Nate Breindel is one busy student. In addition to completing his last semester at Washington University in St. Louis with a major in marketing and psychology, he also owns and operates his own business.
“It’s especially difficult when you have three stores. There’s a lot going on. But I wouldn’t trade the experience for anything,” says [...]

Like countless summer interns before her, Bonnie Ulmer stuffs envelopes, jots down messages and signs for packages. But you won’t find her hanging out at the mall after work — she’d rather be doting on her grandson.
Ms. Ulmer, 56, signed on to be an intern at consulting firm Triad Communication in Washington, working alongside a [...]

Jobs That Come With
A Little Something Extra
Perks just keep getting harder to find. However, there are jobs for which perks are a part of the compensation package.
In healthy, happy mid-20th century America, when the executive level was the career ideal to strive for, the key to the senior washroom stood as the symbol of success [...]

“This is the best job in America.”
“I love what I do.”
Ask people who work in community development about their careers and that’s what you’re likely to hear. It’s a field in which you can be entrepreneurial and ambitious, take risks and earn a living, yet feel fulfilled by knowing your work has a [...]

Scientists and Doctors
Are Tops, Say Americans
Want a job that will wow them at parties? Then study the sciences.
That’s the message from the Harris Poll’s annual survey of attitudes toward a cross section of occupations. Of 1,011 adults surveyed nationwide, 51% said scientist was a job with “very great prestige.” Doctors were right behind with 50%, [...]

On the career path, fast food is a stepping stone most people rush to hop off. Now the industry is working harder than ever to change that.
Tired of the scramble to fill openings and the high cost of training new employees, fast-food chains are offering benefits that were unheard of 10 years ago — including [...]

Advice to Grads:
‘Be Ready for Change’
Smart college students know their career futures won’t be stable. Most new graduates will work in several fields or jobs over their lifetimes and will be continually adapting to ever-faster technical developments.
But you can take steps to be ready for an uncertain work world. First, accept that your education doesn’t [...]

Across America, there’s a newfound respect for one of the earth’s oldest professions — sales. Once considered a career for business majors who didn’t fit elsewhere, sales is now viewed as the engine of economic growth, the grease that keeps the wheels of business turning — and a place for the truly talented. You can’t [...]

Three years ago, a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, noticed a recent M.B.A. graduate still hanging around campus. As it turned out, the former student was running a business from the office of a faculty member who was on vacation.
“So I was thinking: A guy like that [...]

Rating the Nation’s
Best and Worst Jobs
If you’re looking for the nation’s best job in terms of low stress, high compensation, lots of autonomy and tremendous demand for your skills, look no further than financial planner. Everyone from new retirees to aging Baby Boomers to young dot-com executives needs their expert guidance — today and in [...]