak. Now, the good news: You can get other financial goodies from your employer, if you know how.
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AMR Does About-Face; American Airlines Parent Says It Will Freeze, Not Terminate, 3 of 4 Pension Plans
WSJ.comAMR Corp., which last month told employees at its American Airlines unit that it intended to terminate their four underfunded pension plans, reversed course Wednesday, saying it had found a solution that would let workers covered by three ...
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Your Posts Can Be Used Against You
WSJ.comIf you're a worker, you're being Googled. Many workers believe, wrongly, that their Facebook comments are seen only by online "friends." Or, only "followers" read their tweets. But e-comments can, and do, ...
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Safer Over 70: Drivers Keep the Keys
WSJ.comAfter Carolyn Collins, 76, recovered from heart surgery in 2010, she started taking a weekly Zumba class to get back in shape. And as soon as her doctor cleared her to drive, she signed up with an occupational therapist for some ...
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To Be Working and Happily Retired
WSJ.comFor a growing number of older Americans, retirement is bringing a fresh challenge: learning to juggle. The juggling act in question is how best to continue working and still have the flexibility to relax or pursue other interests that many ...
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College Math 101: Calculating the Real Cost of Attending
WSJ.comThe fat envelopes are rolling in for Rhianna Lawson, a high-school senior in Virginia Beach, Va. But her college pick won't come down to which has the greenest quad or best dorm. It'll be about how much her parents have to shell ...
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Seniors Rise in Work Force After Slump
WSJ.comAfter the recession thinned the ranks of employed New Yorkers, one group has emerged from the downturn with improved standing in the labor force—older workers.
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When a Job Isn't Ideal
WSJ.comJoseph Keller Gruber majored in human-rights studies in college, but when he graduated last May, none of the nonprofits he wanted to work for in his hometown of Cleveland were hiring.
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Resources to Help Veterans Land a Civilian Job
WSJ.comService members returning home are facing the task of looking for a job in a still tough labor market, but there's help and some new resources at their disposal.
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Freelancers, Get the Perks of a Full-Timer
WSJ.comAs a freelance art director without employer-sponsored health insurance, Anthony Scerri couldn't afford doctors' visits and medications to treat his various allergies and other ailments. Then he found insurance through the ...
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Office Etiquette: Keep Politics Out
WSJ.comYou may have insightful views on the presidential election, but share those opinions sparingly, if at all, at work, experts say. "You want to put some brakes on your conversation," says Anna Post, author and ...
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Nonprofits as First Steps
WSJ.comWhile her friends interned at big investment-banking firms, Molly Heitzman chose a summer job in 2009 with Fundación Paraguaya, a microfinance company in Asuncion, Paraguay. She believed that giving the poor access to basic banking services ...
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Job Seekers, Be Creative and Flexible
WSJ.comIn 2012, creativity and adaptability will be key to landing and keeping a job for many workers, as staff levels remain lean and employees are expected to respond to a wide variety of demands, experts say.
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The Good Life; 'A Sabbatical? Me?'; Yes, you. And these authors explain why your employer actually might like the idea.
WSJ.comWhen people hear the word "sabbatical," they invariably think, "Sounds great—but there's no way I can do that." Rita Foley and Jaye Smith beg to differ.
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Fellowships Build Skills
WSJ.comWhile working in development and marketing for a nonprofit, Max Nardini realized he wanted to expand his knowledge and work experience. But instead of looking for another job or going to graduate school, in 2010 Mr. Nardini applied to the ...
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How to Navigate the Office Party
WSJ.comAt the office holiday party this year, do share an interesting tidbit with the chief of your company. But don't celebrate with too much drinking.
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GM Cuts Benefits for Salaried Staff
WSJ.comGeneral Motors Co. is freezing the pay of its 26,000 U.S. salaried employees and will eliminate its traditional pension contribution for those salaried workers who still receive them in moves to reduce financial risks and cut costs.
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Do Your Due Diligence
WSJ.comA few years ago while looking for work, Bryan Webb stumbled across a sales job opening for a company in Ontario, Canada, that he knew little about. He quickly researched the company and employees on Google and LinkedIn.com before contacting ...
