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• New Online Advocacy Org Provides Relief for Strapped Young Professionals

  I’m pleased to share with you the formation of a new online advocacy organization called Qvisory that is dedicated to helping young adults with their money, work, and health concerns . Qvisory was the brainchild of Andy Stern at the Service Employees’ Read More... Posted Monday, August 04, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Compensation, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Handy Resources, Personal Development

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Hot Fields' Lower Salaries Leave Candidates Cold

  We've talked periodically about the impact that the economy's downturn is having on the job market. Last week, in the new Outside Voices blog that recruitment guru Joel Cheesman is writing for U.S. News and World Report, the topic is compensation in traditionally Read More... Posted Monday, May 26, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Compensation, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, HR Issues, Job Hunting

• Insights on the Millennials in Asia

  The Millennial generation, born 1977-93, is the largest in American history, and is already causing profound changes in the way organizations are managed. In the US, Millennials are known for being ambitious, empowered, efficient, and yes, maybe a little Read More... Posted Monday, March 10, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, HR Issues

• Did Your Interview Questions Break the Law?

  My friend Chris Russell over at Secrets of the Job Hunt reported on a recent study by global HR consulting firm Development Dimensions International and Monster that examined the most inappropriate questions job seekers have been asked during an interview. Read More... Posted Friday, February 08, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, HR Issues, Job Hunting, Management, People Skills, Troubleshooting

• The Unbreakable Corporate Ceiling

  The Washington Post reports that most diversity training efforts at American companies are ineffective and even counterproductive in increasing the number of women and minorities in managerial positions. A comprehensive review of 31 years of data from Read More... Posted Monday, January 28, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Employment Trends, HR Issues, Management, News and Politics

• 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

• Intriguing Career Trends for 2008

  Everyone has been buzzing about the different careers featured in U.S. News and World Report’s Best Careers of 2008 piece. Since I’m going to be doing my fair share of talking about cool jobs come the spring , I thought I would highlight some of the more Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 02, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Career Change, Current Affairs, Discovering Your Passion, Employment Trends, Handy Resources, Job Hunting, News and Politics

• Job Help for Young Iraq Veterans

  Thanks to my fellow career blogger, Anita Bruzzese , for calling my attention to the important issue of the unemployment and underemployment of recently-discharged Iraq war veterans. When a person joins the military, says the website HireAHero.com , there Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 10, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Handy Resources, Job Hunting, Networking

• Ingenuity Pays Off When Recruiting Millennials

  Thanks to Steven Rothberg at CollegeRecruiter.com for sharing news of the innovative, first-ever Deloitte & Touche Film Festival. The festival invited employees in the accounting and consulting firm’s US operations to make short videos that answered Read More... Posted Monday, October 01, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Technology, Work

• I/O Psychology and Job Satisfaction

  As you’ve heard me mention from time to time, my husband is a clinical psychologist. He’s currently studying for the Illinois licensing exam, and in this study materials I found a great section on industrial/organizational psychology (I/O). What is this, Read More... Posted Friday, September 14, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, HR Issues, Ownership & Initiative, Work

• What Millennials Want Out of Work

  This week, I’m on a speaking tour at several corporations in the U.S. and abroad, training twenty-somethings and their managers on what recent college grads need to do in order to succeed in today’s business climate. As a result of meeting hundreds of Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Attitude & Motivation, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Work, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Brand Yourself Now, Before Your Competition Arrives!

  The CollegeRecruiter blog reports on an article published by the New York Times , informing us that getting into college is now more difficult than ever before. Harvard turned down 1,100 student applicants with perfect 800 scores on the SAT math exam; Read More... Posted Monday, April 09, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Personal Development