IT’S an employer’s market right now, and that means employers can be fussy. They can include a long list of requirements in their job descriptions — demanding, perhaps, a certain number of years’ experience in one corner of an industry, knowledge of an obscure programming language and fluency in, say,
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I KNEW that I wanted to be a chemist by the time I was 8. Both of my parents were chemists.
JOHN C. MARTIN
Chief executive, Gilead Sciences, Foster City, Calif.
AGE 58
BIRTHPLACE Easton, Pa.
FAVORITE SPORTS Football and basketball
When I was 2, my father took a job at Mead Johnson in Evansville,
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Even in the Bible, as far as I can remember, the bad guys were tax inspectors: vindictive hoarders, on the whole, who viewed inflicting misery as a perk of the job. It was a stereotype as silly then, no doubt, as it is now. Yet even among the least villainous
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Millions of people will have to work until the age of 66 from as early as 2016 under Tory plans to raise the retirement age in a bid to cut Britain’s budget deficit.
The shadow chancellor, George Osborne, will announce tomorrow that he will raise the state pension age 10 years
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David Cameron returns to the Midland Hotel with Theresa May, after taking part in television interviews ahead of the second day of the Conservative party conference in Manchester.
David Cameron today said that he would take action to stop women’s retirement age rising too quickly as he clarified Tory proposals to
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A line of doors flew open and a lot of men stepped out headlong. They had high hats, healthy pale faces, dark overcoats and shiny boots; they held in their gloved hands thin umbrellas and hastily folded evening papers … Joseph Conrad, The Return, 1898
Conrad’s description of London commuters at
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FROM the moment I learned about job-sharing, I knew I wanted this type of work arrangement someday. It’s perfect for women who want a flexible work schedule after having children, and it’s not uncommon in the publishing industry.
G. Paul Burnett/The New York Times
Jennifer Turano, right, and Joan O’Rourke share an
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Our Agony Uncle, John Timpson, tackles recession burn out and bank managers.
By John Timpson
Published: 9:17AM BST 01 Oct 2009
One of my directors is completely burned out. I think that he’s in need of
a break. If times were good, I’d suggest it like a shot. But all hands
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Duncan Bannatyne argues it would be good for the business of government to fix
terms for top jobs.
Published: 9:11AM BST 01 Oct 2009
The party conference season is upon us and this year of all years the business
vote will be courted. My main concern is that the uncertainty
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The six crucial factors that those seeking a job in challenging jobs market
need to keep in mind.
By Adrian Furnham
Published: 9:04AM BST 01 Oct 2009
Jobs are few and far between. Those entering the job market, those recently
made redundant, and those “on gardening leave” face a serious
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