July 2008 - Posts

• Management Consulting and Finance: Still Desirable for College Grads?

  My friend and 30/20 Vision radio show co-host Lindsey Pollak and I had the opportunity to contribute to Marci Alboher’s New York Times career coach roundtable on management consulting and investment banking as careers for soon-to-be college grads. Here Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 30, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 4 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Current Affairs, Business, Personal Development, Work, School, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Hiring Managers Slow to Accept Online Degrees

  Well now, this is kind of scary… While employers and hiring managers are seeing more job applicants with online degrees these days, they’re not exactly clamoring to hire them. According to Vault.com’s 2008 Online Degrees Survey , while 49% of those who Read More... Posted Monday, July 28, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Continuing Education, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Job Hunting, School

• Would You Work With Your Spouse?

  I’ve encountered a lot of couples where one person has left his or her job to support the career of the other. Typically, one spouse is an accomplished entrepreneur, so the other pitches in to help grow the business – often in a subordinate role. I’m Read More... Posted Friday, July 25, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Entrepreneurship, Ownership & Initiative, Personal Development, Daily Life, Work, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Recruitment Spotlight: Don’t You Wish You Had a Summer Intern?

  Around this time of the summer, a lot of people start grumbling that they should have hired a summer intern. If you’re one of them, maybe it’s time to think ahead. The current generation of college students (aka Millennials ) are eager to learn and supremely Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, HR Issues

• Your Brave New Career as a Nurse Consultant

  I just received an e-mail from Pat Viro, a reader who has a job in an interesting new field known as “nurse consulting.” You’ve probably heard of the growing need for health professionals to care for a quickly expanding number of senior citizens. This Read More... Posted Monday, July 21, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Cool Careers, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Work

• Career Lessons from a Hollywood Producer

  There are a lot of books out there on how to achieve job satisfaction and get ahead in the business world, but few are from the viewpoint of someone with a front row seat in the always-elusive entertainment industry. That’s what I found interesting about Read More... Posted Friday, July 18, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: People Skills, Personal Development, Personal Marketing, Professionalism, Work

• 8 Ways to Save Money Today

  I’ve been getting a lot of e-mails from desperate folks who are short on cash and are hoping against hope that they can get a raise at work. But just in case they can’t, over at Brazen Careerist , Alex Fisher has some great ideas for saving money during Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Handy Resources

• 4 Day Work Week is a Reality in Utah

  According to USA Today , this summer Utah will become what experts say is the first state to institute a mandatory four-day work week for most state employees. Gov. Jon Huntsman, a first-term Republican, says he's making the change to reduce the state's Read More... Posted Monday, July 14, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Employment Trends, News and Politics, Work

• Living in Peace in the Present Moment

  Have you ever noticed that when you spend too much time dwelling on the past, you get depressed about how certain situations played out and what you could have done differently? And when you are always looking ahead to the future, you get anxious about Read More... Posted Friday, July 11, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Emotional Intelligence, Life Balance, Personal Development

• Surviving Your Company’s Merger

  In his bestsellers Brand Warfare and Career Warfare , author David D'Alessandro offered sharp advice for building a brand and building a career. His new book, Executive Warfare is the advanced class for the truly ambitious. The book covers what it takes Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 09, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Business, Management, Troubleshooting

• Should You – and Can You – Get a Temp Job?

  I’ll be honest. I always thought that going to a temp agency was a waste of time. This perception comes from the fact that when I was in college in the late 90s, I visited a few firms, filled out reams of paperwork, took a few computer tests, did several Read More... Posted Monday, July 07, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Career Change, Employment Trends, Handy Resources, Job Hunting, Work

• Inconsistency: Accept It and Move On

  I love the show Jon and Kate Plus 8 . For those of you who might not be familiar with it, it’s a reality program on TLC that follows thirtysomething Pennsylvania parents Jon and Kate as they raise seven year-old twins and four year-old sextuplets. I like Read More... Posted Friday, July 04, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Emotional Intelligence, People Skills, Work

• 4 Tips for Avoiding Fan Worship

  My friend Pam Slim over at Escape from Cubicle Nation has a great post on how to tread the fine line between expressing admiration for someone and fan worship. Straight from the ECN blog are 4 “fan traps” to avoid. I’ve been known to do some of these Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Mentoring, Networking, People Skills, Professionalism