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How to Lower Your Workplace Stress
WSJ.comYour workload has increased, so have your boss's expectations. But scaling back could mean losing a job. Talk about stress. Paul Baard, an organizational and motivational psychologist at Fordham University's graduate business school ...
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Before You Join That Board... It may be an honor. And it may be a pain.
WSJ.comSo your best friend or business partner asks you to join the board of directors at the local art museum. You've attended the yearly charity galas and believe in the cause, plus the offer sounds like a prestigious honor and perhaps a ...
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Do You Fit In or Out?
WSJ.comIt came down to two final job candidates for a new vice-president position. One had better experience but came across as arrogant. The other had a more self-effacing personality, which is why Adam Wallen, CEO of BIO2 Technologies, a ...
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Working With Friends
WSJ.comWhen a teaching position opened up at his roommate's employer about a year ago, Joseph Strzempka jumped at the opportunity. Mr. Strzempka, 25 years old, now teaches freshman Latin at the all-boys high school in Philadelphia while his ...
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Conquering a To-Do List That's Too Ambitious
WSJ.comThe first item on a highly successful to-do list: Make a better to-do list. With the new year comes the urge to accomplish all the things that were meant to be done the year before, and it often starts with long to-do lists.
What Weiner Walks Away With; After just 12 years on the job, the departing Congressman gets hefty retirement benefits.
SmartMoney.comAnthony Weiner just resigned from the House of Representatives, his 12-year political career ended by Twitter indiscretion. In doing so, Weiner walks away with retirement benefits that are far more generous than what most workers with ...
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Beat the Boss's Pet…or Become One
WSJ.comWatching the boss let a favored colleague head home early from the office, yet again, can be galling for those left behind. Also pretty annoying: the buddy-buddy chats by the water cooler.
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Creating a Company
WSJ.comWorking as a derivatives trader on Wall Street right after graduating college in 2005, Maia Josebachvili missed the outdoor activities of her undergraduate years at Dartmouth College. So the then-21-year-old started organizing weekend trips ...
401(k) Plans Are Matching Again, but Not as Generously; Many U.S. companies that cut 401(k) matching contributions during the recession are beginning to restore them, with new restrictions.
SmartMoney.comMany U.S. companies that during the recession cut 401(k) matching contributions—one of the most valuable employee benefits—are beginning to restore them.
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Al's Emporium; A Stand-Up Guy
WSJ.comMilwaukee Bucks guard Earl Boykins has been riding out the four-month-old NBA lockout as an assistant coach for the Colorado Miners. He could be with other NBA players who've found work in Europe. Instead, he's helping out an ...
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Turning a Career Crisis Into an Opportunity
WSJ.comMarco Araldi was working as a mechanical engineer when he and his friend Keng Wai Lee began selling lampshades and other handmade products at London's Portobello Road market on Saturdays as a hobby. In 2002, the friends branched out ...
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How Employers Raid Pension Plans
WSJ.comWhen it comes to threats to your retirement, there's one you may have overlooked: your employer. In recent years, companies have been freezing pensions, slashing retiree health benefits and eliminating 401(k) contributions.
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New Front in Benefits Fight, Atlanta May Drop Pensions
WSJ.comATLANTA—Atlanta's City Council is expected to vote as early as Thursday on one of the most sweeping overhauls of public-employee retirement benefits attempted by a large U.S. city in recent years, as cities and states across the ...
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Great Places to Retire—and Find a New Job
WSJ.comNot too long ago, the whole point of retirement was not working. But today's retirees are increasingly counting themselves among the job seekers.
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What's So Urgent?
WSJ.comOK, so for a few hours, or a few days, your BlackBerry didn't work. Research In Motion is sorry. The BlackBerry maker is enduring jokes from folks who could still access Twitter last week, such as "What did one BlackBerry say to the ...
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Reality Check; Student Aid: Take Then Give
WSJ.comQuoted: "We want you in school. But we shouldn't saddle you with debt when you're starting off. "So that's why since taking office, we've made it a priority to make college more affordable, reduce your ...
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Your Second Job Hunt
WSJ.comWhen Allegra Ben-Amotz was looking for her first job out of college, she applied to dozens of positions and went on about 15 interviews, eventually landing a job at a literary agency. When she was looking for her second job, the 24-year-old ...
