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Some fields are better than others. And some you may want to think about avoiding altogether.

We’ve been going through a pretty rough economy these last few years, but you’ve been working hard, so why not ask for that raise? It may or may not work, but if you do decide to ask (and you should), you should be prepared to ask for it in the right way.

Running a business is expensive, starting with paying your employees' salaries. Providing benefits to those employees is even more expensive. But if a company wants to stay competitive and appeal to top professionals in its industry, or if it just wants to improve morale and reduce turnover, then it must provide benefits to employees above and beyond their salaries.

Just about everyone has dreamt about quitting a job in a grand fashion. Not only was Chris Holmes able to pull off a splashy exit from his nine-to-five as a border control agent at London's Stansted Airport, but he was able to do so in a way that should drum up some business for his new endeavor.

After last week's disappointing March jobs report, the Department of Labor released some rather encouraging news on Thursday.

Job growth appeared to slow drastically during March, as employers added 88,000 new jobs, down from 268,000 in February. The unemployment rate went down a tick, from 7.7 percent to 7.6, but that was due to a reduction in the labor force.

Is there a topic that can incite more debate than tipping?

Getting noticed at work can be difficult, but we've got a few tips to help make that happen—and to make sure it's for the right reasons.

During my fathers generation an Associates Degree made you very employable. In my day you needed at least a Bachelors Degree and now for my son, he'd better consider a Masters Degree or better to put his resume on the top of the pile.

The Labor Department announced that the U.S. economy added 157,000 jobs in January. The unemployment rate inched upward by a tenth of a point, to 7.9 percent.