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How To Survive A Demotion

As companies struggle to cope with the recession by cutting and consolidating staff, many workers are facing a plight that used to hit only underperformers and burnouts: They're getting demoted. Getting kicked down the career ladder stirs up a ...

From SUSAN ADAMS, Forbes,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Chubb Group

Where The Jobs Are: Dental Work

The economic outlook may be grim, but people always need to get their teeth fixed. Some 40% of Americans don't go to the dentist regularly, according to government studies. They're likely to end up needing dentists more than anyone else, and retail ...

From SUSAN ADAMS, Forbes,  19 Nov 2009

How To Get A Holiday Job

As severance checks peter out, unemployment benefits come to an end and job searches drag on, many Americans will want to consider going for that staple of seasonal employment, the Christmas holiday job. Employers are taking on extra workers for the ...

From SUSAN ADAMS, Forbes,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Wal-Mart,  Bureau of Labor Statistics,  United Parcel Service, Inc.,  Amazon.com,  Google Inc.

Government Jobs You Should Apply For Now

While companies large and small continue to shrink their workforces, the federal government remains on a steady hiring course across the country. Uncle Sam will hire 600,000 people over the next four years, a 50% increase over the previous four, ...

From SUSAN ADAMS, Forbes,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Department of Health,  National Park Service

Secrets Of Nonverbal Communication

In 1961, when Joe Navarro was 8, the Bay of Pigs invasion happened six miles from his home in Cienfuegos, Cuba, and his family fled to Miami. The boy knew no English, so he relied on careful observation of his peers, neighbors and teachers to figure ...

From SUSAN ADAMS, Forbes,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation

How Do You Lead When All The News Is Bad?

If you are anybody's boss, you've probably given out a lot of bad news lately. Layoffs are coming. Anyone who doesn't lose their job will have a much heavier workload. The fourth-quarter numbers are looking bad. Did someone say holiday party? Since ...

From SUSAN ADAMS, Forbes,  7 Nov 2009

Should You Go Back To School?

Roy Cohen, a New York career coach with two decades of experience, recently took on an extremely frustrated client. She was a classically trained musician who had decided to go to business school. She had won admission to Columbia and put her nose to ...

From SUSAN ADAMS, Forbes,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Merrill Lynch,  Goldman Sachs,  New York University,  American Museum of Natural History

Where The Jobs Are: Clean Tech

Energy efficiency, sustainable power, cleaning up the planet: They are all part of the realm that has become known as "clean tech," and it is enjoying real job growth at a time when the overall employment picture remains grim. According to an October 20 ...

From SUSAN ADAMS, Forbes,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: ABB LTD,  Cisco Systems, Inc.,  Tetra Tech, Inc.,  White House,  George W. Bush

France Télécom to set aside €1bn to try to halt suicides

France Télécom is preparing to set aside €1 billion (£895 million) as part of a plan to end a spate of suicides among staff by offering older workers the chance to go part-time. The Gallic telecommunications giant, of which 25 employees have taken ...

From ADAM SAGE, IN PARIS, AND SUSAN THOMPSON, Times Online,  29 Oct 2009

A New Approach To Dealing With A Lousy Boss

The easiest way to deal with a lousy boss? Quit and go to work somewhere else. But who can do that today? With unemployment at 9.8% and White House economist Christina Romer telling a congressional panel last week that it is likely to remain "at its ...

From SUSAN ADAMS, Forbes,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: White House,  Christina Romer,  Federal Bureau of Investigation

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