Matthew McDermott February 20, 2013 9:16 am

The idea of college graduation as a means to fulfilling employment is beginning to look a bit like the drive toward universal home ownership. The latter idea led millions to … Read More

Matthew McDermott February 15, 2013 9:28 am

The questionable legality of unpaid internships has become a recurring workplace topic, thanks in large part to a number of high-profile lawsuits against Fox Searchlight, Conde Nast and the Charlie … Read More

Matthew McDermott January 21, 2013 9:15 am

By: Matthew McDermott

In the present (increasingly precarious) workforce more young people with expensive humanities degrees are being forced to utter a phrase that couldn’t be further from the high … Read More

Matthew McDermott December 17, 2012 7:41 am

Online retail giant Amazon brought thousands of jobs to Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley when it set up a distribution hub in 2010, but a fascinating report by The Morning Call evidences … Read More

Matthew McDermott December 14, 2012 11:34 am

By: Matthew McDermott

A former colleague and friend once described a job interview he had with a well known political figure. My friend, who got the job, said that during … Read More

Sierra Feldner-Shaw December 10, 2012 9:20 am

By: David Yamada

According to economist Teresa Ghilarducci, one of the nation’s leading experts on retirement policy, “(i)t looks like most middle-class Americans will become poor or near-poor retirees,” adding … Read More

Matthew McDermott November 26, 2012 9:43 am

President Obama, in this year’s State of the Union address, called for $8 billion in funds to train two million workers to fill a skills gap in high-growth industries such … Read More