Vickie Elmer

The scariest jobs aren’t necessarily the most dangerous.

On top of the “motherhood penalty,” employers also may dole out a “fatherhood bonus.”

Forget the traditional job hunt. “People are now increasingly being found for jobs, versus having to find their next job,” said Jon Bischke, CEO and co-founder of recruiting platform Entelo, which focuses on tech careers and highly skilled workers.

Nancy Twine grew up making her grandmother’s recipes for soaps and hair care products developed on a West Virginia farm.

A half-dozen African cities have some of the highest costs of living worldwide for expats.

The US beer business is booming, thanks to a growing number of craft beer bars.

It’s never been easier to work as a barista and pay your way through college. A new Starbucks plan offers full tuition reimbursement for juniors and seniors working toward undergraduate degrees at Arizona State University (ASU), a move the company promoted as helping its staff complete college. The company estimated that 70% of its 135,000 US workers are either current or aspiring college students.But as some have noted, this also is a savvy PR move. Many companies offer tuition reimbursement as a way to recruit and retain staff. But the benefits are used, on an average, by fewer than one in 10 workers: only 3.9% of retailers’ staffs, the sector that includes Starbucks, take advantage of tuition reimbursement, the lowest of any sector tracked by EdLink, a leading supplier of employer tuition reimbursement programs.

There’s only one person who should be doing the hard sell during an interview—and it’s not the employer.

On Feb. 12, a 40-foot wide sinkhole opened up in the Corvette Museum’s Skydome, a display of more than 30 of the General Motors classic cars. Among those that dropped into the hole was the 1 millionth Vette built, a white 1992 model.

Even at the mall or a discount store, where women are courted and catered to, they are paid less than men.

After years hearing about the lack of IT professionals, you’d think those are the hardest jobs to fill. But a new report by human resources firm Manpower indicates they are not.

The number of US workers skipping bus or car and bicycling to work jumped 60% in the last decade.

While US companies revved up full-time job creation in April, they are hiring 3.4% fewer interns this summer than in 2013, according to a new survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).

If you really are trying to impress your friends or your date with an extreme or unusual condiment, pick up Scorned Woman or Vicious Viper Hot Sauce or maybe Crazy Jerry’s Brain Damaged sauce.

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this piece incorrectly referred to Hilary Mason as Bitly’s CEO. 

Managers may rely on a multitude of tropes but seldom do we hear them encouraging their teams to “ride the wise eagle.”

Forget about having employees sign a non-disclosure agreement: the Full Monty of disclosure is actually what works best, according to Buffer, a social-sharing app and site.

Much of the world welcomes workers in wacky socks.

More than one in five US workers is employed in just 10 occupations, a new report from the US government shows.

You’ve heard the case against the open office. They are noisy and distracting and more likely to share flu germs. But what if offices were really open, as in, to everyone?

Each 2-ounce bottle of Original Red Tabasco red sauce contains exactly 720 drops.

It’s a sign of the times that so many moms sat alongside their star children at the Oscars last night.

Volunteer work can be incredibly valuable to your career, whether you’re seeking your first professional job or a move into management. That message has been sent out by career bloggers and documented by Deloitte and LinkedIn among others. A 2013 study even found that volunteers are 27% more likely to get a job than non-volunteers.

It’s time to get over the notion that most people working from home are moms who squeeze reports and conference calls in between children’s games and Cheerios.