Tough times boost Bangladesh shipbuilding (AFP via Yahoo! News)
When Bangladeshi labourer Abdul Karim was laid off from his shipbuilding job in Singapore because of the global recession, he did not expect to find the same sort of work at home.

Job market better but not booming for new college grads
As the economy seems to be slowly pulling out of the gutter, so too does the job market for this yearâ?™s crop of graduating college students. I know about four or five people that donâ?™t have jobs yet,â?? said Matt Bowman, a senio

From a technical standpoint, shutting down wells is business-as-usual for oil firms
Whatever the economic and employment issues associated with the federal order to suspend work at 33 deepwater drilling stations in the Gulf of Mexico, it appears the oil companies affected shouldnt have much trouble complying -- at least from a...

Locals 2010: Steve & Denise Hitchcock
Steve Hitchcocks career has been a whirlwind tour of jobs with some of the most respected outdoor apparel companies in the world. But Denise Hitchcock has a better job title. The self-proclaimed domestic coordinator and engineer and her husband have

Boeing cut 4,065 jobs in Washington in 2009 (Everett Herald)
In 2009, the Boeing Co. reduced its Washington state workforce by 4,065 positions. Early last year, Boeing officials announced plans to cut about 10,000 jobs across the company as Boeing took steps to remain competitive in a global recession.