Making good employment decisions is critical to your happiness and prosperity. It is useful to know something about your local economy, your home state, and maybe even a few things about employment data in the United States an internationally. There are many reasons you might want to sharpen your skills and knowledge about your own career choice and its place within the economy that affects you currently and in the future.

Breadwinners for households typically spend at least eight hours per day (a third of their lives) working. In the age of technology and communication access that makes many employees available around the clock, there are so many factors to consider with regard to employment.

Prosperopedia.com takes on topics that affect employment. Our contributors are experienced in employment topics that affect you, whether it’s determining what education and other qualifications you might need for a particular job or a new career, how to develop the most essential skills and traits for being a successful employ generally, understanding your value to a company so you can negotiate a competitive salary, whether you should take the leap and start your own business, or where to go for help with any of those topics.

We hope you enjoy what we’ve written and hand-picked here to help you with the employment part of your life.