Careers

Terry Savage: What to know for Medicare open enrollment

By Terry Savage

September 25, 2026 at 5:15 p.m.

Here’s a look at the headline changes seniors will be forced to confront. And in...

Terry Savage: Why the national debt should concern us

By Terry Savage

September 21, 2026 at 11:15 a.m.

The U.S. national debt now exceeds $40 trillion — a MEGO number, which stands for...

Terry Savage: Login process changing at TreasuryDirect

By Terry Savage

September 21, 2026 at 9:55 a.m.

These government IOUs are the safest repository for “chicken money” — money you cannot afford...

Coronavirus quarantine resulting in people discovering, rediscovering non-work-related passions

By Kathleen Furore

May 11, 2020 at 4:13 p.m.

DEAR READERS: During this downtime, many people I've spoken with have started discovering (or rediscovering)...

One potential deal-breaker on your list could be the salary range of the position. Before you start your job hunt, take a look at your finances to help determine the lower limit for a salary you're willing to accept. You might be willing to take a lower salary or pay cut for your dream job but you need to know how much you need to make to support you and your family.

20 steps to take while you are on the hunt for a job

By Active Times

May 14, 2020 at 3:08 p.m.

Job-hunting is a daunting task whether you've recently been laid off, are reentering the workforce...

SOUTH DAKOTA | Total WalletHub score: 35.7
| Dependency on travel and tourism industry rank: #26
| Aggressiveness against coronavirus rank: #51

South Dakota is seeing a 70% drop in visitor spending during the pandemic, according to comments made by Yankton Convention & Visitor's Bureau director Kasi Haberman. However, its state parks are still open, which is helping insulate some tourism markets from the financial impact of the coronavirus.

States hit hardest by COVID-19’s impact on tourism

By Joni Sweet

January 19, 2021 at 12:35 p.m.

Travelers in 2019 spent $1.1 trillion in the U.S., generating some $2.6 trillion in economic...

An empty early classroom in Atlanta, May 7, 2020. With schools and day care centers shuttered due to government lockdowns to slow the spread of the coronvirus pandemic, working parents have struggled, but a new paid leave program created to help them is not well known and has been little used.

Paid leave law tries to help millions in crisis. Many haven’t heard of it.

By The New York Times

May 10, 2020 at 8:57 a.m.

The paid leave program passed by Congress in March was supposed to help workers cope...

People stand by marks on the ground meant to encourage social distancing while waiting in line to get drivers licenses and vehicle registrations outside the Warrensburg License Office Monday, May 4, 2020, in Warrensburg, Mo. The privately run facility reopened Monday after being closed for about six weeks during stay-at-home orders that were enacted to stem the spread of COVID-19 and ended today for much of the state. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

White-collar companies race to be last to return to the office

By The New York Times

May 10, 2020 at 8:52 a.m.

Even as President Donald Trump has said "we have to get our country open again,"...

U.S. jobless claims top 3 million, with little relief in sight

By Bloomberg

May 8, 2020 at 5:09 p.m.

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits topped 3 million for a seventh straight...

Loan program is short-term fix, not cure-all, for businesses

By Joyce M. Rosenberg

May 8, 2020 at 1:46 a.m.

The Trump administration has dispensed about $530 billion to millions of small businesses to cushion...

Some states let vulnerable workers turn down jobs

By Sophie Quinton

May 8, 2020 at 1:44 a.m.

As governors start to allow businesses to reopen, they're under pressure to clarify whether people...

Even if you mean well, interrupting others is among the <a href="https://www.thedailymeal.com/entertain/ways-you-are-being-rude-gallery">behaviors you may not realize are rude</a>. That rule applies to video chats and conferences as well as the real world.

For workers, no sign of ‘what normal is going to look like’

By The New York Times

May 7, 2020 at 11:37 a.m.

Layoffs continue to tear through the country, enveloping more industries even as states take tentative...

Coronavirus delays start date for new employees

By Kathleen Furore

May 7, 2020 at 8:27 a.m.

DEAR READERS: The COVID-19 crisis has brought with it many challenges related to career search...