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I'm Asking: Did You Have Help Picking a Career or Just Know?
Picking a major in college can feel like the biggest decision ever, but it's hardly a lifetime commitment to a certain field or profession. Of course, it's not easy to see that when you're weighing career options and envisioning what the future might hold for you professionally. Did you have guidance and encouragement from teachers, family or counselors when it came time to pick a career path, or did you access your skills yourself and make a plan from there?
How Money Are You: Celebrity Cash Edition
Hollywood has changed with the economy, but there's no denying it's a city of glamour and wealth funded by impressive salaries. How well do you know your celebrity money makers? Take a few quizzes and find out!
Overworked and Underpaid: 7 of the Most Stressful Jobs
I quizzed you a couple weeks ago on Money magazine’s list of the least stressful jobs. Now CNN Money has compiled another list — this time of the most stressful and most underpaid jobs out there, according to their survey.
The results are based on median salary and the percentage of respondents that rated their jobs as stressful.
How Money Are You: Which Famous People Used to Be Teachers?
It would be easy cocktail party conversation to say you once had a famous teacher. Several ex-teachers are now household names for reasons that have nothing to do with a chalkboard. Can you guess who once had students and a classroom to call his own?
I'm Asking: What's the Best Feedback You've Ever Received?
No employee is perfect. We're human, after all. Performance reviews and frequent check-ins allow your manager to share insight about your growth and output as an employee, your strengths, and things you could be doing better.
Would You Consider Teaching If It Paid $125,000?
A new charter school called Equity Project is sending shock waves through the teaching system. According to the New York Times, the school is "premised on the theory that excellent teachers — and not revolutionary technology, talented principals or small class size — are the critical ingredient for success."
One of the questions experts are hoping to answer is if offering six-figure salaries is the way to attract a collection of superb teachers.
The Hardest Jobs to Fill in the US
Niche skills are always an asset, and that's truer than ever in 2009. It might be an employer's market these days, but some hiring managers are having a lot of trouble filling specific positions. Manpower, a staffing firm, composed its annual survey of the hardest jobs to fill in the US, and surprise, surprise, those requiring a background in math and science are among the tough ones.
Self Suggests Polishing Your Creds to Get Hired
April's Self presents an unusual, but timely topic in its Happiness Update section —"Getting Hired Right Now." The advice ranges from tips on exuding confidence during an interview to being open to criticism, but I am most impressed by the reminder to beef up your résumé with stats instead of a standard description of your past positions. Self says:
Polish Your Creds: To make your résumé shine, quantify your achievements.
Ask Savvy: Should I Make Follow-Up Calls?
Dear Savvy,
Almost every job site I visit mentions how important it is to follow up a job application with a phone call. I have made a couple and feel like nothing came of them. I think the theory is to show employers that you are excited about the opportunity, but most simply confirm receipt of the application through a secretary.
10 Careers With the Happiest Workers
There are plenty of stories driven by bad news these days, so I was relieved to find the University of Chicago's study, "Job Satisfaction in the United States." The study summed up the careers where workers are reportedly happiest overall, and found that these jobs involve helping others, technical and scientific expertise, or creativity. Here are the 10 occupations where the study found workers to have the greatest job satisfaction and overall happiness.
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