The latest consumer sentiment index reading continues to show an American public that expects better days ahead, and fourth quarter GDP growth indicates a strengthening economy. But countervailing pressures remain: Initial jobl…
Tech layoffs came to just under 47,000 last year, according to employment-services firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Better still, during the next 10 years, the sector is forecast to have one of the fastest paces of job creati…
You can’t call layoffs downsizing anymore, and offshoring sounds just as bad to workers as “shipping your jobs to Asia.” What to do? Come up with better buzzwords, of course. And who could object to something so “right” as righ…
Lots of folks have reached retirement by surprise, thanks to the Great Recession. So, if you’re scrambling to come up with a Plan B and plug the financial gap created by an unexpectedly early end to your career, here are some g…
Companies that develop medicines have been bleeding jobs in the last few months, with three — Biogen Idec, Charles River Laboratories and NicOx — announcing about 1,000 new workforce cuts this week. When will the bleeding sto…