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Career Planning

Interview With a Teacher

Tweet By Justin Jobs On a scale of 1 to 10 I would rate my job satisfaction as a 6 — it is this low because I teach in a

Career Planning

Career Choice: Public Relations Specialist

Tweet Turn your gift for public speaking into a career. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts a 24 percent job growth for all public relations specialists by 2018, a

Personal Advice

The Cost of Dropping Out

Tweet By Parker Boyack The reality is, dropping out not only is bad for yourself, but for the country as well. The average lifetime effect of dropouts is — $5,191,

Personal Advice

Book Review: 10 Best College Majors for Your Personality

Tweet Your happiness can depend in part on what you do for a living. Some people are analytical, others are emotional, but even those characterizations are not always specific enough.

Campus News

Georgetown Study: Pay Scale of the College Majors

Tweet The Economic Value of College Majors,” reveals that the pay scales of college majors ranges from $29,000 for counseling majors to $120,000 for petroleum engineering majors. This first of

Academics Career Planning

Accounting Association Notes Strong Demand for Accounting Grads

Tweet Demand for Accountants One group of recent grads won’t have much trouble finding work this year. That’s because demand for accounting grads is strong according to a report issued

Campus News College Training

Colleges Fail to Teach Entrepreneurial Skills Poll Finds

Tweet That May 2011 released survey, which focused upon entrepreneurism and education, noted that traditional teaching methods don’t equip students to launch start-up operations later on. Formidable Global Competition Small

Campus News

Job Picture Begins to Brighten for 2011 Grads

Tweet NACE sees rise in job offers for 2011 grads. 2011 Student Survey The murky job picture college grads anticipated facing as they began looking for work this year appears

Career Planning

4 Job Finding Tips for New Grads

Tweet Like thousands of other graduates, you’ve finished school, but you don’t have a job. That’s understandable given that unemployment is about 9 percent and lots of people who are

Career Planning

Unique Ways to Find Internships

Tweet By JC Ryan Internships are not awarded to wallflowers. Waiting for an invitation or an opportunity may well cause stagnation and a poor impression in your field of endeavor.

Career Planning

Looking for Work? Make it McDonald’s!

Tweet If you’re preparing to graduate from college in the coming weeks and are looking for full-time work, your local McDonald’s restaurant may have a job for you. No, you

Career Planning

The Correlation Between a College Degree and Lifetime Earnings

Tweet By George Gallagher It has always been said that a person does not need a college degree in order to become very wealthy over time. This is still the