Chris Barbin of Appirio, an information technology company, says he asks job candidates how a best friend would describe them, and then how they would describe themselves.
A grade-school teacher describes how she and four of her colleagues have trained together to run a marathon — and have found a new sense of camaraderie along the way.
The chief of Pixability drew on her education and experience in business, law and government to found her company, a provider of video marketing software and services.
After a wide range of business roles, Jeffrey T. Housenbold now has an outlet for his passion for photography — as chief executive of Shutterfly.
An actuary describes the long and winding road to obtaining a patent — in his case, for a statistical sampling method that can be used by insurance companies.
As North Carolina voters approved a ban on same-sex marriage this week, executives and business professors were silent on the issue; some say the state may regret the outcome.
There is a quiet realization that American factories need subsidies to survive globally — especially to compete with Asian and European companies that routinely receive government assistance.
Clive Schlee is chief executive of Pret A Manger, a British chain of casual restaurants.
Public service work can be a gateway to careers and gives new graduates time to consider options and learn about themselves.
Two movements have sprouted to fight for this generation’s right to move out of the parental basement.
Mr. de Vries, president of Medidata Solutions, whose systems help run medical trials, tells of how a lesson learned in ballroom dancing helped turn around a sales presentation disaster.
Economists cited various possible factors behind the addition of only 115,000 jobs in April, but none are likely to comfort 13.7 million jobless workers.
Shellye Archambeau of MetricStream says that earlier in her career, she didn’t ask anyone directly about becoming her mentor, but that “I would just start treating them like it.”
Stephen Case, the co-founder of AOL, speaks with Catherine Rampell on job creation and entrepreneurship.
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