This is exactly how many years of work you should reveal on your résumé

Few people feel the need to mention their first job on their résumé, but what about that early career job you had 15 years, or even 20 years, ago? As the U.S. gains 209,000 jobs in July, more than most analysts expected, experts have bad news for many older Generation X-ers and baby boomers who want to get back into the jobs market or climb up the corporate ladder: 15 years of surveys on workplace age discrimination show that over 60% of workers have either seen or experienced age discrimination, according to research by the AARP Public Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C., nongovernmental organization and interest group with members who are 50 years of age or over. “There’s nothing wrong with

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Japan is in striking distance of North Korea — but here's why the yen is rallying anyway

Despite Japan being a likely target of freshly erupting North Korean ire, traders still see the yen as a safe-haven play, and they're pushing the currency higher. The yen has surged, with the dollar fetching around 109 yen, having shed more than four big figures in the last month. If Washington wished to avoid military action , it should stop "recklessly" provoking Pyongyang, a separate statement from another military spokesperson said, according to the stat-run outlet.

Why Nordstrom is beating all of its department store competitors

Calls for the death of brick-and-mortar retail have increased as many major department stores continue to report gloomy sales performance. “Nordstrom appears to be years ahead of its peers in digital initiatives and development of its off-price concept,” according to Susquehanna’s Bill Dreher. The company’s 1.7% same-store sales growth in the second quarter bucked the trend of negative sales from peers like Macy’s (M), Kohl’s (KSS) and JC Penney (JCP).