More on Alternative Plans

Dave’s ESL Cafe (http://www.daveseslcafe.com) is a website that addresses the job option of teaching English in a foreign country.  As an alternative to working in the states in this awful economy, it may be worth it to look into traveling abroad or even teaching English in another country.  The website provides an online center for [...]

Alternative Options for Post Graduation

Considering that so many students on the verge of their college graduations are having difficulty securing full-time jobs, it may be beneficial to look into alternative options.  Here are a few:   1)  Continue in Academia.  This includes graduate or professional study, or considering law or medical school.  These options require entrance examinations and applications, [...]

A Grim Look to the Near Future

So I’ve been having informational interviews with professionals in various industries in hopes of getting connected to position openings, and not one of the many individuals I’ve spoken to has made positive predictions about the future of the job market.  Everyday now, thousands are losing their jobs, and it doesn’t sound like it is going [...]

Continuing on Women In Business…

My last post on the best places for women to work led me to find another article in which Fortune published the “50 Most Powerful Women in Business” and included those women who were the youngest, highest-paid, and, recognized on a global scale.   According to Fortune’s rankings, the women at the top of the list [...]

Closing the Gender Gap

This video from Forbes.com contains some very interesting startistics on the global diminishing gender gap.  Women are inching closer to men in areas like economic contribution, educational achievement, political influence, and general health and survival.  The 2008 reports from the World Economic Forum show that Nordic countries are the leading global economies where women are gaining [...]

Facebook: Can social networking hurt your chances of landing a job?

I am taking a class this semester on brand management, and we read a case about a brewing company that used Facebook to try to raise the brand’s awareness among young college students.  The company’s campaign included a contest for several university campuses where students were to post and/or send in photos of them enjoying [...]

Current Job Losses: A Look at the Job Market

On Friday CNN announced that 598,000 more jobs were lost in January and that the unemployment rate had reached 7.6%.  In a time where “young people” should be hopeful and enthusiastic about starting our careers, these numbers are beyond frightening.  How are we supposed to feel when the last four or more years we’ve devoted to [...]

Keeping Afloat in the Networking Sea

One of the most essential tools that can be used to land a position in today’s harsh economy is networking.  Very few businesses and companies are making it to college campuses this year to recruit students for full-time positions.  This doesn’t mean that there aren’t any jobs available to hopeful young professionals.  It just means [...]

Hello world!

Hello, and welcome to my very first blog!  This blog will provide answers to questions for the 20-something-year-olds out there who are currently jobless, but are hoping to start off their career during a time when thousands of professionals are being laid off everyday. Those of us who are graduating from higher level institutions and [...]