Career

Even as we try to improve our  starting at a young age, retirement saving is often the last thing on young adults’ minds. A [getty src="826637576" width="509" height="339" tld="com"]Take advantage of company matching.Some companies offer “matching contributions”...

“Save this for a rainy day.” It’s a phrase we’ve all heard from relatives as they hand over a red envelope or a birthday card with a shiny check. We smile, nod our heads in blind agreement, and quickly spend what we were supposed to save.For most teenagers,...

In this day and age of job-hopping and career searching, it’s beneficial to include universal skills on your resume. Talents that transcend fields and apply to multiple jobs open up more doors for you as an employee, and studies suggest managers are more likely to...

If you’ve ever ruined a pair of underwear from your period, you’re not alone. “That same thing kept happening to me over and over again,” Miki Agrawal says. “How is it possible that in this day and age and innovation that there’s no innovation in hygiene products?” So...

Did you know some of the first programmers were incredible women like Admiral Grace Hopper, who programmed some of the first computers during World War II, and Margaret Hamilton, who programmed onboard flight software for the Apollo 11 mission? Yet, even with...

When it comes to conversations about workplace diversity, the tech  industry remains in the hot seat. While industry leaders have been working hard to bring women into the field, it’s still a difficult climb—one that designer Ash Huang knows well.Huang, now an...

Despite her impressive résumé as a foreign correspondent, Amna Nawaz, managing editor of NBC News’ Asian America vertical, never thought she would be a journalist. Her plan had always been to attend law school. But when she received a fellowship with ABC News after...

For the longest time, I thought I was going to be a dancer.I was at the dance studio five days a week, and on the weekends I was there from morning to night. The floors would start out clean and shiny; by the time the sky grew dark outside, the floors would be scuffed...