Poll: 81% Of Office Workers Would Rather Stay Late Than Ride Elevator With Richard
BATON ROUGE, LA—More than four out of five employees at LaPorte Technical Infrastructures prefer working after hours to braving an elevator ride with Richard ...
Careers
The Post-College Job Hunt
Members of the class of 2011 are facing an anemic job market as the national unemployment rate hovers around 9 percent.
Study: 89 Percent Of Networking Nonconsensual
ATLANTA—A new study published Tuesday by Emory University determined that 89 percent of networking encounters occur forcibly and without the consent of one of ...
Report: Unemployment High Because People Keep Blowing Their Job Interviews
WASHINGTON—With unemployment at its highest level in decades, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a report Tuesday suggesting the crisis is primarily the ...
New College Graduates To Be Cryogenically Frozen Until Job Market Improves
WASHINGTON—Sponsors of the initiative said that with the national unemployment rate at just under 10 percent, it only made sense for young job-seekers to ...
Life Choices Leading Area Man To Career In Self-Storage
ATHENS, GA—Unbeknownst to struggling sculptor Thomas Cleary, 28, several of his life choices are inevitably leading him closer to a career...
World's Worst Person Decides To Go Into Marketing
NEW YORK—Twenty-three-year-old Louis Deenan, undeniably the most detestable, loathsome individual ever to walk the earth, willfully decided...
Report: Women Increasingly Choosing Dead-End Careers Over Dead-End Relationships
COLLEGE PARK, MD—"I may date a series of emotionally distant men one day, but for right now, I want to focus on carving out ...
Fall Internship Pays Off With Coveted Winter Internship
NEW
YORK—New York University student Dave Werner announced Monday that he has
successfully parlayed an unpaid fall internship at the...
Demoted Cop Unsure Why Desk Job Considered Punishment
CHICAGO—Noting that his new assignment is low-stress and conveniently located next to the vending machines, Chicago Police Department...
College Senior Hopes To Turn Love Of Data Entry Into Career
BETHESDA, MD—"When you love archiving information as much as I do, you take risks," said Lisa Milch, who hopes her passion for data will ...
Résumé Font Offends Employer
CHARLOTTE, NC—The decision to set his résumé in default-font Times–New Roman "deeply, personally, and irrevocably" offended a...
More Companies Phasing Out Retirement Option
NEW YORK—With companies' pension funds dwindling as retirees enjoy longer lives, many U.S. business have opted to freeze their workers' employment status.
CEO's Success Credited To Unbelievable Handshake
SAN DIEGO—Garrett Maddox has worked his way up the corporate ladder, one handshake at a time.
CEO Barbie Criticized For Promoting Unrealistic Career Images
EL SEGUNDO, CA—Mattel is under fire from groups who say the new Barbie presents unattainable career goals to young girls.
