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College campuses are becoming a fertile breeding ground for up-and-coming business owners. A recent study by The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor shows that 18- to 24-year-olds in the United States are starting businesses at a faster rate than 35- to 44-year-olds. Now is your prime time to consider opening up that tattoo parlor, bed and breakfast, or wilderness expedition center you've dreamed about.
Most of the questions I get from Human Resources and Recruiting professionals about Generation Y are the same. They are all about why this generation expects to get so much so fast, why we feel entitled to flexibility, why we think we deserve high pay immediately, and so forth. (...)
Recently, I started thinking about how company size affects work experience after talking to a friend about his new job. He is one of five employees at his office and there are no satellite offices in other cities. I was intrigued because I've never worked at a company that small. (...)
As millennials come of age, they're infiltrating the work force in all areas and all industries. Many, like me, are becoming journalists. And some, like me, are continually re-evaluating this career decision. While I think you can find recovering journalists in almost every generation (I've chatted with way too many (...)
People decide to go to grad school for a variety of reasons, some good and some not so good. I went to grad school straight out of college because I had an interest in science and no career aspirations. After college the only job prospect I had from (...)


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