Book Review: The New College Reality
Countless newspapers and blogs have featured the struggles faced by college graduates to find good jobs. Despite the media attention given to the diminishing opportunities for new graduates, many colleges still offer promises of career success and higher earnings. The New College Reality: Make College Work for Your Career, by Bonnie Kerrigan Snyder, provides the [...]
Summer Reading for College Students
There are several ways to make your summer more productive, including taking classes and working at an internship. Another way to make the most of your summer as a college student is to read books that teach you how to land an internship, identify your best career, and get a great job after graduation. If [...]
New Book Helps Job-Seekers Crack the New Market
There’s no question that the world of work is changing. Secure jobs with great benefits are on the decline, while white-collar workers scramble for the good positions that remain. Cracking the New Job Market, by William Holland, offers seven rules for navigating today’s unstable market. The book offers practical advice, particularly in the area of [...]
Book Giveaway Winner Announced and Poll
The winner of the Work Makes Me Nervous book giveaway contest is KC! Some of the responses to the contest question, “What Makes You Nervous at Work?”: impending layoffs, public speaking, tight deadlines, and office politics. Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2010
Tips for Saving on Textbooks
A recent CNN Money article has confirmed that textbooks are huge rip-off, with prices nearly tripling from 1986 to 2004. Not only are textbooks overpriced, but publishers will rearrange a few chapters and call it a new edition. I have a few tips to help you save on textbooks. Use an older edition Even if [...]
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