Are Free Online College Courses Worth Your Time?
You can take college courses online for free -- but can you get credit for them?
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Low-Wage Workers See Little Reason for Optimism, Survey Finds
Low-wage workers, those earning $35,000 or less annually, are generally pessimistic about their finances and career prospects, a new survey finds.
More Working Moms Want Full-Time Jobs
Working mothers increasingly want full-time jobs, and tough economic times might be a big reason, a Pew Research Center poll finds.
5 Surprisingly Smart Ways to Blow $1,000 of Your Tax Refund
You may see your tax refund check as a choice between a crazy splurge and responsible saving. But you could also put that money to work for you less conventionally. Here are five good ways to spend $1,000 of your April windfall that you might not have considered.
Job-Hunting Tips for Today's Unemployed College Grads
The unemployment rate might have dropped to 8.6% last month, but recent college grads are still having a hard time landing full-time employment. Preparation is key: Here are eight quick tips from experts on the necessary steps to land that job.
New College Grad? Hope You Learned to Tend Bar
When history tallies up the biggest losers of the Great Recession, it's not hard to guess who will top the list. Facing a brutal job market, plummeting wages, and a mountain of debt, many recent college grads have fallen behind before they've officially started their careers.
Young People Pessimistic About Financial Futures
These days, 20-somethings aren't just the young and the restless -- they're the young and the anxious. According to The PNC Financial Services Group's Financial Independence Survey, that demographic is full of financial fears.
How to Trade Retirement for More Time Off
Houston tax attorney David Shoemaker doesn't want to wait around for retirement. Instead, he has opted for a job that gives him three months off each year so he can enjoy life now. Here's how he traded his future retirement for quality of life today.
Men vs. Women on Money: Polls Reveal Odd Differences
Men's lifestyle website AskMen's Great Male Survey polled men on a host of subjects: Careers, relationships and -- most important for us at DailyFinance -- their financial opinions. Then they teamed with Cosmopolitan to get the female point of view. And some of the gender disparities were pretty striking.
Social Recruiting: The Next Big Thing for Job Seekers
When it comes to finding your next employer, online job boards are out and social recruiting is in, says Robert McGovern, CEO of JobFox.com, a free website that enables job seekers to tap into private hiring networks. We chat with McGovern about the new era of online job hunting.
How Much Does Your Name Affect Where You Work?
Names define us, but do they determine our life choices? The idea that our names can influence those decisions is what psychologists call "implicit egotism." To test the concept, a recent study looked at how our names might affect where we choose to work. And what did the researchers find...?
Another Rough Summer Ahead for Teen Jobs
Teens hoping for employment this summer aren't likely to find the job market much better than last year, when teenage job seekers experienced the weakest seasonal market in decades.