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In a new post for LinkedIn, Sallie Krawcheck, the former “Most Powerful Woman on Wall Street” said “Wall Street was never as tough as attending an all-girls middle school in the south.” Does anyone else sense a movie in the works? It could be Mean Girls meets Tales from the Boom Boom Room. More
I am an avid reader of your column on The Gloss and The Grindstone for quite some time now, but never before had I been in direct need of your advice. Here it is: you have mentioned several times in your columns that you are a tutor in a lot of subjects. I have just started tutoring students myself. It’s maybe not really the same situation: I am employed by the teacher of a class that I have taken three years ago, to supervise the exercises part of the course. I have 24 students, engineering freshmen, at once, for one hour twice a week.
Time magazine named its Person of the Year this morning and the winner is … President Barack Obama. Well, OK. A little predictable, but that probably means it’s the right choice, because unfortunately most of the world’s top world-changers also happen to be famous already. Anyway! The more interesting People of the Year are to be found on the magazine’s short list of runners up, which includes Malala Yousafzai, a 15-year-old girl whose bravery really is changing the world. More
Times they are a changin’. According to new national data, women account for a third of the nation’s lawyers and doctors, a major shift from a generation ago when those professions were occupied almost exclusively by men. More
You know it’s bad when story lines from the now defunct Melrose Place reboot and 90210 start becoming real. According to a new study out of England, the number of students using their bodies to pay their fees has doubled in the past year. The study of undergraduates and postgraduates across the UK found that as many as 6% are turning to lap-dancing, pole-dancing, escorting and prostitution in order to fund their studies. More
Tonight is Thanksgiving Eve, which for many of us means heading to our hometown and stopping by the local bar and seeing everyone you went to high school with. More
Every child is asked at some point, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” Sometimes its far-fetched such as an astronaut, president or spy. Other times the jobs are realistic like doctor, teacher, writer. No matter what job you chose as a child, your gender may determine whether you pursued that career or not. A new LinkedIn study revealed that men are more likely to end up in their “dream career” than women. More
Remember when you were little and people asked you what you wanted to be when you grew up like all the time? But this was a really fun question at this point because when you said Princess/President of the United States or Space Cowboy people didn’t laugh. But all that changes around the age of 20. Suddenly this questions turns into ”What is your five year plan?” or “What do you plan to do with that useless philosophy degree?” or “Get off the couch and find a job” (which isn’t even a question.) More
There was a time when I was known for my pristine cursive penmanship, as my third grade teacher called it. I was mostly practicing my autograph for when I would become the next Oprah, duh. But, as computers replaced composition books, my dove-like, ball-point grace turned into chicken scratch. And, I know I’m not alone. More
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Chances are, you’re making $0.82 for every dollar your male cube-neighbor makes doing the same thing at the same level as you do. According to a new study of government data from 2008-2009 by the American Association of University Women , this wage gap between genders starts right after college with your first paycheck. More
It just gets worse for kids with summer birthdays. Not only do they not get to celebrate in school and bring in cupcakes, but now they probably won’t become Chief Executives of companies. It’s hard to be a kid! A new study finds the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business found that those born in June and July are least likely to rise to chief executive jobs, while those born in March or April may have a better shot at becoming a CEO someday.
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Did you know the average American makes seven career changes during their lifetime? And in this new infographic from Graduate Degree Program, we can see what the main reasons are. Overall in the US, there are 71% of worker who feel they are “not engaged” or “actively disengaged” from their work. But is the answer going back to school? Are you too old? Well, not according to this survey. There are 200,000 students between the ages of 50-64 that were enrolled in a graduate study program in 2009. There are also 8,200 students age 65 and over enrolled in a graduate study program in 2009. Check out this graphic to show you all the reasons people make career changes. More
Every fall, hordes of students grab their bookbags, their pens and pencils, and their (overpriced) textbooks and get ready to head back to school. Will you be one of them?
If you’re already in the job force but considering continuing your education, there are many things to think about in terms of the value and feasibility of going back to school. Here are four things to consider:
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According to a new study, people liked going to college over having a job in the real world. I mean, duh! Did we really need a study to show us that. If the film St.Elmo’s Fire taught us anything, it was that. According to a new British study, people ranked going to college or university above getting married, buying a house, getting a job or even the birth of a first child. More
