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Is that a co-worker knocking on your office door, or is it love? Turns out, there’s a good chance it could be both.

Dating a colleague may be considered a faux pas at many companies, but that’s not stopping workers from doing it anyway. Continue reading

On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly employment report, and the news was good: The economy added 247,000 jobs in January, and the unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent, the lowest it’s been in three years.

Perhaps even better news is that employment seems to be growing across a variety of industries: Professional and business services, health care, retail and hospitality are just a few of the fields that grew last month. Continue reading

As spring inches closer and closer, college seniors need to start getting serious about their after-college plans. Truth be told, to really get a leg up, collegians should begin their post-college preparation during their junior year. For those students planning to enter the workforce immediately upon graduation, having a structured find-a-job plan will help them stay on track and meet their career goals. Continue reading

After news last month that the economy added 200,000 jobs in December, there was talk that this month’s job numbers would be disappointing by comparison. Earlier this week, for example, economists predicted the economy had gained just 135,000 jobs in January. Continue reading

During President Barack Obama’s recent State of the Union speech, he went to great lengths to emphasize the importance of job creation in the U.S. Even if this wasn’t an election year, you’d be hearing a lot of talk from politicians and the media about job growth. Continue reading

This weekend, the New England Patriots will take on the New York Giants in what is sure to be an exciting Super Bowl game. As the game edges closer, there’s been tons of coverage analyzing the two teams, their strengths and weaknesses and the odds for and against each team winning. Continue reading

If you don’t have Facebook Timeline already, you will soon. Over the course of the next month, Facebook will be pushing out its updated design to all users.

While Facebook Timeline is primarily a cosmetic change that will affect the layout of your profile, it also comes with a number of functional modifications that will make it easier for others to see your Facebook history and parts of your profile: potentially embarrassing photos, status updates from your college years and what your friends have posted on your wall since the day you joined Facebook. Continue reading

Whether you are rooting for the New York Giants or the New England Patriots, chances are you’re going to be celebrating the Big Game with friends, family and even some co-workers. Regardless of who wins, most of us will sigh with the realization we have to stop eating superfluous amounts of dip and imbibing spirits in order to make it to work the next day. Continue reading

In honor of the biggest football game of the year, being played this weekend, here are some fun facts about the contenders and their hometowns.

New York City, home of the New York Giants, is ranked first on the list of the nation’s most populous cities, according to the U.S. Continue reading

The recession changed a lot of things. It changed the way people spend money, the way they save for retirement, the way they invest in stocks. It’s also changed the way companies recruit employees. Gone are the days when companies courted prospective employees, hiring managers offered generous starting bonuses and job seekers could choose from multiple offers. Continue reading