Hot Career Sectors

A recent post focused on how you should follow your natural skills and interests to land your next job. But even though you shouldn’t choose your job based on money, it is interesting to see which industries are doing well (and paying well!) in this still-grim economy – especially relevant during this holiday season. Many [...]

Is College Worth It?

The Pew Research Center recently conducted two surveys to determine whether college is worth it. One was a telephone survey taken among a nationally representative sample of 2,142 adults ages 18 and older. The other was an online survey, done in association with the Chronicle of Higher Education, among the presidents of 1,055 two-year and [...]

How to Find Your Ideal Internship

If you are a job seeker, especially one who is close to completing school, you may want to test drive your potential career.  And one of the best ways to do that is to get an internship. Employers want their employees to have “real world” experience, and internships (paid or unpaid) are one of the [...]

Why College Students Should Start a Business

Anyone can become an entrepreneur at any time, but Kelly Cuene of the Student Branding Blog thinks that college students are in prime position to start a business.  It could be any type, but Kelly suggests that starting some type of business during college would yield really great results.  Being so young, can they handle [...]