Browse by Tags

• Attitude & Motivation
• Best Practices
• Business
• Career Change
• Communication
• Compensation
• Continuing Education
• Cool Careers
• Current Affairs
• Daily Life
• Discovering Your Passion
• Emotional Intelligence
• Employment Trends
• Entrepreneurship
• Goals
• Goals, Plans, Hopes
• Handy Resources
• Hopes
• HR Issues
• Job Hunting
• Life Balance
• Management
• Mentoring
• Networking
• News and Politics
• Office Politics
• Ownership & Initiative
• People Skills
• Personal Development
• Personal Marketing
• Plans
• Productivity
• Professionalism
• School
• Troubleshooting
• Work

• Economic Downturn Humbles - But Does Not Negate Needs of - Gen Y

  I’d suspected as much, and then I read it in the Economist . Sometime between the beginning of the economic downturn and now, Gen Y has become unentitled. Says the article that confirmed my thoughts: Jessica Buchsbaum first noticed that something had Read More... Posted Monday, January 26, 2009 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Attitude & Motivation, Current Affairs, Emotional Intelligence, Employment Trends, News and Politics, Work

• A Global Perspective on Millennials at Work

  In a soon to be published podcast with the fabulous Peter Clayton at Total Picture Radio , I discuss this new survey from Price Waterhouse Coopers that aims to provide a brief insight into the minds of the Millennial. While I’m not sure I agree 100 percent Read More... Posted Friday, January 16, 2009 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Current Affairs, HR Issues, Management, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Work and Play on the Other Side of the World

  I just received a press release about this incredibly cool overseas work opportunity, which my friend Lindsey Pollak also featured on her blog this week. Tourism New South Wales is sponsoring a contest to win a free working vacation in one of the greatest Read More... Posted Monday, January 12, 2009 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Continuing Education, Cool Careers, Discovering Your Passion, Personal Development

• Job Market Isn’t As Dire for Young Workers

  My friend Penelope Trunk has a great post on why young workers actually have a lot to be thankful for this holiday season. The data she shares is very compelling: Jobs for low-level candidates are increasing. This data comes from a report from Beyond.com Read More... Posted Monday, December 08, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Job Hunting, News and Politics

• Book Review: Campus Calm University

  I’m pleased to let everyone know that a useful book I’ve contributed to, Campus Calm University by Maria Pascucci, has just been published. The book is part of a nationwide effort by innovative new organization Campus Calm to empower high school and college Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Continuing Education, Emotional Intelligence, Personal Development, School

• The Older You Are, the Less Stress You Have?

  A friend who is in the Communications department at the American Psychological Association kindly provided me with the just-released results of their Stress in America survey, broken down by generations. As soon as I read it, I was itching to share the Read More... Posted Friday, October 31, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Attitude & Motivation, Employment Trends, Life Balance, Daily Life, Work

• Bridging the Gap Between Employers and Interns

  Everyone knows that today’s twenty-something employees are ambitious, motivated, and dedicated to changing the business world for the better. However, it is hard for young employees to understand the importance of marketing themselves, getting to know Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 01, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Best Practices, Employment Trends, Entrepreneurship

• Free eBook: Gradspot Guide to Life After College

  I recently had the chance to chat with Chris and Stuart, two enterprising twenty-somethings who founded Gradspot , which they hope will become the premiere online destination for life after college. They are super-impressive young professionals, having Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Handy Resources, Personal Development, Work, School

• 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

• Recruitment Spotlight: Don’t You Wish You Had a Summer Intern?

  Around this time of the summer, a lot of people start grumbling that they should have hired a summer intern. If you’re one of them, maybe it’s time to think ahead. The current generation of college students (aka Millennials ) are eager to learn and supremely Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, HR Issues

• Surviving the Interview – On No Experience

  In his book How to Win Friends and Influence People , author and motivational guru Dale Carnegie says that the person who can speak acceptably is usually considered to possess greater ability than he actually has. In my experience, this is true. If you Read More... Posted Friday, May 30, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Best Practices, Communication, Job Hunting, Personal Marketing

• Two Great New Books for New Grads and Not-So-New Grads

  Two new career-expert friends have terrific books out that are great companions to my latest effort, How’d You Score That Gig? Starting out, my fellow Ballantine author Pamela Skillings has written Escape from Corporate America , an extremely detailed Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 14, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Career Change, Handy Resources, Work, School, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• 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