Passion And/Or Profit?
Do you have to choose between your passions and your desire to earn a profit? Can you really “do good” and “live well”? I’ve been struggling with this issue for a while now. I have a deep desire to do something to help kids in high-poverty communities to improve their educational experience and their career [...]
Where the Jobs Are 2007
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released it’s monthly Employment Situation report for the month of December. While the national unemployment rate held steady at 4.5% through the end of 2006, 167,000 jobs were added in the month of December. Fastest-Growing Job Sectors (Number of Jobs Added as December 31, 2006): Healthcare and social assistance……….(38,100) [...]
Environmentally-Friendly Reporters Wanted: $28,000 Reward
If you are a minority journalist with an interest in reporting on environmental justice, environmental science and related topics, are a U.S. citizen, and have at least 1 year of reporting experience , the Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting may have $28,000 for you! The Metcalf Institute annually funds up to six fellowships [...]
Careers That Don’t Suck Profile: Music Librarian
Job Title: Music Librarian What is it? A music librarian is a librarian that specializes in maintaining music collections. What does a Music Librarian do? Music librarians do essentially the same things as traditional librarians–organizing, cataloging, and maintaining collections; providing instruction in use of the library; answering reference inquiries; selecting music, books, journals, recordings, microforms, [...]
New Commission New Ideas for a Smarter America
On December 14, 2006, the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, a high-powered, bipartisan assembly of Education Secretaries and business, government and other education leaders, released its recommendations for radical changes in the American education system and workforce. The Commission’s report, Tough Times or Touch Choices, reviewed education and workforce statistics and [...]
Clockless Workforce Still A Dream Unrealized
BusinessWeek recently featured Best Buy in an article titled “Smashing The Clock”. Reporter Michelle Conlin interviewed Best Buy’s top brass about Best Buy’s work-life balance program called ROWE, or “Results-Only Work Environment”. Under ROWE, Best Buy allows members of its corporate staff to work anytime from anywhere as long as the work gets done. The [...]
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