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Career breaks and 4 tips for explaining resume gaps: workplace experts

Believe it or not, career breaks are now more common than ever.  In a survey of 6,000 workers in Southeast…

Career breaks are common. So why are we still hiding them on resumes?

Bobbie Bain had been working at American Airlines for less than a year when she received devastating news. Her son…

Barcelona, Toronto, Beijing named best ‘workcation’ cities in new study

Working while traveling has exploded with the popularity of remote and hybrid work. If you want to take a “workcation,”…

Employees in Asia are spending the most time looking busy at work

Workers in Asia are spending the most time on “performative work” — in other words, focusing on appearing busy more…

India job seekers value flexibility over pay, Indeed survey shows

Workers in India are far from ready to return to the pre-pandemic days of working in an office, five days…

'Accent reduction' is racist to some but empowering to others. Here's a look at the controversy

To counteract bias, some workers are taking classes to learn how to speak with American or British accents. CNBC takes…

Singapore’s workers want to stay remote, but employers are backtracking on flexibility

When the IT company she was working for asked employees to return to the office “at least three times” a…

More Indian tech workers are moonlighting despite bosses’ disapproval

For five days a week, Abhishek works as a software developer for an IT company in Bangalore, India. After clocking…

NYC overtakes Hong Kong as most expensive city in world for expats: ECA

Hong Kong has ended its four-year reign as the most expensive city globally for expatriates — surpassed by New York…

Why youths in China are abandoning white-collar jobs for ‘light labor’

When Eunice Wang got a job as a strategy consultant at a pharmaceutical company in Beijing, it was a dream…