Tech Workers Got Big Pay Raises Everywhere But The Valley, Survey Says
Job hunting site Dice, has published the results of its latest IT salary survey and the news is good, good, good.Dice surved over 15,000 IT workers and discovered that pay is up, as are bonuses, in...
View ArticleLawyer Explains Why He Took A Massive Pay Cut To Work With Regis Philbin
Former Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP lawyer Art Chung left the prestigious firm after only 15 months and took a 50 percent pay cut to pursue a career writing trivia for game shows.In a recent...
View ArticleSex Therapist Explains Why Some Lawyers Are Bad In Bed
Investment-banker-turned-sex-therapist Mike Lousada made headlines recently for his comments on bankers with erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation—problems related to performance anxiety in a...
View ArticleLaw Student Says It's Time For Law Schools To Be More Like Med Schools
Law schools across the U.S. are expected to receive just 54,000 applications this fall– a nearly 50 percent drop since 2004, according to the Law School Admission Council.One law student says people...
View Article13 Wall Street Interview Questions That Make People Stutter
It's that time again — Wall Street interview time.Since the Street is in such pain, acing these questions is more important than ever.That's why we've gone through our files to find questions that...
View Article30 Tech Skills That Will Instantly Net You A $100,000+ Salary
When you have the right tech skills, you can command a great salary.But it's an ever-changing target. One day a skill is hot and the next it's not.Job site Dice.com just sent us a list of tech skills...
View ArticleCareer Prospects Look Awful For Ph.D Graduates
Politicians and businessmen are fond of talking about America's scientist shortage -- the dearth of engineering and lab talent that will inevitably leave us sputtering in the global economy. But...
View ArticleLaw Schools Are Making It Easier For Firms To Hire Young Lawyers To Do Grunt...
Legal educators are still fantasizing that law firms will create more positions for new lawyers. The latest pipe dream suggests that big firms will "give talented graduates of less prestigious...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Schools In The World For App Developers [RANKED]
Majoring in Computer Science is a good way to jump start a career in the app developing business.Attending one of the top universities in the world will certainly help secure a great job with companies...
View ArticleThe 25 Most Powerful Women Engineers In Tech
When a pregnant Marissa Meyer took over as Yahoo's CEO last year, the tech industry seemed to enter a new era: the end of the glass ceiling.But the truth is, there's still an alarming shortage of women...
View ArticleAnd The Fastest-Growing Company In Enterprise Sales Is … Amazon!?! (AMZN)
We recently noticed that Amazon was hiring an unusually large number of salespeople for Amazon Web Services, its enterprise arm that rents computing power over the Internet to other businesses.Now...
View ArticleWorking From Home Is A Mistake For 20-Somethings
Lots of people are up in arms over Marissa Mayer's decision to outlaw working from home at Yahoo.As a manager at a media company with a fairly flexible work environment, it's not that I see no value in...
View ArticleHow To Structure Your Resume If You Want To Change Careers
When you want to change careers, but you don't have the relevant work experience to show your potential employer that you're capable of doing the job, how should you structure your resume?In this...
View ArticleLaw Schools Are Resorting To A New Strategy To Make Sure Grads Get Jobs
Law schools are routinely criticized for failing to find jobs for their grads.Well, a dozen schools across the country have found a new way to make sure at least some of their graduates find jobs, The...
View ArticleJobseekers Can Use The Myers-Briggs Personality Test To Find The Right Career
Work can be challenging, but finding an organization that fits your personality and long-term career goals could make the road to success a little more bearable.How well do you work in certain cultures...
View ArticleFemale Game Programmers Tell Horrible Stories Of Harassment
Thanks to Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's media tour for her new book, people are talking about women's careers.Interesting thing is, Sandberg's own industry, tech, is still one of the most sexist. One...
View Article3 Reasons Why Employers Don't Want Overqualified Applicants
Shouldn't it be easy to get a job if you are more than qualified—even overqualified —for the opportunity? If you're an experienced engineer with a Ph.D. and you're having trouble landing an entry-level...
View ArticleWhy Technology Can't Fix Our Need For Traditional Resumes
Recently, while driving to work, I heard a report on the radio about a company choosing to forego traditional job interviews or collecting resumes for an open position, choosing instead to base their...
View ArticleThe Dangers Of Making Rules For Stupid People
Can I assume that you’ve heard about the recent case in Florida in which a woman was arrested for riding a manatee?When I heard about this incident my first thought was: “What kind of idiot tries to...
View ArticleHow On-Campus Recruiting Became A 'Complete Mess'
Today’s question brings up a number of recurring themes here on Holla.I’m an MBA student, and one of our projects has been tasked with trying to figure out what is wrong with college career boards. How...
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