Looking for the perfect candidate to fill an empty position within your company is no easy task. But if you don't take the time to find the right hire, it can cost your company thousands of dollars. The infographic below from Kira Talent outlines how much a single bad hire can cost you.

Branding and brand reputation is a huge part of any business, but it's even more important when your name is the brand. Take tattoo artist Ed Hardy, who in 2003 agreed to license a few of his designs to a t-shirt manufacturer. He had never thought of going into the fashion business, but the opportunity arose, so he thought, why not try it?

It is disappointing to be looked over when your company is looking to fill a management position. It is even worse when a co-worker with less experience than you gets promoted.

The job hunt often involves hundreds of job applications, dozens of interviews and not very many call backs. If you don't end up getting the job, something no doubt took place during the job interview that left interviewers unimpressed; however, they will never actually tell you that you were unprepared. Here are five common job interview mistakes that will help you have a successful interview the next time around, courtesy of Mashable.

"But everyone's doing it, Mom!" Not only is social media contributing to the annihilation of your child's grammar and spelling, but it may also be destroying his or her chances at a promising career down the road. The combination of social media and impressionable youth is like Pandora's box, releasing the evils of the world for all to see, tweet, post, like, and comment on. What your son or daughter thinks is "cool" to share with friends on social media today, may come back to bite him or her in the career butt later, which is totally not cool, man.

Welcome back to the second installment of 9 to Strive, PayScale’s career advice column. This week Industrial/Organizational Psychology Practitioner Muneeb Bukhari is tackling your hard-hitting inquires about how to deal with career plateaus and how to transition from one career to another.

Everyone is familiar with the work of blockbuster director Steven Spielberg. But did you know that he got his start in the movie business by pretending to work at Universal Studios? According to a 1969 interview, Steven gained access to the famed lot by dressing in a suit and walking past the guards as if he belonged there. After a few days of this, he found an empty bungalow (an old dressing room that had been turned into an office), had the switchboard turn on his phone then started work on his first movie. He stayed there for two years before anyone realized he didn't actually work for the studio.

If you're languishing in your summer internship, it can feel like a long time before you make serious (or any) money. But a look at the careers of several famous women shows that many of the most successful people started way down at the bottom of the corporate ladder.

Put Johnny Depp's name on a movie and it's bound to make a buck at the box office. To date, his films have racked up $6,088,674,212 worldwide and that's just his starring roles. Even Dark Shadows, which was considered a box office bust brought in $236,527,149 worldwide.

Staying inspired while working day in and day out doesn't always come easily. For many, getting into a daily work routine can actually hinder the creative process. 24Slides put together the below infographic to provide 12 tips on how to stay inspired every day.

If you're a teenager with a job -- or a family member of an employed teen -- you should be aware of the protections offered by The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938. The FLSA mandates restrictions on child labor. Individual states have additional youth labor rules and regulations; any time the federal and state laws disagree, the law that provides the most protection for young workers applies.

What does it mean to be underemployed? Simply put, it means you have the education for a higher level job than the job you currently find yourself working. According to NPR, over 22 million Americans are underemployed. How did they get there?

One-fifth of the tech workforce around the world telecommutes, but many managers and HR professionals still find it difficult to engage employees and create an positive office environment in a virtual space. We recently had the opportunity to speak with Beth N. Carvin, the CEO of HR technology company Nobscot Corporation. She has worked with Fortune 500 companies to improve retention and in this interview, she provides employers tips on how to keep their remote workers around.

Ideally, you'd finish your education. You'd graduate without debt. You'd land the job of your dreams. But life has a way of throwing us for a loop. Maybe you didn't have time to complete those degree requirements. Maybe an exciting job opportunity popped up in the middle of your academic career. You know what? That's totally OK. A new study says there's no such thing as a wasted education, whether or not you got the sheepskin to prove it.

Regardless of the title that appears on our business cards, most of us are professional writers in some capacity. Don't believe us? Try sending your next work email with only animated gifs to guide your message. Bruce Kasanoff's recent LinkedIn article "Five Tips That Can Double Your Salary" got us thinking about the many ways in which we -- completely inadvertently -- make writing choices that tank our chances at promotions, raises, and the respect of our colleagues. We went through his tips one by one and came up with examples of what not to do, in terms of your business writing, if you want to be a success.

In this week's roundup of trending Twitter topics, we discuss: a tanning salon that generated nearly $200,000 in new revenue in less than a month, via a text-based marketing campaign; Myspace 2.0 launching a sleek new social music site; and Kanye West's newest album leak.

There are few things worse in a job interview than fumbling for an intelligent answer to a question. Miss Utah learned this lesson the hard way during the Q&A portion of the Miss USA pageant. (We're sorry, we mean Miss USA Scholarship Program.)

Summer Fridays can be an amazing bonus for hard-working employees -- or a waste of time and money for everyone involved. Here's what to consider before you ask your boss for a half day.

A recent Pew Center analysis found that 40 percent of households with children under the age of 18 have a female breadwinner, either as the sole salary earner or as the partner who earned more. Elaine Pofeldt of Forbes.com argues that this could create a boom in female entrepreneurship.

Many companies are shying away from hiring smokers. While this is basically discrimination, there is a good reason for it -- smokers are costing companies a lot of money.