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City Life

Eight Companies That Are Actually Hiring in the Philadelphia Region

Even as non-essential businesses have shuttered across the region, laying off thousands of employees, businesses that have been deemed essential are ramping up hiring to […]

City Life

Philly Created More Jobs in 2018 Than in Any Year Since 1969

The Center City District released its annual State of the City report on Tuesday morning. As always, it’s a useful compendium of statistics that tell […]

City Life

GALAEI Downsizes Trans Equity Project Amid Funding Shortfall

On Monday, two transgender full-time employees of the queer Latinx social justice nonprofit GALAEI were informed that they would be demoted to part-time positions and […]

Business

People Really, Really Want to Work at Comcast, LinkedIn Finds

Who’s dying to work at Comcast? Apparently lots of people are. The company is one of the country’s most sought-after employers, according to LinkedIn’s 2018 Top […]

Business

In Search of Hot Jobs? Consider Moving to Philly

Looking to hitch your career to a fast-growing field? You’re in the right place: Philadelphia was rated among the top 25 cities to live for four […]

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Business

Philadelphia a Top 5 Big City for Most Improved Economy

A new study based on federal employment data, lists Philadelphia fourth in a ranking of large metropolitan areas with the most improved economy by job […]

Business

Lawsuit: Center City Sheraton Fired Woman Who Reported Sexual Harassment By Guest

A former employee at the Four Points by Sheraton at 12th and Race Streets has sued the hotel and parent company Starwood Hotels & Resorts claiming […]

Business

2016: The Year of Big Pay Raises

As the economic recovery continues, employers have a choice: Make talented workers feel appreciated or risk losing them to a competitor. What better way to show the […]

Business

Why Franchise Owners Just Got Very Nervous

In case you’re just back from vacation and have not kept a close eye on the business press, you may have missed the recent Browning-Ferris […]

Business

The Trendy Employee Perk: Shipping Breast Milk

Imagine this scenario: You’re a working mom who’s just recently returned from maternity leave. You’re still nursing and trying to find a secluded place in […]

Business

Rich Teens Land Twice as Many Jobs as Poor Kids

Affluent teens are twice as likely to find summer jobs than their underprivileged peers. A recent Drexel University study found that 40.8 percent of teens in households with more than […]

Citified

10 Charts That Show Philly’s Outlook Is More Precarious Than Philadelphians Think

Philadelphians have a giant crush on Philly, according to poll results released last week by the Pew Charitable Trusts. Forty-eight percent of residents surveyed believe the city […]

Citified

Philadelphia Economic Growth Among Worst Worldwide

The Philadelphia metro area was ranked 250th for economic growth from 2013 to 2014 in a survey by the Brookings Institution of the world’s 300 biggest metropolitan economies. Ouch. […]

City

Complaint: Olive Garden Fired Philly Waitress Because She’s Pregnant

A Philadelphia woman says she was fired from the Olive Garden on City Ave. in Bala because she was pregnant. Workplace advocates have filed a […]

City Life

The Truth About LGBT Union Rights

In the Life explores the relationship between unions and the LGBT community, and goes inside a center for reparative therapy.