School is back in session for university's across the country and what better way to ring in the fall semester than with colorful statistics! The lovely ladies over at TheMadGrad.com posted an infographic from onlineschools.org detailing a somewhat bleak outlook on American colleges.
Check out the infographic here and let us know what you think. We'll be around, hoping there's still time to register for Philosophy and Star Trek at Georgetown.
Pursuing your dreams doesn't always mean pursuing a large bank account. When you're taking a risk professionally, it always effects you financially as well. We like to be realistic here, which is why we love Maria Popova's article at BrainPickings.org. She lists a variety of sites that encourages the movement of sharing your stuff with neighbors and like-minded go-getters like yourself. Read the article here.
While you're there, check out the site. It's dedicated to sharing innovative ideas across all platforms to help 'inspire, revolutionize and simply make us think.'
The 99% blog over at Behance curated the best interview questions from their Twitter followers and you may be surprised with the outcome. Get ready to get your creative juices flowing when answering these questions.
What are the best interview questions you've heard or asked an employer? We want to know in the comments below.
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We'd like to introduce our fourth 'Make Your Mark' winner. California-born Jenn De La Vega wears many hats from music/event publicist to chef to entrepreneur, it's hard to believe that this foodie began as a pre-med student at the University of California.
Jenn moved to NY and began as a band promoter. After representing artists in the indie music scene and handling showcases at CMJ and SxSw, she found her second passion for cooking and enrolled in the French Culinary Institute. Once she added 'sous chef' to her title, Jenn fell back into music and has been working as a publicist for theTank ever since.
Jenn plans to build her business working as a personal chef for people and events promoting music, film and writing. She has started her own webisode series called "Facts N' Cheese" and intends to take over the world, one spanish tapa at a time.
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The gang over at Sunshine Suites asked us to give them 5 tips on becoming a successful entrepreneur, so we went straight to the sources themselves! We compiled some tips from a few of our bright young business owners to push you in the direction of becoming one yourself! Read the article here.
*If you're interested in office space in Manhattan, Sunshine is a community based shared office space geared for start-ups. Check them out!
Do you have some useful advice or words of wisdom for entrepreneurs? Let us know down below.
The majority of our posts focus on trying to make it in the early stages of your career, but what happens when you've gotten there and are now helping others in your department or business? Managing employees or clients can be quite a balancing act and it isn't the same as managing your fantasy baseball trades or worse yet, your hair in the morning.
These days it's important for managers to create an environment that pushes for creativity and innovation for others, but that's easier said than done when you've been focusing on your own individualized career path for so long. Lindsey Pollak shares some useful tips over at Excelle for handling employees when you're brand new to position.
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The folks over at Brazen Careerist have created a great and easy way to aggregate all of your social and multimedia-based links and networks in one space. By creating a social resume, you're pulling a together a one-stop-shop for potential employers to check out who you are, what you like and what motivates you to succeed.
Click here to create a social resume on Brazen Careerist. In the meantime, what do you think is most important for bosses to view? Your twitter feed? Blog posts? Message board conversations? A picture of 8-year-old you in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle pajamas? Let us know!
The team at PSFK posted a recent article by Michael Schrage from the Harvard Business Review on why your skills are more important than a degree. This is a hot button issue, especially in recent times due to the low job market. When the going gets tough, is it work background or education background that will land you the job? Read the article here.
What do you think is more important? Let us know in the comment section below!
Have you ever felt overwhelmed in your work and daily life? Have you ever struggled with organizing tasks to become more productive? Of course you have, that's a silly question.
Scott Belsky, author of Making Ideas Happen, has created a solution when pulling your projects together. From handling a client budget to filling your taxes, breaking down your projects into specific elements is a great way to stay on task and accountable.
Check out Scott's first action method, here.
The job interview is always a daunting task. Whether you're looking to promote within or to completely jump ship in a new industry, it's your best opportunity for a great first impression. Excelle, a career-focused networking site powered by Monster, lists the most frequent interview questions and how you should answer them. The bottom line: be professional, but be yourself! Check out the article here.
What's the most bizarre question you've ever been asked during an interview? Let us know!
