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3 Tips for Landing a Job in Bad Times

According to Professional Career Coach Jay Block, there are 3 main steps for landing the job of your choosing both during good time and bad. Step #1: PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY It’s up to me to make it happen. There is no room for excuses or feeling bad for yourself.  Rather, channel that energy into your job […]

US City With Highest Salaries

Residents of metropolitan Washington DC enjoy the highest average household income in the country. That rate is currently a little north of 85,000 dollars. In addition, it is the only city in the top 52 largest metropolitan areas surveyed that had a consistent or modest increase in income for 2009.  The only other city that […]

Corporate employers prefer State University grads over Ivy Leaguers

A recent survey by the Wall Street Journal has pointed to a shift in the perception of the value of an Ivy League education versus other public and private universities.   Penn State was ranked first in preparing students for the workforce based on the responses from hiring specialists at almost 500 companies and institutions […]