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 would [...]

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 you [...]

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 are [...]

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 time [...]

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 drinking bitter [...]

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 bystander–you played [...]

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 is [...]

The International Worker Outlook
With layoffs hitting companies across the nation, people from abroad are having a tougher time obtaining standard employment in the United States. But in some markets, job seekers from abroad will have the advantage.
According to the Center for Immigration Studies, more than 1.2 million legal and illegal immigrants now land in the [...]

Kids pretend to be them; every other television show is about them. They are overworked and underappreciated; still, more people than ever are applying to become law enforcement officers.
Getting in isn’t easy. Besides requiring rigorous mental and physical training, law enforcement has one of the lowest turnover rates of any career. But law enforcement employment [...]

It’s all about knowledge management.
Imagine the typical research job and tell me what you see: A room full of gene-splicing grad students in white lab coats? A towering rack of glass beakers? A bank of computer screens beckoning with blinking cursors? Nowadays, such notions are changing. The fastest growing research area is knowledge management–finding information, [...]