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Study: Job Market Will Mend in 2010

After starting the year with the heaviest downsizing in nearly a decade, the number of announced job cuts declined dramatically in the second half of 2009, providing hope for an eventual job-market turnaround. ... Continue Reading »

Women Business Owners To Create 5.5 Million Jobs

A new study says that women business owners will create some 5.5 million jobs by 2018. The study by the Guardian Life Small Business Research Institute indicates women businesses will create one-third of ... Continue Reading »

With Jobs Scarce, Grads Launch Own Businesses

Faced with unemployment rate of 16% for 20 to 24-year-olds, a growing number of recent college and grad-school graduates are launching companies on their own, The Wall Street Journal reports. This trend is ... Continue Reading »

A Surge in Temp Jobs, But Employers Jittery

Hiring of temp workers has surged, suggesting that employers might take next step and begin hiring permanent workers -- as they did when demand rose after the last two recessions, The New York ... Continue Reading »

What kind of advice do you want to see on TV?

As we gear up for 2010, please tell us the specific job searching and career advancement topics that you'd like to see Tory Johnson tackle on ABC's Good Morning America and/or on JOB ... Continue Reading »

253,000 Jobs from 'Green' Stimulus

The $23 billion in federal stimulus money for grants, loans and tax incentives to generate renewal energy this year will create 253,000 jobs, Vice President Biden says in a report out today. ... Continue Reading »

HR Execs Suddenly Hot

Human resource executives are being tapped to serve as outside directors on company boards. Reason: they have become key players with bottom-line impact in the recession, The Wall Street Journal reports. At least ... Continue Reading »

Benefits/Hiring Bounce Back

Two-thirds of firms that froze salaries last year will offer raises again in in 2010 and a third of those that cut 401 (k) matches plan to increase or restart those contributions next ... Continue Reading »

Service Sector Jobs To Grow Over Next Decade

While manufacturing jobs will continue to drop in coming years, nurses, biomedical engineers. waiters and security guards will fare well over the next decade, according to new Labor Department findings. The Wall Street ... Continue Reading »

Caregivers: Most Are Working Women

Most people who take care of an elderly person at home are women, many of whom juggle part-time caregiving and fulltime job requirements, USA Today reports. The paper says that caregivers provide an ... Continue Reading »