College Grad Shares His Brand Yourself Experience

August 27th, 2011 by Mike Silverstone

Unemployment is real. Just ask Nick Colasurdo, recent graduate of Boston College that found himself searching for employment upon his wee hours in the real world.

He learned that nobody is going to make sure you have a job, and that the job search is an ongoing and active process.

During our interview below, Nick and I discussed what exactly caused him to begin using Brand Yourself, and how the service helped Nick take the necessary actions toward getting a job.

 

Why did you initially start using Brand Yourself?

After graduating and going on a European backpacking trip, I unfortunately found myself stuck in the ‘gainfully unemployed’ bracket, along with so many other recent grads. I kne

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The Importance of Accreditation Should Never be Underappreciated

August 27th, 2011 by Oliver Peaks

Despite what you may think, the United States Department of Education is not in direct control of higher education accreditation. While the Secretary of Education is by-law required to provide the public a list of accredited post-secondary schools, the actual determining of a college’s education quality is done by an array of private groups. Academic institutions contact “accreditation agencies” which, in turn, appraise the institution’s quality of education regarding particular fields. Schools with satisfactory academic qualities are deemed “accredited.” Employers, in theory, care an incredible amount about accreditation. It’s us Ge more info…

The Globalization of Corporate Environmental Disclosure: Accountability or Greenwashing?

August 27th, 2011 by Archer Zimpel

Despite the increase in corporate environmental disclosure, there remains substantial heterogeneity in the extent to which corporations reveal their environmental impacts. To better understand this heterogeneity, we identify key country- and organization-level determinants of corporate environmental disclosure. We focus on institutional factors related to firms’ global embeddedness to describe how external environmental pressures emanating from governments and civil society influence corporations environmental transparency. We also focus on the extent to which corporate environmental disclosure is symbolic and, in particular, what leads corporations to selectively disclose relatively benign environmental impacts to create an impression of transparency while masking their true environmental performance.

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Should You Take an Unpaid Internship?

August 27th, 2011 by Mike Silverstone

Re-posted from InternshipsOnly.com

Unpaid internships are the norm in many industries. Students fetch coffee and make copies hoping to gain a little valuable experience or make connections. But how do you decide which unpaid internships are worth the effort? A few tips to keep in mind when assessing an unpaid internship:

Company Reputation

More reputable companies often offer better internship opportunities, because they have more resources to devote to formal internship programs that provide quality training.

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Non-Audit Services and Financial Reporting Quality: Evidence from 1978-1980

August 26th, 2011 by Archer Zimpel

We provide evidence on the long standing concern on auditor conflicts of interest from providing non-audit services (NAS) to audit clients by using rarely explored NAS fee data from 1978-80. Using this earlier setting, we find cross-sectional evidence of improved earnings quality when auditors provide NAS, especially those related to information services. This is consistent with better audit quality from knowledge spillovers due to the joint offering of audit and consulting services. Events related to the repeal of these NAS disclosures in 1982 are associated with a small positive stock price reaction suggesting no adverse economic consequences of withdrawing NAS disclosures.

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