A lot can change in ten years. One career can explode in popularity while another hot job can go cold. continue reading...
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Business-oriented social networking site, LinkedIn, released a press release today announcing that it has launched a tool called Career Explorer with the American branch of PricewaterhouseCoopers (or PwC), a professional services firm that is one of the largest employers of U.S. college graduates. continue reading...
Every year prom is a little different from the ways that the girls do their hair and the color of the suits the guys wear. This year we’re seeing another change-guys are asking for prom dates on youtube!
These guys decided to ask out their dates to the tune of a Rappers Delight. You know your date is going to be fun if he’s willing to make a video to ask you out! continue reading...
So we’re in a recession, and people keep losing their jobs. However it’s likely these people weren’t in any of these career categories. Check out a list of recession-proof careers: continue reading...
Boston College will no longer be giving their students school e-mail addresses when they join the student body. The thinking is that everyone already has an established online identity by the time they’re in college, and therefore all they will be offering are forwarding services. Read more… continue reading...
Not that it’s a popular practice, but if you’re applying to college and you have a Facebook, MySpace, or some other kind of public profile, be careful - your school-to-be could check to make sure you’re the kind of person they want representing their school. For the most part, these schools don’t have time to be checking every student’s profile, but if they receive a tip about something questionable, they might check it out. Of course, you can easily prevent this by A) changing your settings to private, where only your friends can access your profile, or B) not putting anything stupid on there in the first place. But where’s the fun in that? Read more… continue reading...
As students return to school and people return to work after summer break they are already up in arms against a new security database in France that is designed to store personal information on people as young as 13. continue reading...
ARMONK, NY–(Marketwire - February 14, 2008) - IBM today announced it is teaming with University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) and North Carolina State University (NC State) in Raleigh to deliver new courses on programming languages that have become the foundation of the emerging web-based economy. These skills are critical for young people entering the global workforce today.
Businesses today are looking to the next generation of IT experts who understand the dynamics of the globally-integrated enterprise; who can work across geographically distributed teams; and easily utilize different open-standards technology assets to quickly develop enterprise mashups, plug-ins and other Web 2.0 resources. continue reading...
Oxford UK and Rotterdam NL (PRWEB) January 25, 2008 — A new survey of the ‘Digital Generation’ has been launched today by workplace experts Career Innovation in partnership with AIESEC, the world’s largest student-run organisation. The research will track people’s use of new technology, analyse their motivation and enable students to find out about careers that match their profile. It is based on young people’s increasing expectation that work should be fun as well as well-paid.
“This survey will help us to see the technologies our members are using, and will show us how we need to evolve as an organization to keep up with the digital generation,” says Emanuel Gavert, Global Networks Manager from AIESEC International. “The results will also give us insight in attracting more technical students into AIESEC.” continue reading...
