It's been widely known before that graduates with technical majors typically earn more than their liberal arts counterparts, but a recent study conducted by Payscale.com is reporting that employers are increasingly favoring college graduates with technical degrees over those with liberal arts degrees even when the position doesn't call for a technical background. Often to the tune of an extra $10,000 per year added to the starting salary. Graduates with technical degrees in Engineering or Computer Science earned on average $54,000 in their first year of work, compared to $34,000 for English, Communications and Marketing majors.…

USA Today is reporting that major retailers such as Toys R Us, Target and Macy's are expected to boost hiring of seasonal staff over the holiday period, with Toys R Us and Macy's alone expecting to add over 110,000 positions nationwide.…

The looming deadline for the massive project at the office, an important job interview, the big college exam. The pressure builds, the moment comes, and before you know it, you've choked. There's actually a scientific reason why we sometimes collapse under pressure, documented in LifeHacker's article today about author Sian Beilock's book Choke. …

From the Wall Street Journal, a brief look at the amount - almost certainly a exorbitant amount in NYC - that people pay out of pocket in rent each month. Most financial experts say to spend no more than 35% of your gross income on rent. The reality is often having to spend much higher.…

GoodTemps is again very proud to be participating in this event. We're extremely excited to meet the young mentees who will be shadowing our staff throughout the day, learning important on the job skills, demonstrating their existing skills, building confidence and exploring career options. DMD seeks to raise employer awareness of people with disabilities by dispelling their fears about hiring people with disabilities, and to increase confidence among students and job seekers with disabilities. This year sees a huge corporate involvement, with established names such as Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Bloomberg, Goodwill, NYPL and a host of NYC government agencies participating as mentors.…

Despite the recent American Staffing Association report which stated that temporary hiring among employers is on the rise and hit it's highest point in over 29 months this September, the nationwide unemployment rate is still proving to be a sluggish weight around the recovery's neck, demonstrating that many employers are still hesitant to take permanent new hires on board during this period of uncertain consumer demand and an arduous recovery for the nation's jobless.…

It doesn't have to be though.…

The interview was part of a feature about temporary staffing in New York, published on Monday May 17th.…

When wielded correctly, they can help you build your credit, and control your expenses. Most people use credit cards the "wrong way" - buying big ticket items, then spreading the cost over several months of payments. This is good for the credit card company, and bad for you - why? Because you're paying interest on the balance, which by the end of the year, can amount to hundreds of dollars wasted.…

In this Wall Street Journal article, a mature job seeker asks for advice on how to make himself more appealing to potential employers who may perceive him to be took expensive to hire.…

Facebook, Twitter, etc, are secure to outside prying eyes. A recent Microsoft survey has uncovered that 70% of recruiters and headhunters searched for social networking profiles of job applicants and then rejected those applicants based on the information that they found.…