On The Job

Smart careers for intelligent people

Put your brainpower to use in one of these great-paying and challenging fields.

Average salaries of up to $90K 

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• Happy cities for workers
• Six satisfying jobs  
• Career comeback stories

The worst cities for finding work in 2011

Jobs that pay $50,000 or more are scarce in these metropolitan areas.  

Some on the list may surprise you 

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• Happiest cities to work in
• Careers with dim futures  
• Richest small towns

Entrepreneurs who quit the corporate world

David Kostman traded a high-powered financial job to open a chain of hummus restaurants.

Why he and 2 others left 

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• Top jobs outside the cube
• Great career comebacks  
• Best top-paying companies