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When it comes to workplace evaluations, many executives profit from seeing – and sharing – their reviews
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Could you cut it as a high-school student today? How would you fare on math and reading tests for 10th-Graders?
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Faced with a dearth of skilled labor, more companies are taking employee education into their own hands.
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Some of Yahoo's 14,000 employees are considering other opportunities as morale declines at the company, which is bracing for a jump in departures following the holidays.
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A new study has confirmed what many working women may have guessed: Women multitask at home far more than men.
Companies might want to think twice before offering their CEOs severance packages, a new study says. Also, do men tend to exaggerate more than women?
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With a new baby on the scene, do you take a new job offering excitement and challenge or stay put at the same old job for comfort and stability? That is the question.
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At first blush, it looks as though M.B.A.s aren't doing much "good" upon graduation. But these days, the numbers don't tell the whole story.
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There are fewer white men in the increasingly diverse financial industry, but they still take home the bulk of Wall Street's money, according to a report set to be released Friday.
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Workers fired for bad-mouthing employers on social-networking sites are fighting back. It's a new front in the murky battle over what workers can do and say online.
Anxious business-school applicants have something to add to their to-do list: preparation for the new "integrated reasoning" section of the GMAT.
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Harvard, Stanford, INSEAD among first stops for recruiters; Ross ventures westward with executive M.B.A.; Growth ahead for Madrid's IESE Business School; Dual M.B.A.-design degrees for students at Johns Hopkins Carey School.
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Dominic Barton, Geena Davis and Debra Lee set out what business leaders can do to retain and develop female employees—and why it's important for the economy.
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Investors who analyze the student loan market have surprising insights into college graduates' employment prospects. Tip No. 1: Don't go to law school.
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Many young adults find themselves still tethered to the Bank of Mom and Dad and living at home, and that dependence is taking a toll.
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Few groups were hit harder by the recession than young men who didn't go to college.
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To reach the top, executives must learn how to exude "presence." Some tips: Don't nod your head and do clean up your look. For one vice president, an image makeover helped her gain the managerial gravitas that she needed.
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Investor George Soros's family fund bought about $2 billion of European bonds formerly owned by MF Global, the debt that helped force the securities firm to file for bankruptcy protection Oct. 31.
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An essay about premarital sex published in a student newspaper has caused an uproar at Yeshiva University, the Orthodox Jewish college in Manhattan.
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Ungaro CEO Jeffry Aronsson is leaving the money-losing French fashion house after just six months on the job, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Not only do unproductive days detract from the success of your projects, your team and your organization; they can endanger your own well-being. Here's how to nip a problem day in the bud.
Columnist Sue Shellenbarger answers a reader's question about resources for students studying for tests.
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The economy has been harder on men than women but a new Census report shows men are at least picking up some of the slack at home.
Returning service members face the task of looking for work in a still tough labor market, but there are new resources at their disposal.
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Fluctuations in IQ scores over time underscore the brain-boosting benefits of a complex job, musical training, advanced schooling and new experiences throughout a lifetime.
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