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Stay-at-Home Moms Suffer More Sadness

Matt Cantor — Fri, 18 May 2012 10:44:05 CDT

Stay-at-home moms struggle with sadness, depression, and anger more often than employed mothers do, according to a sure-to-be-controversial new Gallup poll. While 26% of stay-at-home moms reported feeling sadness much of "yesterday," that figure was just 16% among employed moms. Some 28% of stay-at-home moms said they have been diagnosed...

How to Get a Job: Stay Positive for Months

Matt Cantor — Sun, 06 May 2012 16:20:05 CDT

If you're looking for a job, get ready to stick it out for four months—and keep up that can-do attitude. Researchers tracked the job search experiences of 177 unemployed subjects for 20 weeks and found that 72% of them got work, particularly those who maintained a good outlook. That...

It's Time to End the 60-Hour Workweek

Matt Cantor — Sat, 05 May 2012 11:20:05 CDT

Putting in a 60-hour workweek may look impressive—but it's probably not helping the company, or you. Plenty of studies back this up, writes Geoffrey James at Time , who points to a turn-of-the-20th-century analysis by Ford Motor Company that concluded the most productive number of weekly hours for workers was...

Smile: People Are Quitting Their Jobs

Matt Cantor — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:00:05 CDT

February saw 2 million Americans quit their jobs—the most since November of 2008. And that's a very good sign for the rest of us, the Wall Street Journal notes. Quitting points to confidence in the economy, analysts say: If people don't think they'll be hired elsewhere, they tend to...

3 out of 10 Young Adults Moving Home

Dustin Lushing — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:17:05 CDT

As many as three out of 10 young adults are moving back in with their parents—resulting in the highest share of 18- to 34-year-olds living with multiple generations since the 1950s—after finding themselves unable to find lucrative employment in this dismal economy. They're dubbed "boomerang kids" because they...

10 Most Sleep-Depriving Careers

Dustin Lushing — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:33:04 CST

Who is getting the least sleep? The Economix blog at the New York Times takes note of a list from the National Health Interview Survey:

10 US Cities Bursting With Jobs

Neal Colgrass — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:35:33 CST

Recession—that's a big-city thing, right? Several mid-size cities around the US are making an argument for their economic superiority, boasting job growth higher than the 1.5% national average in 2011. You may not know these cities well, but the Christian Science Monitor recommends them: Columbus, Indiana : No, not...

Top 10 Wildest Excuses When We're Late for Work

Dustin Lushing — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:00:05 CST

Traffic, poor sleep, and bad weather are the three most common excuses for showing up late to work, according to a nationwide survey of employees and bosses. But what are the most outrageous reasons employees gave in 2011 for being tardy? Here are the top 10, selected by CareerBuilder.com...

Despite Recession, More Older Americans Employed

Kevin Spak — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:12:05 CST

The good news is that at least one segment of the population has seen its employment statistics actually rise in this economic downturn. The bad news? That segment is older Americans, many of whom are only working because they're afraid they don't have enough savings to retire, the Washington Post...