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For-Profit Educator Is Sued; Justice Department Accuses Education Management of False Claims on Loans
WSJ.comWASHINGTON—The Justice Department and four states on Monday sued Education Management Corp., alleging the operator of for-profit colleges falsely certified that it was eligible to participate in federal student loan programs.
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Is Disability Coverage a Buy?
WSJ.comDisability insurance has long been the stepchild of employee benefits, ignored by workers until it's needed. But with employee costs rising and company open-enrollment season beginning, it's worth a closer look.
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What Job 'Training' Teaches? Bad Work Habits; A 1969 government study warned that teens in federal jobs programs 'regressed in their conception of what should reasonably be required in return for wages paid.'
WSJ.comLast Thursday, President Obama proposed new federal jobs and job-training programs for youth and the long-term unemployed. The federal government has experimented with these programs for almost a half century. The record is one of failure ...
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Facebook Is Fun for Recruiters, Too
WSJ.comCould you pass a Facebook background search? The next time you apply for a job, don't be surprised if you have to agree to a social-media background check. Many U.S. companies and recruiters are now looking at your Facebook, Twitter, ...
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Where to Find Work for Teens This Summer
WSJ.comTeenagers may have to dig harder to find a job this summer. Only about one-quarter of 16- to 19-year-olds are expected to find seasonal work this year, down from nearly half in 2000, according to a report from the Center for Labor Market ...
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Filling a Generation Gap
WSJ.comAlexander Hughes loves animation, and the 35-year-old orthopedic spine surgeon wanted all of the doctors at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York to use animated clips as aids when explaining procedures to patients.
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The Cost of Relocating
WSJ.comLast summer, Ingrid Parl packed her bags and drove cross-country for a new job. The 23-year-old had landed a spot in a two-year rotational program at an investment-management firm in Los Angeles that would lead to travel opportunities and ...
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Obama to Lay Out Student-Debt Plan
WSJ.comDENVER—President Barack Obama will announce a plan Wednesday that would allow Americans to consolidate and reduce interest rates on their student loans, the latest in a string of narrowly tailored moves designed to jolt the economy.
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Make a Temp Job Last
WSJ.comTamara Guion-Yagy was disappointed when Tetra Tech, an environmental engineering firm in Pasadena, Calif., hired somebody else for the job that she wanted. The 40-year-old graphic designer thought she was being tried out when the firm hired ...
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Money-Saving Strategies for Holiday Shopping
WSJ.comBargain hunters are discovering the tricks they used in the past may not work this holiday shopping season. With tighter inventories and fewer late-season sales expected this year, many shoppers can no longer afford to wait for new deals to ...
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How baby boomers can manage younger workers; Tips for navigating the generation gap at work
MarketWatchWASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — With a new wave of college graduates applying for jobs, companies are looking for the most effective ways to manage these young workers — but some managers are having a difficult time bridging the generation gap, ...
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Protesting could harm job opportunities
MarketWatchWASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Many young adults worried about the lack of jobs have taken action by joining protests like Occupy Wall Street. But speaking out may actually add to their troubles by making them less attractive job candidates in ...
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Debit-Card Fees Are Dead, but Expect Others
WSJ.comCall it a victory for mad-as-hell consumers and diehard Occupy Wall Street protestors: All the big banks have backtracked on their plans to charge you to use debit cards to spend your own money.
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Need a job? Getting creative works for some; Find the company for whom you want to work, and then pursue it
MarketWatchThis update clarifies Alex Bertha’s previous place of employment. SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Some companies, no longer relying on traditional job posts to attract candidates, are asking job seekers to tell them what kind of job they want. ...
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Joining the Club
WSJ.comSam Chotiner loves playing ping pong at work. And he's not alone. He and other employees at digital-strategy firm Undercurrent often worked late in order to play the game on a company Xbox videogame system.
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'Mad' Woman Janie Bryant; The costume designer for 'Mad Men' on her new collaboration with Banana Republic, her dislike of '90s style and the secret to Don Draper's sex appeal
WSJ.comIf there's one woman who should be credited with turning actor Jon Hamm into Don Draper, television's most dashing heartthrob, it's Janie Bryant. As the costume designer for the AMC series "Mad Men," Ms. Bryant is ...
