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The Italian poet Eugenio Montale probably said it best: “Holidays have no pity.” The holidays are the ultimate test of a work-life balance, especially this year… …Companies are cutting the expense of holiday celebrations to cope with a tough …

Fans of Bruce Mount sang his praises to BzzAgent before he applied to become vice president of engineering of the Boston word-of-mouth marketer… …Unusual times demand unusual networking tactics. Most candidates find work through networking, surveys show. But in today’s dismal job market, many feel frustrated with standard …

Faster than a speeding bank run, more powerful than a loan officer, able to lease tall buildings in a single bound: finance executives practically need to be superheroes to make it to the CFO’s chair these days. So goes the conventional wisdom, at least. Those who aspire to the top finance …

Faster than a speeding bank run, more powerful than a loan officer, able to lease tall buildings in a single bound: finance executives practically need to be superheroes to make it to the CFO’s chair these days. So goes the conventional wisdom, at least. Those who aspire to the top finance …

The party’s over. Love it or hate it, your annual holiday office party could be seriously scaled back this year – or canceled altogether – because of the lousy economy. The number of companies planning holiday fetes is at a 20-year low, with just 81% scheduling one this year, a new survey …

Fight the urge to take the safe course, watch out for customers’ credit-worthiness, be open to new roles — and don’t take a vacation. When the shooting starts — literally or figuratively — the best advice is usually to keep your head down. But some executive recruiters counsel that now is not …

Not having a company holiday party this year? You’re not alone. Only 81 percent of businesses will have some type of holiday celebration this year, the lowest level in 20 years, according to an annual survey from New York-based executive search firm Battalia Winston Amrop… “Over the past 20 years the number of holiday parties

Fabulous holiday parties are so last year. With the economy in the dumps, nearly 20% of companies will forgo a bash this year, according to a national survey to be released by Battalia Winston Amrop Hever today. That’s the highest number of abstainers in the survey’s 20 year history. “People …

Whether you love or hate your company’s annual holiday office party, it may not even happen this year. As a financial crisis roils world markets and fears of a deep global recession grow, about one-fifth of U.S. businesses are saying ‘no’ to end-of-year festivities this holiday season, according …

Barclays Plc, the British bank that bought parts of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s American businesses, may cut as many as 5,000 jobs at the bankrupt company, Wall Street recruiters said… …”They’ve paid for the right to choose through the ranks who they really want,” a partner at executive …