Career Articles

Whether you seek help with a job search or tips on climbing the corporate ladder, this archive of articles will help you manage your career at every level.

• How to Prep to Ask for a Raise
  Lydia Dishman, PayScale.com • 11 Mar 10

  Even though the recession has been responsible for the loss of 8 million jobs and the lowest pay raises in over thirty years, there is a light at the end of the...

• Best-Paying Degrees in 2010
  Charles Purdy, Yahoo! HotJobs • 11 Mar 10

  Engineering majors dominate a new list of the top 10 highest-earning and most in-demand bachelor's degrees, according to a new report from the National Association...

• Next-Generation Job: Mobile-Application Developer
  Brooke Sopelsa, CNBC.com • 11 Mar 10

  Joe Hankin was on the fast track to law school. The 25-year-old Maryland native graduated early from Brown University and soon landed a paralegal job at a corporate...

• How Long Should Your Resume Be?
  Glassdoor • 10 Mar 10

  Over the past couple of months, Glassdoor.com career expert Jeff Hunter has surveyed a group of recruiters and HR managers in order to provide job seekers with insight...

• Unemployment: State by State
  By Joseph Pisani, CNBC.com • 10 Mar 10

  Unemployment rose in most states in January--even breaking records in several states, according to government data released Wednesday.Joblessness in five states--California...

• Negotiating Pay in a Recovering Economy
  Sara Eckel, PayScale.com • 10 Mar 10

  Congratulations! You've received a job offer during one of the worst recessions of our lifetime. Now there's just the sticky matter of pay. Although the economy...

• The Job Market's Temp Recovery
  Charles Purdy, Yahoo! HotJobs • 09 Mar 10

  Americans' expectations about employment may be shifting away from traditional notions of what a job looks like: a recent Yahoo! HotJobs poll asked respondents whether...

• Professions That Are Hiring Now
  Susan Adams, Forbes.com • 08 Mar 10

  Want to increase your chances of landing a professional job? Move to Dubuque to be a paralegal at a law firm specializing in bankruptcies.According to a new survey...

• Networking on the Job
  Mike O'Brien, Climber.com • 08 Mar 10

  Most savvy job seekers realize the power of leveraging both online and in-person networks to find a new position. But once you've landed your dream job, your network...

• 6 Resume Must-Haves
  Katie Adams, Investopedia.com • 08 Mar 10

  It's three months after the start of the New Year--how's that "get a new job" resolution coming along? If you haven't made much headway because the idea of making...