Rosemary Haefner

• Nearly as many working moms as dads are sole financial provider

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  May 9, 2013

  Nearly as many working moms (34 percent) are the sole financial providers in their families as men (39 percent), according to a survey by CareerBuilder.

• Nearly a third of employers lost top performers

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  January 25, 2013

  In 2012, 32 percent of employers lost their top performers to other organizations, and 39 percent of employers say they’re worried this will happen again in 2013.

• Bad hires cost businesses

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  December 17, 2012

  Nearly 70 percent of employers say they made bad hires this year, which hurt them, according to a new survey by CareerBuilder.

• Employees plan to shop online at work for holidays

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  November 26, 2012

  Forty-nine percent of employees say they plan to do some holiday shopping online in the office, which is similar to last year’s figure.

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  No vacation nation

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  November 21, 2012

  Sometimes the best employee benefit is being away from work.

• No vacation nation

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  November 2, 2012

  Sometimes the best employee benefit is being away from work.

• Gap between seniority, leadership closing

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  September 18, 2012

  With a new generation of workers are becoming employed at management levels, the gap between seniority and leadership is closing as 34 percent of U.S. workers report their bosses are younger than they are, and 15 percent report working under someone who is at least 10 years younger, according to...

• Fewer employees living paycheck to paycheck

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  August 16, 2012

  Forty percent of employees are living paycheck to paycheck, marking a decrease from 42 percent in 2011 and 46 percent in 2008 when the recession first hit, according to a new CareerBuilder survey.

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  12 dumbest resume mistakes

  By Jenny Ivy  |  July 17, 2012

  True or false? A candidate sent his resume in the form of an oversized Rubik's Cube where the hiring manager had to push the tiles around to align the resume.

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  I'm going on vacation — who's with me?

  By Jenny Ivy  |  July 9, 2012

  Why do we ration vacation days like canned Spam after the apocalypse? As we face threats to the robust benefits of yesterday, paid time off is underscored as much as cash incentives to promote workplace wellness.