John Challenger Taking Quotations

It is no wonder that workplace dating is taking off, with more than 28 million young people, some of whom spend more time together in the office than they do outside of work. Employers almost have no choice but to permit interoffice dating,

It does seem like retailers are really stepping up and taking care of their employees, trying to provide services in the area and rallying behind the crisis,

These ... factors are going to keep hiring from taking off in 2004. Job seekers certainly should not expect to see a repeat of the tremendous job expansion of the mid-to-late 1990s.

Companies that simply let these workers go will probably find a significant decline in the level of customer service and may even find some customers taking their business elsewhere.

Taking full time off to go back to graduate school once you're, say, past 28, is very costly. Yes, there's no question it enhances your value -- particularly in the big stream areas like finance, sales and marketing, engineering, health care. But you don't want to use graduate school as a deferral because you don't want to face the job market.

Higher health care and energy costs for employers and employees are definitely taking a toll. Companies are being forced to enact more cost-containment measures to protect profits,