In college on your own, trying to figure out midterms, finals, spring break, dealing with roommates, meal plans, rushes, finding time to party, etc. Its a delicate balance. At some point (hopefully after 4 years unless you are on the 5 year plan) it will all come to an end and you will need to find a job. Four years sounds like a really long time, but trust me, it will all be over before you know it. The last thing you need when you graduate, as you try to assimilate back to your parents house, is to linger on the unemployed line. College grads are finding it more difficult than ever to find jobs in their chosen field, and many have to resort to jobs that were traditionally filed by those without a college degree.
Dazed and Confused – College Job Search
January 24th, 2012 by Archer ZimpelJob Hunting Tips For First-time Job Seekers
January 23rd, 2012 by Mike SilverstoneEntering the World of Job Search
Entering the world of employment, as you will have noticed, is quite different from education. Job hunting is extremely competitive and online recruitment sites can be quite daunting to begin with. Many people send a generic resume to as many positions advertised as they can and yes, it may well get them an interview, but the lack of strength and focus in the resume makes them an unlikely candidate.
Some simple job hunting tips can help to provide structure to your search using online recruitment, making you more attractive as a candidate to an employer.
Apple E-Textbook Initiative Off To A Good Start.
January 23rd, 2012 by Oliver Peaks
Showing that Apple is geared for success despite the recent death of Founder Steve Jobs, the company was said to have sold 350,000 textbook downloads within three days of the recent launch of its new version of iBooks.
This follows the announcement of Apple’s E-Textbook initiative, which was annouced last Thursday at New York City’s Guggenheim Museum, Mercury News reported.
What Do You Do with a B.A. in English?
January 18th, 2012 by Mike Silverstone
While a B.A. in English isn’t going to earn you a six-figure salary out of undergrad, it does open up a surprisingly large number of career paths.
In the hit Broadway musical Avenue Q, the lead character sings: “What do you do with a B.A. in English / What is my life going to be? / Four years of college and plenty of knowledge, / Have earned me this useless degree.”
If you’ve been paying much attention to financial news lately and you are—or are thinking about becoming—an English major, you may very well fear landing in this precise situation in four years! Howev
Beyond Heroic Entrepreneurs
January 18th, 2012 by Archer ZimpelIn recent years, business schools and investors alike have been paying more attention to social entrepreneurs, those who create ventures with the primary goal of achieving positive social change.
But most people encounter the field only through its most prominent casestypically visionaries who have built national or global organizations that have achieved social impact.
This focus on success stories has led to a skewed view of social entrepreneurship as nothing more or less than a field of huge, realized dreams.
“A big weakness of the existing qualitative studies is that they’re very biased toward heroic entrepreneurs.”
“A big weakness of the existing qualitative studies is that they’re very biased toward heroic entrepreneurs,” says Matthew Lee, a doctoral candidate at Harvard Business School whose research focuses on social enterprises.