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The Best and Worst Cities to Look for a Job

Barack Obama said he would create more jobs, and he's lived up to his promise—at least in his new hometown. According to a study on the Best and Worst Cities to Look for a Job, Washington D.C. is a job-hunter's heaven, with six job postings for every unemployed person....

By Christopher Schonberger on 8/20/09
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Tell Me Your Salary, and I'll Tell You Where You Went to School

Forbes tells us that West Point is best school in the country. Newsweek lets us know that Tulane is the "Hottest on the Rebound" (take that, Katrina!)....

By Dan Marley on 8/14/09
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Small Businesses Sometimes Provide Better Job Opportunities

Most people look to large companies for their first job out of college, but have you ever considered sticking to small and medium-sized businesses?...

By Stuart Schultz on 8/12/09
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Want a Job? Create a Story.

We recognize that trying to get a job in the current economy can be harder than trying to fit a circular peg in a square hole. But it's certainly not impossible, and whenever you can get a leg up on your competition, you might as well. Right now, there are a ton of recent grads who are still trying to find work. So what's one way to get ahead? Create a story. ...

By Joan Mitchell on 8/12/09
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Balancing Full-Time Work with a Part-Time Degree

Do you have any articles on your site about doing a part-time grad program and full-time work? - @gradspotguru Twitter follower The answer is no—but let's see if we can rectify that here, because it's a great question that we've heard from several people recently (coincidence?) in different variations. ...

By Gradspot Dot Com on 8/12/09
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Making the Graveyard Shift Work for You

I need a night shift job. What you got? And don't say part-time dominatrix. - @gradspotguru Twitter follower ...

By Gradspot Dot Com on 8/04/09
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Alain de Botton's Philosophy of Success

Alain de Botton is a Brit who founded The School of Life to promote learning about the things that we actually care about in life (work, family, travel, etc.) rather than the abstract concepts we tend to study in school....

By Christopher Schonberger on 7/30/09
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How to Find a Job at a Startup Company

Today's guest post is from College Mogul co-founder Alex Lindahl. ...

By Gradspot Dot Com on 7/14/09
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Debt + Job Options: Recipe for a Crisis

So, yesterday during our all-day @gradspotguru Q&A extravaganza on Twitter, we heard a familiar story that, unfortunately, doesn't get any easier to deal with in a crappy economy. To paraphrase...

By Gradspot Dot Com on 3/19/09
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Taking that Personal Call at Work

Oh, the joys of the cubicle farm. Although those carpet-walls may provide the façade of privacy, the reality is that to work in a cube office is essentially to work in a room full of other people. The theory is that, besides maximizing the sardine effect, the open office will bolster...

By Jennifer Pollock on 7/07/09
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