Recruitment

US Army recruits in assumed position, wearing black t-shirts that have "ARMY" written across in bold yellow letters

The US military faces challenges on the homefront as recruitment shortages continue

Military

The US Army missed its target by 25% during the past fiscal year. Other branches of the military are also seeing a drop in recruiting.

Christianne Boudreau lost her son Damian to ISIS. Now she's offering support to parents who've also lost their children to jihadi extremism.

‘They look at our children as monsters, and they’re not,’ argues mom of ISIS fighter

Conflict
Abdirizak Bihi, who directs the Somali Education and Social Advocacy Center in Minnesota, testifies at a congressional hearing on radicalization in Washington. Bihi's nephew left Minnesota to fight with al-Shabab in 2008.

In Minnesota, ISIS may be building on the recruiting networks once used by other terror groups

Conflict
The World

Rating vs. Resume: Can Bad Credit Kill Your Job Prospects?

Two major companies accused of discrimination

Controversy erupts over employers asking for social media site passwords

Environment

In a tight market, job seekers are willing to jump through hoops to obtain employment. Recently, reports of employers asking candidates for their social media log-in information have raised questions about access, privacy, and the transparency of the internet age.

Botox your resume

Statistics show people over the age of 45 have a harder time finding jobs — how older job seekers can Botox their resumes.

Job Interviews Borrow from the Speed-Dating Handbook

We’ve all heard of speed-dating; that modern mating ritual in which singles are given a minute or two to impress a potential date before moving aside so the next candidate to make his or her pitch. But speed-dating methods aren’t just for dating anymore. Recruiters from a few companies are now enlisting the tactics of […]

The World

Listeners respond: getting a new job…with a serious pay cut

Yesterday we spoke about the growth in low-wage and low-skilled jobs in the U.S. Listeners weighed in, sharing their own experiences with taking jobs for which they’re either overqualified or underpaid…or both.

The World

Study shows colleges don’t prepare us well for jobs

What should college be for? To answer that, we talk with Anthony Carnevale, director of the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce and Amy Slaton, an associate professor at Drexel University and a scholar of the history of education politics.