The da Vinci Cover Letter

Leonardo da Vinci was the ultimate Renaissance man–a genius by anyone’s standards. The Italian polymath excelled as a painter, a sculptor, an inventor, an engineer, an architect, a musician, a scientist, a mathematician, a botanist, an anatomist, an

Job Talkin’: Putting a Round Peg in a Round Hole

The number-one question I get asked these days is this: “How in the world do you find a job in this economy?”Of course there isn’t a foolproof answer or magic formula, but I can give you the best piece of insider advice on how to capture the att

Next-Generation Job: Mobile-Application Developer

Joe Hankin was on the fast track to law school. The 25-year-old Maryland native graduated early from Brown University and soon landed a paralegal job at a corporate law firm in New York City. After two and a half years, however, he had a change of he

Best-Paying Degrees in 2010

Engineering majors dominate a new list of the top 10 highest-earning and most in-demand bachelor’s degrees, according to a new report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), which surveyed bachelor’s degree candidates with 10

How to Prep to Ask for a Raise

Even though the recession has been responsible for the loss of 8 million jobs and the lowest pay raises in over thirty years, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. A recent survey by Hewitt Associates, a global human resources consulting and out

Next-Generation Job: Mobile-Application Developer

Joe Hankin was on the fast track to law school. The 25-year-old Maryland native graduated early from Brown University and soon landed a paralegal job at a corporate law firm in New York City. After two and a half years, however, he had a change of he

Best-Paying Degrees in 2010

Engineering majors dominate a new list of the top 10 highest-earning and most in-demand bachelor’s degrees, according to a new report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), which surveyed bachelor’s degree candidates with 10

How to Prep to Ask for a Raise

Even though the recession has been responsible for the loss of 8 million jobs and the lowest pay raises in over thirty years, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. A recent survey by Hewitt Associates, a global human resources consulting and out

Negotiating Pay in a Recovering Economy

Congratulations! You’ve received a job offer during one of the worst recessions of our lifetime. Now there’s just the sticky matter of pay. Although the economy is technically in recovery, employers are still very pessimistic about the overall outloo

Unemployment: State by State

Unemployment rose in most states in January–even breaking records in several states, according to government data released Wednesday.Joblessness in five states–California (12.5 percent), South Carolina (12.6 percent), Florida (11.9 percent), Georgi