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As the creation of new jobs slows and layoffs continue, small businesses keep hiring. ADP is betting those companies will continue to buck the trend. It's setting up new services to capitalize on that growth.

Happy days are here again! What? You didn't get the memo? Well the folks at Gallup Poll say that Americans are more content and comfortable with the idea of their new recessionary lives. We suspect that Gallup couldn't reach many of the 25 million un- and under-employed, but we'll take them at...

When DailyFinance first met Candido Gonzalez last December for our "New Homeless" report, the New Yorker had been laid off for two years from his job of 19 years -- and living at the Bowery Mission. Today, the father of two finally has a job and a new outlook.

Joseph Gliottone has a quick comeback to his former advertising colleagues when they ask him about his new job picking up dog poop. "It's the same product category, but a different clientele," said Gliottone, 53, who was a senior vice president of print production at an ad agency in Boston, and...

It's been said that it makes sense to start a business when times are tough. The current spate of layoffs has led many businesses to rely on temps, contractors and other outside service providers, actually leading to a market opportunity for entrepreneurs. If they can carve out a piece of the...

Talk about perfect timing; just as the nation's unemployment rate skyrockets, the U.S. Census Bureau begins staffing up for the 2010 nose count. If you have a curious nature and a desire to make some extra coin in 2009 and beyond, the Bureau is accepting applications now. As a census taker,...

One of the most poignant lines in Max Ehrmann's Desiderata is the advice that one should "Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time." While the past few years have made that advice seem old-fashioned, the recent economic downturn...

Another round of layoffs in the auto industry should get us thinking about the future of jobs in America. Ford Motor Company just announced that about 2,500 workers will be laid off and shifts are being eliminated at four plants.It's no secret that jobs in the automotive industry used to be very...