March 12, 2010
‘Don’t Let Your Judges Define You’
At age 81, Jules Feiffer—known for his edgy Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoons about sex, politics and neuroses—has written a memoir called Backing Into Forward (Doubleday $30). In the book, he recalls ups and downs in his long career, telling USA TODAY that it’s a “cautionary tale” about “getting rejected and slapped in the face by the powers-that-be.”
March 11, 2010
Bilingual and Need a Temp Job? Census Needs You
The U.S. Census Bureau is having a tough time in Texas finding Spanish-speaking Americans to help with its count. In Hartford, Conn., it needs folks who speak Russian, Korean and Urdu. In Boise, Idaho, where there is an influx of African refugees, the bureau needs people who speak Kirundi, The Wall Street Journal reports.
March 10, 2010
Teen Summer Job Market Still Tight -- But Worth Trying
The teen summer job market may slip below last summer's record low of 28.5% (45% in 2000) but experts say kids need to try, try, try again -- like their parents. Sue Shellenbarger reports that summer jobs can help kids get into college, that flipping burgers can be a learning experience and that selling services to neighbors still works.
March 9, 2010
A Well-Crafted Cover Letter Can Set You Apart
Given the stiff competition for jobs these days, career experts say writing an introductory note is worth it, especially for career-changers and those whose résumés show a red flag, such as an employment gap. Hiring managers say many job hunters don't submit cover letters, but those who do stand a fair chance at setting themselves apart.
Real Life 'Up In The Air' Hits Library
In Up In The Air, George Clooney stars as a corporate downsizer who personally informs employees that they're fired. But how would you feel if your firing was witnessed by a reporter profiling the company that does the whacking? That's what happened at the Brooklyn (N.Y.) Public Library, a scandal that apparently led to the ouster of the library's chief.
March 8, 2010
Poll: One in Four Think Women's Place at Home
Women head governments, run companies and comprise about half the world's workforce, but a global poll shows that one in four people, most of them young, believe a woman's place is in the home. The poll comes at a time when women comprise more than 50% or all workers in the USA and moms are primary breadwinners in 4 of 10 homes.
How Does Passion Impact Success?
By Colleen O’Brien
How does passion about what we do effect our job performance? In the case of six-time Canadian champion figure skater, Joannie Rochette, passion is golden even in times of great adversity. If you followed the Olympics, you’re familiar with Rochette’s story. She’s the figure skater whose supportive and loving mom, Therese Rochette, 55, had a massive heart attack and died after arriving in Vancouver just four days before she was to make her Olympic debut.
March 5, 2010
Flying For a Living Gets TV Spotlight
Has becoming a flight attendant ever crossed your radar? If so, then the CW network's Fly Girls, debuting March 24, may be for you. Promoted as "Life at 500 mph" or "The Hills on a plane," the show "focuses on a quintet of comely Virgin flight attendants, on and off the job," Kitty Bean Yancey writes in USA TODAY.
March 4, 2010
Life Experience Could Help Your Second Career
Many emerging jobs in health care, education, government and nonprofit organizations are likely to grow in coming years due to an aging population -- and are are a natural fit for older people looking for new career opportunities, The New York Times reports.
Women M.B.A.'s Still Lag in Pay and Promotions
Despite having similar educational backgrounds and experience, female M.B.A.-holders are still not getting the same pay, positions, or promotions as their male colleagues, according to a study by Catalyst, a New York City-based nonprofit focused on women in the workplace.
Tory Johnson
