The May 1, 2006 issue of Newsweek features a facinating article about a very popular aspect of the new American workforce. The Long and Grinding Road, pg. 53, focuses on people who commute long distances to work. Is living in suburbia worth a 2 hour drive to work every morning? Many Americans say “yes”.

If you need a little motivation and inspiration in the your job search check out Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine in the Miller Library’s Current Reading Room. The May 2006 issue features an article that gives some informative details of 12 ingenuitive people who became millionaires.

Parade Magazine’s yearly look at salaries is now available online. You can test your wage knowledge with the Salary Showdown, or read an overview of the state of salaries and the working life today in the article “How Did You Do?”.