Do you know what it’s like to set up a search agent, then get back hundreds of job listings you don’t really want? Employers do, too. They get thousands of e-resumes for any one job, and somebody has to screen them all. If your resume could just get through this screening process, your chances of [...]

Resume Red Flags The resume has sprouted a new pair of wings. Since the dawn of digital documents, companies are accessing resumes at record volumes and speeds. Because of this, the task of screening resumes is not getting any easier. Recruiters and hiring managers need to find the good ones, fast, while maintaining high standards [...]

Your vocation could be a vacation. Does the idea of slaving away indoors make you shudder? Don’t fret– there are many ways to work under the glare of midday sun. So, grab your straw hat and get thee outdoors! Landscape Architect According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 40 percent of all landscape architects are [...]

Peder Nelson loves both skiing and mountain biking. So when it came time for him to decide on his major at Western State College in Gunnison, Colo., he quickly chose recreation. “I thought I wanted to work at a ski area,” he says, explaining that he wasn’t exactly certain of what kind of work he [...]

Do you long for the glamour and excitement of the high-powered, jet-setting business traveler? Well, consider for a moment the peacefulness you feel in the airport departure lounge as you await your vacation flight to some interesting or exotic destination, anticipating the relaxation and the fun that lies ahead. Then think of the guilty pleasure [...]

When it comes to venture capital, women entrepreneurs still get the crumbs, but they are figuring out how to get a few more these days. Women entrepreneurs secured just 5% of the $48 billion of venture capital invested last year. Though that is up from a 2% share in previous years, studies show that women [...]

Transition From the Student World to the Real World Will Kiser, a 21-year-old senior at the University of Georgia in Athens, isn’t quite ready to graduate yet. An English major, he is now the variety editor for UGA’s student newspaper, the Red & Black. No stranger to the world of work, Kiser has put in [...]

Has a tight labor market relaxed the rules? It’s no secret that many companies require job candidates to pass a drug test as a condition of employment. But are grads who use recreational drugs really limiting their career prospects? The Biology of Deception We’ve all heard tales of beating the drug test itself. Some advised [...]

Lessons learned from an energetic, electronic era. Many thought of it as a time of milk and honey: pre-IPO stock options, casual dress codes at work, telecommuting, twenty-something CEOs armed with a “big idea” and no work experience, destined to become overnight millionaires. Was it all a dream? Whether you were a winner, loser, or [...]

Information technology drives the New Economy. It’s been a long time since the Information Technology (IT) department was a back-office function, working behind the scenes on necessary, if somewhat humdrum, tasks. Over the years, the role of IT moved to the forefront in many industries, taking an ever-greater role as technology advanced. And today, IT [...]