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The Industries That Are—and Aren't—Hiring
WSJ.comThere are many reasons U.S. companies give for their lack of robust hiring -- from weak consumer spending to uncertainty over the direction of government policies on debt and spending.
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California Proposes to Curtail Workers' Benefits
WSJ.comCalifornia Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday unveiled what would be one of the nation's widest-reaching pension overhauls, a proposal that would raise the retirement age and shift more investing responsibilities to public workers.
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After Being Laid Off, Get Up
WSJ.comAfter being laid off twice, 26-year-old David Dvorkin plunged right back into the job market. He tapped everybody he knew for help, and after an intensive six-month search, he landed a job as an account executive for 77 WABC Radio in New ...
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The Industries That Are Looking for Workers
WSJ.comThe job market is tough for many. But people still need others to repair their cars, do their accounting, fix computers, write apps and even sell them things. And there's been more growth in opportunities for those occupations than ...
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Party Ends at For-Profit Schools
WSJ.comFor-profit colleges are facing a tough test: getting new students to enroll. New-student enrollments have plunged—in some cases by more than 45%—in recent months, reflecting two factors: Companies have pulled back on aggressive recruiting ...
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Yes, Some Fields Are Still Hiring
WSJ.comWhat do accounting and mining have in common? Employment in these areas has grown over the past year even as jobs weakness has persisted in much of the economy, according to the Labor Department's monthly jobs report. With a wide ...
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Stress Test; South Korea pauses as teens take a crucial college entrance exam. High marks on the College Scholastic Ability Test are crucial for entry to a top university which in turn is seen as key to securing a good job.
WSJ.comFlights were halted and parents prayed as more than 693,000 students nationwide took the crucial College Scholastic Ability Test on Thursday in Seoul. Here, junior students salute seniors in front of Gyeonggi High School in Seoul to wish ...
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From Strangers to Business Partners
WSJ.comConcerned about his job security and unable to find a new position, Martin Luther Simms IV recently decided to pursue an idea he had for an Internet business. But the venture he envisioned required certain talents he lacked.
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401(k) Law Suppresses Saving for Retirement
WSJ.comA 2006 law designed to boost employees' retirement-savings is having the opposite effect for some people. Under the law, companies are allowed to automatically enroll workers in their 401(k) plans, rather than require employees to sign ...
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Working the Recruiters
WSJ.comLaurie Ruettimann does not want to be sent flowers. Ever. The human-resources professional from Raleigh, N.C., remembers getting an expensive bouquet while working as an in-house corporate recruiter years ago. The arrangement had been sent ...
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Working the Holidays
WSJ.comHolidays are a time for spending. But they also can be a good time for younger workers to earn some extra money, gain new experience and make professional connections.
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When Benefits Bite Back
WSJ.comThe Supreme Court is set to answer a question with huge implications for workers: Are employers' promises of benefits such as pension payments and health-care insurance worth the paper they are written on?
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Compare All of the Retirement Benefits
WSJ.comYour editorial, "The Utah Pension Model" (Jan. 19) advocating 401(k) use by public pensions raises more questions than it resolves.
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'Superjobs': Why You Work More, Enjoy It Less
WSJ.comBusinesses expect a lot more out of their employees these days, as a visit to Rioja, the top-rated Denver restaurant, can demonstrate. If you like Rioja's hazelnut tortamisu, thank pastry chef Eric Dale. And if you happen to pop your ...
The $5 Freelancer
SmartMoney.comWhat can you get for five bucks these days? More than you deserve. I just enjoyed a little spending spree on Fiverr.com, a new Web site where freelancers offer just about any service you can imagine for a flat rate of $5. For the price of a ...
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How to Ease Your Workload
WSJ.comGiven all of the work that has been piled on employees at leanly staffed companies during the weak economy, it's understandable that some workers want to scale back.
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When It's You vs. HR
WSJ.comWhile planning her retirement, Rosemarie Neill, an administrative secretary with the Alhambra (Calif.) School District, discovered that the terms of her retirement benefits had been changed. The district's human-resources office ...
Resources for Job-Hunting Seniors; Older job seekers don't have to go it alone. A number of online tools -- as well as in-person training centers scattered across the country -- can provide support.
