Water Cooler Wisdom

Boost Your Earning Power with the Power of Language

Did you know that the most accurate predictor of earning power is literacy? Literacy does not just mean being able to read, but also refers to your command of written language. I recently read an article by Steve Kaufmann at LingQ , a company that provides Read More...

Posted Friday, June 20, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments

Filed under: Continuing Education, Handy Resources, Personal Development, Productivity, Professionalism

You Don’t Have to Leave Corporate America to Live Your Passion

A few months ago, I met Lia, a woman who has done what I think is a very sensible thing with her career – fulfilling her desire to make a difference in the world in the context of working for a large company – so I thought I’d share her story here. When Read More...

Posted Monday, May 12, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments

Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Continuing Education, Cool Careers, Discovering Your Passion, Life Balance, Work

Encourage Your Kid to Be a Doctor or a Lawyer? Not So Fast.

When I performed last year’s survey of the coolest jobs, I was a little surprised when no one voted for two of the most traditionally prestigious occupations – lawyer and doctor. And sure enough, this week the New York Times reported that the desirability Read More...

Posted Friday, January 11, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments

Filed under: Continuing Education, Cool Careers, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Work

How Necessary is a Top College?

In his post about undergraduate colleges in the U.S , Seth Godin discusses the marketing hype surrounding the admissions process. Given the fact that today’s parents and their school-aged kids obsess for decades about the decision of where to go to college Read More...

Posted Friday, November 09, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments

Filed under: Continuing Education, Current Affairs, Personal Development, School, Plans, Hopes, Goals

What Does the Election Mean to You?

By now, the news has sunk in that the Democrats have taken over Congress, and everyone’s talking about what will happen next in Iraq. But what, if anything, does it mean for your earning potential? In USA Today, Sue Kirchhoff and Kathy Chu speculate about Read More...

Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments

Filed under: Continuing Education, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Business, School

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The Brainy City Debate

CNN Money reports that the U.S. Census Bureau has released a list of the “brainiest cities in America” based on education rankings. If you equate education with intelligence, then the smartest city in the United States is Seattle - 52.7 percent of its Read More...

Posted Sunday, September 03, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments

Filed under: Continuing Education, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Job Hunting

Grad School is Not Always the Answer

Yesterday on Good Morning America, workplace correspondent Tory Johnson answered questions from new grads about to enter the workforce. One 2005 MBA grad from Chicago lamented her difficult job search, saying that she's between a rock and a hard place. Read More...

Posted Tuesday, April 25, 2006 3:00 PM by AlexandraLevit | 3 Comments

Filed under: Career Change, Continuing Education, Business, Job Hunting, Personal Development

The MBA Goes Renegade

Seth Godin has posted on a printable manifesto circulating around the Internet called The Personal MBA . Josh Kaufman is a twenty-something brand manager at consumer product powerhouse Proctor & Gamble. The premise of the document is that aspiring Read More...

Posted Monday, April 10, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments

Filed under: Continuing Education, Entrepreneurship, Business, Personal Development