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Starting a new job can be exciting and even a little nerve-wracking. But in a recent survey by The Muse of 2,500 millennial and Gen Z employees, a whopping 72% of respondents reported feeling surprise or remorse in a new position because the role or company wasn't what they expected. As Insider's Rebecca Knight reported, many new employees are experiencing new-hire's remorse as Zoom What is Zoom? A comprehensive guide to the wildly popular video-chatting service for computers and smartphones Zoom is a free videoconferencing app that's easy to download, set up, and start using right way. Here's a full...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. businesses eligible for a new employment tax credit hired 4.5 million new employees from February to May, the Treasury Department said on Monday -- but it declined to draw a cause-and-effect conclusion. "I would say that the jury is completely out on the number of jobs that will be added on net because of the HIRE Act," Treasury Assistant Secretary Alan Krueger said, referring to the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act passed in March. Under the act, businesses that hire people who have been out of work for at least two months do not have...

Recent growth in manufacturing and construction boosts economic outlook By Brad Foss ASSOCIATED PRESS Tuesday, December 2, 2003 A pair of upbeat reports Monday reinforced rising optimism about the nation's economic recovery: The manufacturing sector expanded in November for a fifth consecutive month and at its fastest rate in nearly two decades, and October's construction spending was the best on record. More important, surveyed manufacturers showed a general readiness to hire people after three years of cutting back on factory payrolls. "We're clearly coming out of the woods," Sung Won Sohn, chief economist at Wells Fargo in Minneapolis, said Monday....