The White House has asked federal agencies to propose ways to cut spending by 10 percent or more for the upcoming budget, underscoring the political jockeying under way as President Barack Obama and Congress prepare for a fiery autumn clash over the economy and the debt.

As the competitive landscape for benefits brokers gets tougher, effectively communicating benefits strategies with clientsand helping them better communicate those strategies with their employees becomes even more critical.

Seventy-one percent of hiring managers say emotional intelligence is more valued than IQ while 34 percent say more emphasis is placed on emotional intelligence when hiring and promoting employees post-recession, finds a new CareerBuilder survey.

Union leaders are calling on the Postal Service to disavow a proposal to slash up to 120,000 jobs.