College Students

When asked for more subjective information, alums and administrators were forthcoming with honest answers, like which teacher was most likely to cause GPA damage. I was pleasantly surprised by some blunt advice about...

My wife sent me an email joke today that I found particularly funny. It also has some valuable lessons. Here's a paraphrased, shortened version of the joke...

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The industry has a tendency to lower interview standards in an attempt to gain better employees. Thinking that family styled interviews lead to family styled staff is a correct assumption proving that interview...

. . . one of the few things other poeple can control in our lives is the relationship we have with another person.

What type of danger-alert system do you have deployed at your enterprise or institution?

Many new entrepreneurs start their journey late in life. But young entrepreneurs now have an opportunity to win scholarships or seed money as part of a business plan competition called "Plan for the...

The more complicated your tax return gets, the more you want tax help -- and the more that tax help is likely to cost. The good news, though, is that there are sources...

Dear Blogger, I found your recent article on staff very interesting and I would agree whole-heartedly. I have found that generally people who start out making excuses for why they aren't able to...

The latest issue of KPMG Health Care Insider leads with a story suggesting that there is a shortage of surgeons in many areas, and offers lessons learned for hospitals - and practices -...

Do you know an up-and-coming entrepreneur? Encourage them to apply for the 2007 Young Entrepreneur Awards , a program of the National Federation of Independent Business Young Entrepreneur Foundation. The fifth annual scholarship...

1. You Don't Have Tie It To Your Company Look at this viral video that subtly brands Brunswick pool tables. Now, I'm not suggesting they are behind this, but if they were, this...

Business Promotion Tips for Small and Mid Sized Firms-Part Five 22. Contact local gift shops, and book stores about carrying your book, art etc. Obviously this tip is applicable if you have a...

Chase is looking for young customers. They know that people who build trust-relationships with banks will stay with them until overwhelming circumstances cause them to leave. Changing banks is annoying. Customers in their...

We have been relocating this week, and will be doing so for an additional week, to a town about forty miles south of where we have been living. While moving is a task...

According to research copmleted by two sociologists from Cornell University, mothers are not faring as well as similarly qualified fathers or childless applicants when competing for new jobs. Stephen Benard and Shelley Correll...

Your marketing consultant didn´t become an authority by always being right. The good consultants have fallen on their collective butts often. The great consultants have spectacular failures hidden deep in their client files....

Unlike regular people who see a great commercial and laugh, if I see a great commercial I grab my laptop to find out who was behind it and what else they're planning...

This is the month every owner, dining room manager, and shift supervisor anticipates as the worst for service in their restaurants as waiters once again become students and depart for other worlds. August....