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« Previous EntriesTimely: What’s the Value of a College Degree?
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012Thanks to Liz Weston (@LizWeston for linking to this on Twitter: What’s the value of college degree? In light of the post I put up yesterday, this is a timely article. I love this point (bold mine): Anthony Carnevale, the center’s director, explains why students need to pay attention to their earnings potential when picking [...]
Greg Smith: Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012Anyone seen this yet? Why I am Leaving Goldman Sachs. Mr. Smith’s problem with Goldman Sachs? To put the problem in the simplest terms, the interests of the client continue to be sidelined in the way the firm operates and thinks about making money. Tell me one commission-based company (or any company for that matter) [...]
BusinessWeek: Ten Things Only Bad Managers Say
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011Ten Things Only Bad Managers Say: If you don’t want this job, I’ll find someone who does. I don’t pay you to think. I won’t have you on eBay/ESPN/Facebook/etc. while you’re on the clock. I’ll take it under advisement. Who gave you permission to do that? Drop everything and DO THIS NOW! Don’t bring me [...]
WSJ: Generation Jobless
Monday, November 7th, 2011This morning’s WSJ contained the first article in a series this week on the unemloyment situation for young people. This morning’s article focused on young men between the ages of 25 and 34. The article profiled two young men. Neither of them had a college education (and one has a criminal record). I don’t envy [...]
WSJ Report: Why Companies Aren’t Getting the Employees They Need
Monday, October 24th, 2011From the main article in today’s WSJ “The Journal Report:” To get America’s job engine revving again, companies need to stop pinning so much of the blame on our nation’s education system. They need to drop the idea of finding perfect candidates and look for people who could do the job with a bit of [...]
Study Finds That Promotions Are Often Based on Favoritism (Is This News?)
Friday, October 7th, 2011I read on MSN this morning about a study that found that promotion decisions are often based on favoritism. I’m wondering why this is news. I mean, isn’t the whole point of pretty much every self-help management/career book and seminar to learn how to work in a way that helps you win friends in order [...]
From Career Builder: 12 High Paying Bachelor’s Degrees
Monday, October 3rd, 2011Found this on MSN (For descriptions of the career, visit the article). One thing I’m not sure about is why they go the “flavorist” route as a career for someone with a chemical engineering background. My wife’s company pays a lot more than that for starting chemical engineers. Anyway, the list is interesting and is [...]
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