Considering all the trauma caused by the recession - lost jobs, decimated investment portfolios, underwater homes and ruined retirements - it’s natural that people would respond with a flight to safety.

Naperville’s Community Career Center has helped a lot of people with their job searches in recent years, but very few of them have been educators.

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Everyone is trying to minimize their taxes , and yet there are still some overlooked tax deductions that many people fail to take advantage of. Here are 10 of those overlooked tax breaks — some for itemizers only, others that any filer can claim — that could save you some tax dollars.

The announcement Monday that Ingersoll Rand would be closing its doors in December came as a shock Monday to most of the people in the area.

ATHENS - The announcement Monday that Ingersoll Rand would be closing its doors in December came as a shock Monday to most of the people in the area.”I was really devastated when I heard the news,” Athens Borough Mayor George Whyte said about the situat

Responding to the demand to accomplish more with fewer resources, Career Partners International – Houston has introduced a proven program to help individuals and organizations dramatically improve performance and productivity. The Personal Leadership & Productivity Program has been completely updated for today’s busy leaders and employees. The 7 – week program delivered in 2-hour sessions weekly …

No matter your job or your industry, this year is a challenge for employment. In 2008, 48% of employers laid people off, according to a Society for Human Resources Management survey cited at CNNmoney.com . This number is anticipated to rise in 2009 and 2010 and the job market is not expected to recover until 2011, according to Challenger Gray & …

…job.The former Burger King employee had no luck finding a job after being part of a corporate restructuring in 2008. While at an outplacement …

In early February, I would have bet that the number of people employed in America would have been positive for the first time since the beginning of the Great Recession.