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Balancing Act: Young entrepreneurs redefining work world

On a recent college tour with my teenage son, a professor at a Florida university gave him pointed advice: "Don't expect to get a job at a company. You're going to need to be an entrepreneur." It caught me off guard, but my son didn't react. He took it as a given. 3 hours ago

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Ask the Mompreneur: Selling through social media

Every business owner seems to be at a different point in their journey with social media. If you've already laid a basic foundation for your business, such as creating a Facebook business page or LinkedIn profile, then you might be wondering about specific strategies for turning your efforts into...
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New college graduates find job market unwelcoming

Jackie Carter had it all mapped out. She would attend college year-round and graduate early, land a job in criminal justice, start paying off student loans, move into her own apartment and invest in her first smartphone.
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Your Office Coach: Make a plan to pin down boss on project details

QUESTION: I was recently hired as the executive assistant to a company president. On my second day, he gave me a project to do, then took off the afternoon to play golf. I had questions about this assignment, so I called his cellphone and sent an email, but got no response.
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Female tech entrepreneurs flourish outside of Silicon Valley

It seemed like a typical dinner party for the well-heeled set: eight women, some dressed in stilettos and skinny jeans, gabbing over glasses of wine and endive spears with goat cheese at a lavish West Hollywood, Calif., home.
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Diane Stafford: You matter more than the school

Students and graduates sometimes worry that their educational credentials don't stack up to those whose degrees came from more elite institutions.
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Liz Reyer: How to work with micromanaging boss

QUESTION: My new boss is a micromanager. I know what I'm doing, but he wants to hear about every detail and I can't move forward without his OK on each step. Not only is it frustrating, I find that I miss timelines because he is a bottleneck. What can I do besides find a different boss?
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White-collar workers are turning to labor unions

The next wave of union protesters isn't blue collar.
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Brewers reliever Badenhop chased baseball over career in economics

Usually the desk job is the backup plan.
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Rex Huppke: In trust we trust

Imagine me walking into a corporate executive's office.
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Laid-off workers form co-op to open Chicago window plant

A group of workers who made news around the world when they staged a sit-in at a Chicago window factory in 2008 have struck out on their own with the help of a nonprofit.