It is officially June and the majority of domestic colleges and universities have concluded their terms, releasing even more unemployed Americans into the workforce. While NACE’s 2010 Student Survey shows 24.4% of 2010 graduates who applied for a job actually have one waiting for them after gradu...
Is a liberal arts education perceived as a positive or negative by a future employer? Being a near graduate at Skidmore College, a liberal arts institution in Saratoga Springs, NY, I would hope the former.
A liberal arts education entails a basic understanding of all subjects resulting in gen...
The commonalities between dating and the search for employment have been referenced time and time again. This past week I attended an Etiquette Dinner arranged by Skidmore College. The Board of Alumni attended as experts in the field of the Dos & Don’ts of networking. While I enjoyed the c...
Current college seniors, myself included, are being given the difficult task of securing post-graduate employment during the largest economic downturn since the Great Depression. Family, friends, professors, the media and online groups recommend the utilization of networking to aid in the dauntin...
Well, we have all had our month long binge of adhering to various New Year's Resolutions, but I am just gaining momentum with mine. Over the past year I have immersed myself in the new world defined by the term Social Media. I am constantly reading e-marketers' blogs, following influential peop...
