November 20, 2006 – 3:43 am
IBM offers a rare internship opportunity through its Extreme Blue Internship. The internship, open to technical (software development/programming) and business (undergrad/MBA) students, is perhaps the closest most will come to a dream job. Interns get to work on real-world, cutting-edge projects that either end up patented and utilized in one of Big Blue’s business [...]
November 17, 2006 – 7:48 pm
All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth. Not! Forget the holiday platitudes, Wall Street’s busy little elves want their big, fat, obscene bonuses for Christmas. Those enviable elves reportedly earned bonuses of $100,000 to $1 million this year, and that’s up 10-25% over last year (according to pay consultants [...]
November 14, 2006 – 7:10 pm
Forget the stereotypical beauty school student with the crazy do and the scarce brain cells. Forget the strip mall cosmetology schools and their cheap handicam-created late night ads. Serious salon owners and managers are going to Business School!
UCLA’s Anderson School of Management now opens its doors to salon owners and/or senior managers. UCLA’s Executive Salon [...]
November 13, 2006 – 6:57 pm
So you want to be a star, huh? Well, here’s a genuine opportunity to be part of a hit show that tours the World. The Blue Man Group, a high-energy combo of lights, pyrotechnics, dance, music, acting, magic, comedy, and, of course, blue paint, is currently recruiting Blue Men and Women. If you [...]
November 7, 2006 – 5:38 pm
Recycling is a hot industry. Every time you open a business magazine or listen to a political campaign ad, you read or hear about a new eco-friendly business or initiative to take something used and make it new again or something natural and use it for our unnatural transportation, lighting, heating or fashion needs. [...]
November 6, 2006 – 7:38 pm
You’ve probably heard it a million times. Teachers are the most under-appreciated and over-worked souls among us. It’s still the truth. However, a new program promises to change this for the most underserved, and arguably most deserving, of teachers, those who work in high-poverty, high-needs schools. The Rodel Charitable Foundation of Arizona’s Promising Student Teachers [...]
November 4, 2006 – 4:46 am
Few industries are as sexy as the sports industry. In fact, I can think of only one that might rival the sports industry in sex appeal–Entertainment. Of course now they are practically synonymous.
Just like the entertainment industry, breaking into the sports industry is tough to do, especially if you want to be in [...]