CareerPlanning

Fresh out of school, we often face the choice between taking a better-paying job with no long range potentional or a low-paying one with advancement potential. For twenty-somethings, the former, the dead-end job, can become a golden handcuff that costs you hugely in the long run. I made just this...

Congratulations, matriculator! No more teachers, no more books, no more dodging that most unpleasant of tasks: finding a job. I hope you've put some thought into this during your scholastic career (unlike me, who never gave it a moment's attention) and taken courses that you'll need to get a job...

The recent news on the mass retirement of air traffic controllers was stunning on many levels. For one, the sheer numbers and their potential impact on safety and on-time travel. Of nearly 13,000 fully certified controllers on the job in September, 2002, only some 11,000 remain today. A Wall...

By putting up $5 million of her own cash, Hillary sent a clear "and if you didn't think I meant business..." message to her party's uncommitted. As a serial entrepreneur, I have to admit, I view Hillary differently now that her own skin's in the game. Since acting as her own VC, others' dollars...

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the land of opportunity is offering a much leaner version of opportunity for those entering the work force today. The Bureau's Occupational Outlook Handbook lists what jobs are hot, and what jobs are not. As you might expect in a nation with an enormous...

My PhD reads psychology, not economics, so I won't bet the house on the Bush stimulus package's chances of preventing or softening a recession. But I have counseled and coached many who were outright terminated, downsized out, or who feared a pink slip in their next pay envelope. The conversations...