Career Advice

Transitioning to civilian life after serving in the military isn't easy, particularly when moving into the corporate world. Yet many of the same skills needed to build a successful business career are identical to those necessary in the service.

While more companies are adopting open, collaborative spaces with few individual offices, it's driven as much by cost-cutting as the desire to create a non-hierarchical corporate culture. Most workers just don't like the noise and loss of privacy when barriers between desks are eliminated.

When you've given two weeks notice at your current job, you may think you can lay back and just coast before joining your next employer. Don't. Those last two weeks can be critical to ensuring you leave on good terms with your reputation intact.

The sudden drop in jobs added in March belies a string of recent public and private metrics that had job seekers and recruiters betting on better prospects for the unemployed.

More than 20% of U.S. undergraduates are business majors, but now faculty members, school administrators and corporate recruiters are questioning the value of a business degree at the undergraduate level.

College seniors looking for work post-graduation this spring will find a stronger job market than their predecessors, according to a new survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers.

Goldman Sachs plans to give junior employees more time off untethered to their Blackberrys and iPhones as a move to boost spirits at the company following the public resignation of exec Greg Smith.

Encouraging workers to keep track of what they're doing can make them healthier and more productive. New tools are making it easier for them to do that.

According to the first-ever ranking of the Top 25 CEOs from employer-reviews website Glassdoor.com, Meg Whitman's approval rating as chief executive is 80%, earning her the 24th spot on the list.Topping the list is Apple's chief executive, Tim Cook.

The star witness in a congressional hearing about MF Global Holdings Ltd.'s collapse has told Justice Department representatives through her lawyers details about transactions that ended up dipping into customer funds, people familiar with the matter said..