Kansas City Star

Nagging suspicion: The kid who gets through school by copying friends' homework grows up to be the job hunter who has trouble finding a job. The reason may be that...

It seems as if most employers are in a recruitment and retention frenzy these days--at least the ones who aren't downsizing through layoffs, buyouts and early retirements. Some of those...

Sometimes, mergers, acquisitions and boom-time business realignments send workers packing when their services no longer are needed. Executive pink slips usually come with company-financed outplacement services. More often, though, workers...

In a dramatic reversal, the world-renowned Menninger Clinic has canceled plans to move to Houston and affiliate with the Baylor College of Medicine and Methodist Health Care System. W. Walter...

In some workplaces, individual rewards and compliments are as rare as water skis on a camel. Ask around a bit and you'll often hear something like this: "If I reward...

When you're looking for a job, look carefully when you hear the words "pay for performance" or "forced distribution system." Those phrases may signal an end to paychecks as you...

Last winter, when bitter cold and the rising price of natural gas caused heating bills to soar, Tracy Oberg listened to her co-workers grumble. Low temperatures were hitting homeowners hard...

Somebody called to seek publicity for a consulting business and started blathering about empowerment and synergies, paradigms and leveraging. Somebody else wrote a press release about a business startup. It...

Summertime always summons dress code concerns. Like clockwork, employers, customers and co-workers complain about scanty and casual workplace clothing. Granted, outdoor recreational and physical-labor jobs require hot-weather attire. But some...

Teens, take note. Entry-level summer jobs are ripe spots for hostile or discriminatory work environments. Such behavior is against the law and you don't have to put up with it....