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Section Home | Career News Career News offers commentary and career coverage related to minorities and women. Join the conversation, learn about new trends and plan for the future.



Hard Work While Fatigued Affects Blood Pressure

Working hard when fatigued may be admired by many Americans, but it is a virtue that could be harmful to one's health, according to new research by psychologists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The research supports a... Continue»

Posted on June 27, 2008

Employer Web Sites Greatly Influence African American Applicants

Attributes of employers' Web sites, such as design and content, influence prospective employees' job search intentions--especially African American job seekers--finds a recent study by Caren B. Goldberg, a management professor at American University's Kogod School of Business and David G.... Continue»

Posted on June 27, 2008

In Father's Day Message: Obama Calls for Greater Paternal Responsibility in Black Community

By Hazel Trice Edney WASHINGTON (NNPA) - Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama, in a Father's Day message at Chicago's Apostolic Church of God, exhorted Black fathers to be more responsible in raising their children. He based his exhortation... Continue»

Posted on June 20, 2008

Analysts Predict Low Cost to Pro-Clinton Black Officials

By Zenitha Prince WASHINGTON (NNPA) - In the waning days of the Democratic primaries when it became clear Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) would be the presumptive nominee, pundits predicted that the strong aftertaste of acrimony, which still lingers on the... Continue»

Posted on June 20, 2008

Opting-Out Revolution a Myth: Steep Employment Gains for Women, Mothers

Contrary to the popular perception of a so-called "opting out revolution," new sociological research from the June issue of the American Sociological Review reveals that professional women's employment rates have continually pushed higher over time, and that the employment gap... Continue»

Posted on June 13, 2008

IU's Kelley School Hopes to Attract More Women Into Business Careers

Twenty years ago, Diana Caldwell saw fewer female role models in corporate America and other women in the classroom when she arrived at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business as a student. "In terms of the percent of the student... Continue»

Posted on June 13, 2008

The Costs of Health Care Are Burying American Families

By Marian Wright Edelman Child Watch(R) Column Unpaid medical bills are piling up on kitchen tables all over America. In addition to the rising costs of food, gas and housing, more and more working families are becoming overwhelmed by skyrocketing... Continue»

Posted on June 6, 2008

Female Lawyers More Likely to Practice in Firms, Less Likely to Make Partner

The legal profession's efforts to promote diversity are working to get women lawyers in the law firm door, but once they're in, they remain less likely to be promoted to partner, a new study by a University of Iowa sociologist... Continue»

Posted on May 30, 2008

Women Firefighters Can Take the Heat, but Few Firehouses Give Them the Chance

Fewer than 4 percent of the nation's firefighters are women, and more than half of paid fire departments have never hired a female firefighter, finds a new report issued by Cornell's Institute for Women and Work in the ILR School... Continue»

Posted on May 20, 2008

TV Commercials Influence What You Want to Do in Life

If women find their husbands reluctant to fold the laundry or wash the dishes, they may want to hide the television remote. New research from the University of New Hampshire shows that men, in particular, are influenced by television commercials... Continue»

Posted on May 20, 2008

 

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