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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

• Why It Pays to Be a Math Geek

  As a college student in the late 90s, I used to curse my lack of proficiency at math. Back then, the perception was that if you could master integral calculus or organic chemistry, you could be the one landing the big paycheck right out of college. Over Read More... Posted Monday, March 24, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Compensation, Employment Trends, Work, School

• 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

• 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

• 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

• The Age of Under-Empowerment

  A topic that’s been coming up a lot in my discussions with twenty and thirty-something employees is empowerment. Today’s younger workers want to come into a job and have the autonomy to take hold of projects and run with them self-sufficiently. However, Read More... Posted Monday, January 29, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Attitude & Motivation, Employment Trends, Business, Management, Office Politics, Ownership & Initiative, Work Attachment(s): http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/06/08/images/2005060800310901.jpg

• The Internship Is The New Entry-Level

  This week in the Chicago Tribune, Carolyn Bigda discusses the phenomena of the internship as a gateway to a full-time job. Now while this is not necessarily new, the cache of the internship has definitely increased in recent years. In fact, I was pretty Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 7:00 PM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Employment Trends, Job Hunting, Goals, Plans, Hopes, Work, School

• Job Market Promising for Class of 2006

  A new study by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) has found that employers expect their college hiring for 2005-06 to surpass that of 2004-05 by nearly 14 percent. Service sector employers expect to hire approximately 16 percent Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 09, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Employment Trends Attachment(s): http://www.nyackcollege.edu/images/2005/gradPics/grad01.jpg