Twenty years ago, Kalisha White performed an experiment. A Marquette University graduate who is Black, she suspected that her application for a job as executive team leader at a Target […]
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Back to news homeReturn to Office Hits a Snag: Young Resisters
David Gross, an executive at a New York-based advertising agency, convened the troops over Zoom this month to deliver a message he and his fellow partners were eager to share: […]
Investment Banking Becomes Less Popular With Young Professionals
When Vince Iyoriobhe joined Bank of America’s investment banking division as a rookie analyst in 2017, he planned to stick around just long enough to get the experience needed to […]
Low-Wage Workers Now Have Options, Which Could Mean a Raise
McDonald’s is raising wages at its company-owned restaurants. It is also helping its franchisees hang on to workers with funding for backup child care, elder care and tuition assistance. Pay […]
Building Solar Farms May Not Build the Middle Class
‘Like a Moving Assembly Line’On an afternoon in mid-May, several laborers coming off their shift at Assembly Solar said they were grateful for the work, which they said paid $16 […]
June Jobs Report Shows an 850,000 Gain, Better Than Expected
Anxieties over a lag in hiring lifted on Friday as the government reported that employers added 850,000 workers in June, the largest monthly gain since August.Wages jumped for the third […]
Where Jobless Benefits Were Cut, Jobs Are Still Hard to Fill
She got an offer on the spot and took it.Justin Johnson, too, already had a job when he showed up at an Express Employment Professionals office. He was working at […]
‘I Quit My Job’ Is a Signal of Economic Recovery
That was the case for Matt Gisin, 24, who gave notice at his job as a graphic designer at a health and wellness company this month. During the pandemic, he […]
To Fill Millions of Open Jobs, Many Workers Need More Than Skills
Rachelle Katchenago of Menasha, Wis., lost her job as a call-center contract worker last year after the pandemic lockdowns took hold. No one was hiring.Ms. Katchenago, 37, eventually heard of […]
The Cost of Being an ‘Interchangeable Asian’
On a recent Tuesday evening, Jully Lee and her boyfriend curled up on the couch and turned on the TV to watch the Ovation Awards, a ceremony honoring stage work […]