About 1 in 6 job hunters who went through a Kansas City-based career transition program had to move to another city to land a job last year.

As the Oscars approach, buzz abounds about George Clooney and Jason Reitman’s hit Up in the Air.

RotoMetrics Inc. is closing a solid die plant in Virginia and consolidating production with a facility in Missouri.

By CHRISTOPHER KELLY PARK CITY, Utah - Sundance is all about chasing the buzz: You’re constantly trying to figure out which movies are worth catching, which are worth skipping and which will become the next big sensation.

You never realized how badly you needed a vegetable chopper. Whether it’s to tighten your tummy, remove dead skin from your feet, give your hair a boost or find use for a towel that supposedly holds 12 times its weight in liquid, you may feel tempted by energetic pitchmen peddling such products via late-night infomercials.

They are involved in recruiting, but go well beyond that with offerings that incorporate R.P.O, H.R. consulting, Outplacement and Coaching.

In the movie “Up in the Air,” the character played by George Clooney works for a firm hired to come into a company, lay off people and make a quick exit.

A Town & Country committee recently made some recommendations about three city employee positions that were eliminated in the city’s 2010 budget.

If you or your spouse/significant other were offered a job right now, and that job was in another city far away from friends and family that pitch in with child care, would you take the job?

Some see improvement as temporary, but others say it shows momentum is building. — A surprising drop in the unemployment rate and far fewer job losses last month raised hopes Friday for a sustained economic recovery.