An article posted on Yahoo recently listed the country’s least-healthy jobs according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Among them were jobs in hospitals, restaurants and - are you ready for this - cubicles.
Cubicles? Short of a picture frame falling on your head, a stray tack poking your finger or you accidentally stapling something that shouldn’t be stapled, how many dangers can a cubicle job really hold, right?
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Prospective college students, beware: There’s yet another reason to make sure your Facebook profile is suitable for all. According to a Kaplan survey of college admissions officers, more than 80 percent of college admissions officers consider social media presence when recruiting students.
Although this doesn’t necessarily mean that Facebook and other online profiles will be considered in making admissions decisions, All Facebook reports that at least one Harvard admissions officer — who posted on a Quora thread in response to the question “do high school students’ Facebook profiles affect their college applications?” — said that a student’s online presence “absolutely” prejudices her.
And StudentAdvisor.com editor Dean Tsouvalas wrote in a blog post that “in at least one case an admissions counselor told us they rejected a potential student based on their social networking profile.” (more…)
Both subsidized and unsubsidized loans are guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Education either directly or through guaranty agencies. Nearly all students are eligible to receive federal loans (regardless of credit score or other financial issues). Both types offer a grace period of six months, which means that no payments are due until six months after graduation or after the borrower becomes a less-than-half-time student without graduating. Both types have a fairly modest annual limit. (more…)
How to Locate Grants, Loans and Scholarships to Fund Your Online Education
Resuming an education is a fantastic way for individuals to climb their respective career ladders. However, many are unable to pursue an online degree due to lack of financial funding.
Most individuals do not realize the amount of wealth out there in the form of academic grants, loans and scholarships. Below contains valuable information on how to successfully locate grants, loans and scholarships to fund an online education.
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The State of Unemployment
Infographic representing the state of unemployment as we enter the new year.
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World Unemployment [Infographic]
It doesn’t matter if you’re in Barcelona or Baghdad. If you’re young, there’s a very good chance you don’t have a job.
According to the United Nations’ International Labor Organization (ILO), more than 75 million people around the world between the ages of 15 and 24 are now without work — an increase of nearly 4 million since the global financial crisis began in 2007. More than 6 million of them have given up on finding a job.
The difficulties that young people are facing reflect the weak state of labor markets. But Matthieu Cognac, a youth employment specialist with the ILO in Bangkok, tells RFE/RL that young people in particular are being left behind, since they’re three times more likely to be unemployed than their elders.
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Neo-Cons to Hippies: A Little College For Everyone
A few posts back we wrote about behavioral interviews and questions. Some times interviewers do not ask behavioral questions on purpose. They might not be familiar with the technique, which is quite common when not dealing with a human resources specialist but rather a manager of some sorts.
That does not however mean that you should not try and gain an advantage over your less informed competitors by answering the questions as if they were part of a behavioral interview. The effect is still the same: by acing a few well thought-out behavioral answers, you are going to impress the interviewer enough to at least get them remember you for your analytical train of thought.
Employers are looking for more than just the words that you use in answering their questions; rather they are looking for both the content of your answer and the subtext in your responses.
Using these ‘behavioral based’ responses will help to control the perception of your responses. (more…)
Are Online Classes Easier to Cheat?
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A Timeline: 374 Years of Higher Education
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