How to Escape the Rat Race
November 20th, 2009How much money do you actually need to take this job and shove it? Go on, admit it: You’ve thought about it. Maybe you’ve imagined quitting your job and easing into early or semi-retirement — or starting your own business. It’s a perennial topic, but it’s especially timely now. Millions are either unemployed or working part-time. Millions more fear their job could be next.
10 Best Jobs for College Students
November 9th, 2009
1. On-campus IT support jobThis is hands down one of the best work-study jobs you’ll be able to find. Sue Dahlin, a career adviser at the University of Puget Sound, says technology-services work can involve solving technical problems for other students and teachers as well as installing and setting up computer systems on campus.
School Colors: Green and Greener
November 8th, 2009IN an unusual project that renders technology as art, a new park for students living at the York Hill campus of Quinnipiac University features an array of wind turbines intended to project serenity while producing energy.
Perhaps the first significant wind installation on an American college campus, Quinnipiac’s “wind garden” is free of propellers and their objectionable whoosh. Each of its 25 upright cylindrical turbines is encircled by a vertically aligned apparatus that spins slowly and in virtual silence.
Where the Jobs Are for Older Workers
November 7th, 2009Older workers’ unemployment rate is lower than the national average, but it often takes them longer to find a job. Kerry Kiley, a regional manager at staffing firm Adecco, talks about which industries are hiring.
5 Secrets to a Job Interview
November 3rd, 2009College Enrollment Set Record in 2008
November 2nd, 2009Almost 40 percent of the nation’s 18- to 24-year-olds in 2008 were enrolled in college, a record number, according to a Pew Research Center report released on Thursday. The rise was driven almost entirely by a surge in students attending community colleges.
