Over the past five years, American politics has become obsessed with robots. President Obama has warned that ATMs and airport check-in kiosks are contributing to high unemployment. Sen. Marco Rubio said that the central challenge of our times is "to ensure that the rise of the machines is not the fall of the worker." A cover story in the Atlantic asked us to ponder the problems of a world without work.

Every employer wants employees who contribute to the overall success of the company. Here's how the best bring long-term ROI.

Although I don't think you can boil your career down to an infographic, it is an interesting read.

Many Americans celebrate Labor Day by getting together for a cookout, taking a final road trip before the kids go back to school, or going to the beach. According to data from the U.S. Census, more Americans — 4,562,160 — work in retail sales than in any other occupation.

'The Purrtraitist' follows the country's foremost felines at competitive cat shows across the U.S.

Ferry flying is a lucrative but high-risk industry. Elite pilots deliver small planes across oceans and continents - distances these aircraft were not designed to fly.

Several months ago, I was talking to a college senior about her career plans. She wanted a job with flexible hours, and I asked why. The young woman said she wanted the freedom to take a short nap right after lunch when her energy flagged the most and the ability to work late at night when her brain was sharpest. If I had made a comment like this when looking for my first job 16 years ago, I would have been laughed out of the room. But coming from a college student today, the request doesn’t...

Are we about to see a brain drain from fossil fuel industries?

Of the 10 largest occupations in the United States, only one — registered nurse — makes more than the national average when it comes to all U.S. jobs. Nurses make $69,790 annually while the average U.S. worker makes $47,230, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

How do we recycle the people whose careers technology displaces?

The tale of risk and reward—one we hear constantly from the mouths of wealthy entrepreneurs, big-name movie stars, and successful artists—is a lie.

Collecting cars is usually an expensive hobby, but in Nirenstein’s case, it pays for itself. On 20 March of this year, Vehicle Virgins neared a milestone when it generated $996.25 in a single day.

GAO looked at 2013 ratings for almost 1.2 million staffers, not including Senior Executive Service (SES) members. The study found that only 0.3 percent were rated as minimally successful and 0.1 percent as unacceptable.

It’s been a remarkable rise so far, but for coding bootcamps to become mainstream they must prove that the outcomes they advertise are real. In 2012 coding bootcamps began offering courses in software development and promising graduates new careers in technology. The schools, now backed by hundreds of millions in VC funding, will educate about 30,000 students in 2016, and rake in just shy of half a billion in tuition fees.

People who accept a management job they don’t really want are twice as likely to end up quitting. Dear Annie: I really identified with Fortune’s recent article about turning down a promotion, because I’m facing a dilemma. I like what I’m doing now, as the logistics person on a brand-management team, and I know I’m really good at it. But our company has an unwritten rule where everyone moves “up or out,” and lately my boss has been making noises about promoting me to management.

The United States is producing more research scientists than academia can handle.

That’s dishonest and unethical, but it happens every day!

Notes on—and against—ambition. By Elisa Albert.

The world economy moved from hiring freeze to hiring spree. There's not enough IT talent to go around. Here's what to do to keep from losing staff to poachers who carry a pot full of deal-sweeteners.

It's possible to have a career in data center or infrastructure. You just have to do something else besides.