In the fall of 2011, the US economy had corporations acting like a significant other who isn’t ready to commit. Instead of marrying themselves to permanent employees, companies are hedging their economic bets by creating temporary jobs and hiring more project-based workers. On a year-over-year basis, 7.8 percent more temporary workers were employed in September…
We’re hoping this makes the process of meeting your true love online just a little bit easier, though you never can be too careful. After an entertainment lawyer in Los Angeles went on a couple of dates with a man she met on the popular dating site Match.com, she said the initially-charming man sexually assaulted…
When a woman we’ll call Mary was offered a high-level student-services position at a prestigious college, she was thrilled to accept. But two years later, Mary was fired despite strong performance reviews and a reputation as a rising star at the college. The reason? She lied on her resume — and got caught. An HR…
NINE years ago, Laura Udall noticed that her young daughter Rachel suffered back pain from lugging her books back and forth to school. Ms. Udall, a former saleswoman at AT&T, decided to develop and market a backpack light enough for children to wear safely. Sharon DiMinico leads a staff meeting at her company, Learning Express, based…
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