The Falling-Down Professions
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For lawyers and doctors, gold-embossed diplomas are no longer so golden.
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A slump seems inevitable, many experts now say. But they differ on its duration.
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All kinds of jobs that pay in the middle range  are vanishing, including computer-code crunchers, produce managers, call-center operators, travel agents and office clerks.
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There are worries about the economic consequences of a decline in students taking science subjects.
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Original leaders may be best qualified to rescue their struggling creations.
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The bigger they are, the harder they can fall.
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How to unload your property during a real estate downturn.
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In a new wave of global outsourcing, personal chores are moving offshore, and this is leading to some daunting challenges, both economic and cultural.
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A convergence of trends is making the industry look a little ragged.
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In a new wave of the global outsourcing of services, personal chores are moving offshore, and this is leading to some daunting challenges, both economic and cultural.
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Major disasters unearth con artists who prey on philanthropic goodwill.
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The greening of industry is creating a constellation of new careers, and they're not your everyday forestry professions.
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Some industries you've dismissed might hold some promise for you.
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BBC education correspondent Mike Baker examines new figures which show a dramatic decline in the number of adult learners.
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IT executives who left startups after the Internet bubble burst in 2001 had a tough time finding new positions. It wasn't just the anemic job market: The widespread perception among traditional companies was that candidates from dotcoms were undisciplined managers, profligate spenders and senseless risk-takers.
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Who knows if these stocks have hit bottom?
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The west is stripping the developing world of its talent. The pressures of ageing populations and the need to be at the frontier of technological change has meant skilled labour is in short supply, so raiding