Although the overall labor market continues to improve, there isn't a lot of good job news for young Americans.  The Economic Policy Institute's The Class of 2012 lays out how the job situation is for those 25 and younger. The key data is the current unemployment rate for workers under the age of 25 is 16.4%. Gen Y Independent worker MORE >>

I thought the manager’s face would explode. was at lunch with a high level finance executive the other day when his cell phone rang. He looked at the number displayed on the screen and his face turned beet red – I think I even saw a couple of purple splotches mixed in. Everything OK?” I asked. My employees are going to kill me,” he said. MORE >>

It’s a blessing, and a curse. At least that’s what Mr. Monk says about his condition — maybe it’s true about ours. Maybe social media is a blessing, and a curse? If you’re in business today, internet marketing is a requirement and social media plays a role in that. It Costs You Time. And it takes effort to consistently engage. Ivana Taylor. MORE >>

This post was written by a guest author. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guest post guidelines. Is there anyone out there who doesn’t want to be more productive? Or freeing ourselves from being a wage slave by starting our own business. So why don’t we just, you know, do it? We allow ourselves to get side-tracked. MORE >>

Three dots. Dot, dot, dot. What could be simpler? Then why do those dots make so many writers dotty? The rules for use of ellipses are not as simple as they seem. But they are manageable. That word, from the Latin term elidere , means “omission.”). Each dot is preceded and followed by a letter space. Note this example: “Three dots. Punctuation MORE >>