If you’re looking to clear six figures, listen up: New research says certain careers stand apart as the fastest-growing and most lucrative in the land. Data from the US Department of Labor reveals the 13 fastest-growing and highest-paying career paths, with opportunity for engineers, product managers, healthcare workers and data security pros landing the highest … Read more
On paper, Meg Sexton was thriving. The recent college graduate was working in event planning and fund-raising by day, and taking classes for her Ph.D. in higher education and leadership by night. She trained for marathons — regularly running over 80 miles a week — and nurtured a relationship with her now-husband, too. But on … Read more
Work-life balance and demanding high-stakes jobs rarely coexist and the majority of the workforce across the globe is striving for both at the moment. A California-based cardiothoracic surgeon‘s new perspective suggests that we may be looking at the entire situation through distorted glasses. San Diego’s award-winning, board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Alexandra Kharazi says the entire … Read more
In 2016, DJ DiDonna was, by all accounts, riding high. The fintech company he co-founded, EFL Global, was growing at a fast clip. He had given a speech at the United Nations about how to empower entrepreneurs through access to finance, and the startup had landed a feature in The New York Times. Then came … Read more
Inflation-weary Americans now face a sobering reality. For a comfortable retirement, your nest egg now needs to be $200,000 larger than before, according to a new report, which reveals the new “magic number” is $1.46 million — up from $1.26 million last year. And here’s the kicker: only half of Americans feel ready to hit … Read more
The toughest jobs in the U.S. include firefighters, construction workers, and nurses. A poll of 2,000 employed adults found 21 percent believe working in mining or oil is one of the most gruelling jobs around, while 11 percent think being a doctor is a role only for the most resilient. Others feel that only the … Read more
Anni Kim never thought she’d make the switch from patient bedsides to Botox. An RN with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, she worked as a surgical trauma ICU and rapid response nurse at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH for over seven years — before switching to become an aesthetic injector for board-certified plastic and … Read more
There’s a new moon rising in the sign of pay dirt, boot straps, the hard road and the finer things When is the new moon? The new moon in Capricorn peaks on Jan. 18, 2026, at 2:52 p.m. Eastern Time at 28°43 Capricorn. New moon in Capricorn 2026 Below Ward illuminates what lies ahead and … Read more
DEAR ABBY: I am a 31-year-old woman who is not yet established in life. I have no husband or boyfriend, no kids and no clear direction for a career. I start new, low-level jobs often. My problem is that I look deceptively young for my age. At most, I look 18 or 19. These employers, … Read more
Health insurance is the No. 1 deciding factor in people’s next career step, yet most with employer health insurance say it doesn’t meet their needs very well. That’s according to a recent survey of 2,000 Americans across the country, which investigated their happiness with employer health insurance. It also looked at the essential role health … Read more
DEAR ABBY: I’m in an eight-month relationship with a man who is a sexy good dancer. (I’m also a good dancer.) My dilemma is, he attracts a lot of female attention on the dance floor, and sometimes women aggressively come up and dance next to us, vying for his attention (which we usually ignore). Most … Read more
A new trend has started to emerge in workplaces across the world, including Australia, and it is one that has experts seriously concerned. Most people have likely heard of the term “job hopping”, which is the practice of frequently changing jobs, usually to gain experience, increase salary and accelerate career growth. Well, this new trend … Read more
For generations, employees have been climbing the corporate ladder to be successful — but young workers are over it. According to a new Glassdoor report, Gen Z is beginning to reject the traditional idea of career progression in favor of the “career lily pad.” Rather than pursuing a single upward trajectory, this generation prefers to … Read more
Working hard — or hardly working? Mansi Singhal, a 24-year-old software engineer, has gone viral several times over after she revealed what a day in her life at a Microsoft office — where she works in Hyderabad, India — looks like in an Instagram reel. Between a 45-minute breakfast break, a dessert run and a … Read more
AI is rendering Gen Z job-solete. With bots becoming ubiquitous in every sector, the 20-somethings coming of working age during the AI era fear that the tech could derail their careers. According to a survey by online job platform Zety, 72% of Gen Z workers believe AI will kill the number of entry-level corporate jobs … Read more
For this ex-exec, money doesn’t buy happiness. A British woman who quit her high-flying corporate job to become a minimum-wage factory worker says the gigantic pay cut has been worth it to eliminate stress from her life. Shany Hagan, 56, spent two decades working as a business development manager, earning $66,000 per year (£50,000). Shany … Read more
DEAR ABBY: When my husband was a teenager 20 years ago, he had a two-year online relationship with a girl who lives in Georgia. I know they met each other only a couple of times. We are all in our 30s now, and once in a great while, they contact each other by text or … Read more
Derricka Hill faced an unexpected pregnancy in October 2023, and though she had a jam-packed work life, she said she was eager to expand her family. Her son, Derriawn David D’Angelo, was born June 28, 2024, after what Hill called an “emotionally intense” pregnancy. She took a paid three-month maternity leave right after her son … Read more
Recent graduates believe it’s more “anxiety-inducing” to negotiate their salary with an employer than it is to break up with a partner, according to new research. A survey of 2,000 higher education graduates (from 2024 and 2025) gave respondents several scenarios, asking which option would be more stressful. Results revealed that 54% believe negotiating their … Read more
A doctor has become an influencer and now makes more money on social media than her $300K physician salary — sharing educational videos online. Dr. Fran Haydanek, 37, graduated from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2017 and started working as an obstetrician-gynecologist – OB/GYN — earning $300K a year. In 2021, Dr. Fran … Read more