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The 2017-2018 job market will be a competitive one according to Michigan State University’s Recruiting Trends, an annual survey of some of the nation’s employers.

Publish date: 11/08/2017

After seeing how much time colleagues spent going outside to smoke, non-smokers posed questions about their coworker's productivity. To remedy the concern, one Japanese company is offering non-smoking employees extra paid time off as compensation for their coworkers’ smoke breaks.

Publish date: 11/07/2017

Before you meet with a prospective employer face to face, your first introduction to them is through your resume. A well-constructed resume can get you the interview; a poorly-constructed one will get your resume tossed in the recycle bin. So how do you craft a resume that is both eye-catching and impressive? Here are some tips:

Publish date: 11/06/2017

Greg Adamson, a University of Melbourne electrical and computer engineering faculty member, claims that 2025-2035 will be the critical period for the demise of traditional work. He goes on to propose that, “even the best scholars in the field put artificially-happy messages at the end of their books and articles.”

Publish date: 11/02/2017

Companies often hire out translating services, but now there’s someone to translate something without words — but used to communicate more and more often — emojis. Here's more about one company that recently hired the world’s first Emoji Translator.

Publish date: 10/31/2017

"I'm a great believer in people working from home. I encourage our staff if they want to work from home," the founder of the Virgin empire says.

Publish date: 10/30/2017

Employers are becoming more proactive where it concerns employee health, according to recent trends. Because sick employees can mean lost productivity costing businesses almost $225.8 billion annually ($1,685 per employee), employers have been offering employees benefits that might help reduce that amount by encouraging them to get healthy.

Publish date: 10/30/2017

A majority of the American workforce will be freelancers within the next few years, according to a recent study released by the online freelance site Upwork and the Freelancers Union.

Publish date: 10/26/2017

Being on the road for work isn’t something every job requires, but for some it may mean spending more time away from the office than sitting in a cubicle. It can be taxing, but there are many things you can do to stay in your best condition.

Publish date: 10/25/2017

What would take an office worker an entire day to complete in 1970 would only take 1.5 hours today thanks to the digital revolution.

Publish date: 10/23/2017