Category: job

JPMorgan, BofA Cautious on Job Cuts as Goldman Layoffs Loom

NEW YORK—JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, the two largest U.S. banks by assets, expressed caution about job cuts in contrast with Goldman Sachs, where hundreds of layoffs could start as early this month. “You need to [be] very careful when you have a bit of a downturn to start cutting bankers here and there…


The Chase (1946)

Chuck Scott gets a job as chauffeur to tough guy Eddie Roman; but Chuck’s involvement with Eddie’s fearful wife becomes a nightmare. Credit: Public Domain Movies – BUY Jan 6 DVD: www.epochtv.shop/product-page/dvd-the-real-story-of-january-6, Promo Code “EpochTV” for 20% off. – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save”…


Never Weaken (1921)

A man hits the streets with a scheme to keep his fiancé from losing her job. However, things quickly go from bad to worse. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My…


What Was Your First Job?

Commentary A few years ago, I was tasked with giving a 45-minute introduction on business and economics to several hundred high-school students. From my experience, there is no better teacher than experience itself. Otherwise for these kids trapped in desks for 12-16 years, my words would be just another lecture. So, I decided to draw…


Charlie Chaplin: His New Job (1915)

Charlie is trying to get a job in a movie. After causing difficulty on the set, he is told to help the carpenter. When one of the actors doesn’t show, Charlie is given a chance to act, but instead enters a dice game. When he does finally act, he ruins the scene, wrecks the set,…


Entrepreneurship Should Be the Goal, Not White-Collar Jobs

Commentary  Black entrepreneurship in the United States has a remarkable history. Even during the inhospitable climate of Southern slavery, both enslaved and free blacks managed to establish lucrative ventures. Research on black entrepreneurship has revealed that in the Antebellum South black entrepreneurs’ pursuits spanned the entire gamut of industry, ranging from merchandising to transportation. Indeed, the success of…


Record Numbers of Chinese Graduates Enter Worst Job Market in Decades

BEIJING—Jenny Bai was among 10 high-performing computer science students from different Chinese universities selected by a Beijing-based internet firm for a job upon graduation, following four rounds of arduous interviews. But last month, the company told the students their contract offers were cancelled due to COVID-19 headwinds and the bad state of the economy in…


How Many Remote Workers Only Pretend to Work?

Elon Musk keeps making headlines for saying true things that no one else seems willing to say. Last week, he wrote a memo to all Tesla employees ordering them all back to the office, 40 hour per week, period. And it must be the real office, not some WeWork-like outpost of office expats sipping lattes…


How to Have a Great Interview

An interview is essentially a talent show in which you get to display why you would be the perfect choice for the job. Be Enthusiastic Most interviewers are looking for someone they would want to work with, so make it clear that would be you with a positive attitude and genuine smiles. Let the interviewer…


Best Practices to Make a Successful Career Change in a Tech-Driven World

Anchoring yourself to a secure job that you can depend on for the rest of your professional life used to be a popular option. While times have changed — that doesn’t mean that people are too keen on making any radical career changes nowadays. During the COVID-19 crisis, people will do whatever it takes to…