SmartMoney.comThe tough employment market of the past few years has been particularly hard on people age 55-plus. But older job seekers don't have to go it alone. A number of online tools -- as well as in-person training centers scattered across the ...
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A Program for Poor-aholics
WSJ.comCan't earn enough dough to pay the rent? A tiny but growing fellowship of New Yorkers might suggest that the problem isn't the economy. The problem is you. You may have a disease—a compulsive addiction to low-paying work. And they ...
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A Minimum-Wage Job?
WSJ.comAfter sending out 100 résumés and getting no responses, Joel Lueck, 52, took a part-time job at a Harris Teeter grocery store making $8 an hour. He had earned nearly $100,000 a year as a network engineer at Nortel Networks in Raleigh, N.C., ...
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Salaries and wages are rising, but not by much; Companies plan wage increases for 2011, but will economy crimp those plans?
MarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- After two years of holding back on salary raises, U.S. employers say they plan bigger increases of workers' wages in 2011 -- but those plans could change if the economy continues to falter.
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Money Lessons for Every High-School Graduate
WSJ.comWhen Felipe Matos enrolled in the New York Institute of Technology to study graphic design, he never thought that degree would be the very thing that prevented him from pursuing his dream career.
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Employers' hiring plans essentially flat; Manpower net employment outlook for third quarter rises one percentage point
MarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Employers' hiring plans for the upcoming third quarter stayed almost flat from the previous quarter, with a seasonally adjusted net 6% of firms saying they intend to hire, up from 5% in the second ...
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Insurance Relief for Early Retirees
WSJ.comEarly retirement, a dream of many, can turn into a nightmare for those unable to secure health insurance. Now, two new federal programs may provide some relief.
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Employees Win New Benefit Protections
WSJ.comA new Supreme Court ruling makes some of the most significant changes in laws governing employee benefits in nearly two decades, though groups representing employers and employees disagree over who really comes out the winner.
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Engineering, Computer-Science Pay More Than Liberal Arts
WSJ.comThe starting pay of certain liberal arts majors generally clocks in well below that of graduates in engineering fields, according to a Wall Street Journal study.
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The good life; Tools to Help the World; Harvard is opening its doors to veteran leaders—and possibly changing higher education forever
WSJ.comSix years ago, three professors at Harvard Business School tackled a far-reaching question: How might the mission of a university change in the 21st century?
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10 Things Recruiters Won't Tell You
WSJ.com1. "There are better ways to find a job." A recruiter or agency is one part of a job search, but it shouldn't be your primary source – and maybe not your secondary one, either. Referrals – that is, a connection made by someone ...
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Girls Just Want to Have Funds
WSJ.comWomen are a majority on college campuses and a growing force in the American workplace. But in survey after survey, they rate themselves as less confident—and less knowledgeable—about money and investing than men do.
Do Labor Unions Hurt Employment?
SmartMoney.comLabor unions have been criticized for decades because of a belief that they reduce overall employment: By mandating higher wages for current workers, they leave companies with less cash for new hiring. Now, new research is challenging that ...
Summer Jobs for Adults? In a still-tight job market, a summer job may have something to offer.
SmartMoney.comThis summer there's a new type of worker showing up behind ice-cream counters, museum ticket booths and pro shop registers, and they're not exactly heading off to college in the fall.
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How to nail a job interview -- by video; Tips for job seekers as more companies embrace video-communication tools
MarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- These days, a job seeker can land a job without ever setting foot inside the company's office, traveling to the city where the office is, or even meeting the company's recruiters in person -- thanks ...
Make the Most of Your 401(k) Plan
SmartMoney.comEven though he’s only 26, Grant Harris diligently shovels 6 percent of each paycheck into his 401(k) retirement plan. But for all his prudence, Harris gets rewarded with frustration. The human resources consultant has no idea how much his ...
10 Things Employment Recruiters Won't Say
SmartMoney.com1. “There are better ways to find a job.” A recruiter or agency is one part of a job search, but it shouldn’t be your primary source – and maybe not your secondary one, either. Referrals – that is, a connection made by someone you know – ...
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A new wedding trend trades "walking down the aisle" for a walk on the wild side.
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Why a 'Balanced' Portfolio May Not Work
Arends: That 60/40 portfolio of stocks and bonds your adviser is pushing might not work.