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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

• 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

• Career Issues When You'll Live to 100

  Ben Casnocha brought back to life a very cool commencement speech given by David Mahoney at Rutgers University in 1996. Mahoney, then chairman of the Dana Foundation , a brain research organization, provided some compelling tips about why young people Read More... Posted Monday, April 14, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Career Change, Current Affairs, Life Balance, Ownership & Initiative, Personal Development, Work, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• The Tale of 52 Jobs in a Year

  Thanks to the folks over at Get That Job for pointing out the story of Sean Aiken , a twenty-something who is figuring out what he wants to do with his life by trying out a new job every week for a year. According to Sean, after finishing college with Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 12, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Cool Careers, Creativity & Innovation, Current Affairs, Discovering Your Passion, Personal Development, Work, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• 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

• 30/20 Vision Radio Show: Live this Tuesday

  Just a reminder that the first 30/20 Vision talk show will be live on BlogTalkRadio this coming Tuesday, October 16 th , at 1PM ET. This monthly series is for the 20-something woman who wishes she had a couple of big sisters to clue her in on the ins Read More... Posted Monday, October 15, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Current Affairs, Discovering Your Passion, Life Balance, Personal Development, Daily Life, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Al Gore and the American Dream

  So Al Gore was just awarded the Nobel Peace Prize , for being "probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted" to combat climate change, according to his citation. (The Read More... Posted Sunday, October 14, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Current Affairs, Discovering Your Passion, Personal Development, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• 30/20 Vision: New 20-Something Podcast Series!

  I am really excited to share the debut of the new 30/20 Podcast series - especially for the 20-something woman who wishes she had a couple of big sisters to clue her in on the ins and outs of life after college. The series will feature me and my fellow Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 26, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Attitude & Motivation, Current Affairs, Discovering Your Passion, Life Balance, Mentoring, Personal Development, Daily Life, Work, School, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Career Lessons from J.K. Rowling

  Now that " Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows " is upon us, Andrew over at Jobacle.com has a really neat post on career lessons we can learn from J.K. Rowling , the most successful author in history. Use Delays to Your Advantage. It was during a four-hour Read More... Posted Sunday, July 22, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Personal Development, Personal Marketing, News and Politics

• 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

• CollegeRecruiter.com Blogswap: Everyone Loves a Free Lunch

  Over the next few months, we’re going to be doing a blogswap with CollegeRecruiter.com . This means that while I will still continue to post several times a week, you will also be treated to the wise musings of guest career bloggers. We’re kicking things Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 21, 2006 7:30 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Business, Job Hunting, Personal Development, Work

• Job Copying Sibs?

  Deborah Netburn at the Los Angeles Times comments on the fast-growing number of star siblings making their way to the pearly gates of Hollywood. Jamie Lynn Spears, sister of Britney, stars on the Nickolodeon show Zoey 101. Jessica Simpson’s sister Ashlee Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 05, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Current Affairs, Mentoring, Personal Development Attachment(s): http://images.chron.com/photos/2006/08/14/3339749/311xInlineGallery.jpg

• Career Planning for Kids: Going Too Far?

  This week, Mary Ellen Slayter at the Washington Post reports on a new phenomenon – career planning for kids. She argues that books such as "What Color Is Your Parachute for Teens" don’t play a helpful role in a teen's development, but instead create unnecessary Read More... Posted Thursday, May 04, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Personal Development Attachment(s): http://econdev.nipsco.com/images/kid.gif