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’ Union, and has been supported by the Rockefeller Foundation.  In conjunction ...

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 the current economic downturn.  Among my favorites: Replace your light ...

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 interesting observations that writer Marty Nemko makes about forthcoming career ...

Just a heads up that a new episode of the 30/20 Vision Radio Show will air live tomorrow at BlogTalkRadio at 3PM ET.  As I reminder, I host this monthly radio show with my fellow authors Christine Hassler (20-Something, 20-Everything) and Lindsey Pollak (Getting from College to Career), and our goal is to provide ''big sister'' advice to men ...

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 is a promise made.  This promise is either explicit or implied that, if you serve ...