Archive for 'Career' Category
What Engineering Degree Makes the Most Money?
9 September 2006We’ve looked at the highest paying college majors in the past, and whether you can really get a good job with any major. Today CNN has an article on the college degrees that are most likely to be marketable for the next ten years or so. Anne Fisher of CNNMoney suggests that the best degree [...]
Promoting Your Boss to Advance Your Career?
6 September 2006There’s an interesting article in Yahoo Finance by Jim Citrin on how you can advance your own career by trying to boost your boss. He’s not talking about going around constantly talking up how great your boss is, but more about trying to make sure that you don’t step on their toes and that you [...]
Is A College Degree Worth It?
5 September 2006The conventional answer is to say yes, always – that everyone should be pushed to get a college degree because of the extra value it gives you in terms of earnings potential. There are these statistics, that say that people with a college degree average a salary of $51,000 a year versus people who have [...]
What cities have the most college degrees per capita?
31 August 2006CNN has a list of the “smartest cities” compiled by the United States Census Bureau. They decided you were “smart” if you’ve got a college degree. Most educated cities is probably a more accurate term. Which ones make the list? Here’s the top ten:
1) Seattle, Washington, where 52.7% of people have a college degree.
2) San Francisco, [...]
Tips on Getting a Promotion in Your Job
27 August 2006Dumb Little Man has posted 20 tips that got him a promotion in his IT job, and they’re anything but dumb. I don’t know if it’s just a techie thing, but one of my friends used a very similar approach to become Director of Software Development at his company. They give him huge raises and [...]
Most Dangerous Jobs in the United States
21 August 2006What are the most dangerous jobs in the U.S.? The government, through the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, releases an annual report with the top ten most dangerous jobs in America, and CNN has the list:
1) Fishermen – A job that risks falling overboard, bad weather, and lots of heavy machinery.
2) Loggers – This is [...]
How do you answer the salary requirement question in a job interview?
21 August 2006That’s what members of the Free the Drones forum are discussing in this thread on the question of salary requirements in job interviews. Have any experience with this? Go add your thoughts – registering for the forum is easy and you can jump right in to the discussion!
List of Fun Summer Jobs for Teenagers
17 August 2006In keeping with the earlier list of top ten fun careers, I’ve made my own list of fun part time summer jobs that you can consider for a teenager. Every year around Christmas break and during the summer teens start looking for work. So plan ahead and try to land one of these fun jobs [...]
Top Ten Most Fun Careers
17 August 2006MSN Careers has a list of the top ten most fun careers you can have. Now, some of these aren’t practical – most people aren’t interested in being a rodeo clown, for example. But some of these might be up your alley, if you can find a way to get them. For example:
Proposition Player
It’s fun [...]
Classic Interview Question: What do you see yourself doing in 5 years?
15 August 2006It’s Just Money has a good post any job interviewee should read. It gives some guidelines in answering a common question that’s been kicking around since time immemorial: where do you see yourself in five years?
The idea is to figure out if you’re going to stay with the company and what your ambitions are. The post [...]