A new study conducted online by Harris Interactive on behalf of the Career College Association (CCA) shows that the American people overwhelmingly believe that the government should not interfere with their educational investment choices. Specifically, 63% think that the decision of how much debt one can take out to pay for education should be left [...]
As generations continue to mix in the workplace, many older workers are reporting to younger bosses. A new CareerBuilder survey finds that 43 percent of workers ages 35 and older said they currently work for someone younger than them. Breaking down age groups, more than half (53 percent) of workers ages 45 and up said [...]
Study shows most business owners failing to “divorce-proof” their companies A bad marriage isn’t the only thing that ends with a divorce. Sometimes, a good business can go bust, too. While 580,000 new firms opened in 2004, about 10 percent of existing firms closed. And with the national divorce rate at about 3.5 for every [...]
In addition to exercising more and pledging to eat healthier, the new year could be the right moment to revisit how you’re doing at work and set career resolutions. Max Messmer, chairman of Accountemps and author of Managing Your Career For Dummies® (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) points out that for workers who lost jobs [...]