Category Archives: Education
Conan O’Brien on Success
It’s about graduation time for many students and this little snippet from Conan O’Brien is one of the better ones on success and failure. He gave a commencement address at Dartmouth after being fired from The Tonight Show. He gives … Continue reading
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Law School Worst Recession Safe Haven
During The Great Recession many undergraduates have found that finding a decent paying entry level job is very difficult. In many cases competing against seasoned candidates their parents and even grandparents ages. With looming student loan payments many fresh grads … Continue reading
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Tagged are legal jobs worth it, Career Purgatory, Great Recession, law degree
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Focus Hope Will Continue
A key job training facility for Detroiter’s Focus Hope was given a $1 million grant from MEDC to continue jobs training efforts. The group had cut its staff as its funding had run out. You can read about the impact … Continue reading
China’s Next Great Export, Students
In an effort to curb wasted resources the People’s Republic of China is looking to eliminate college programs that do not lead to paying jobs. The idea is to put more college graduates to work after leaving school. A problem … Continue reading
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Start Looking for Summer Internships NOW!
Many college students forget that they should be looking at internships and somewhere around their senior year or the last semester of their senior year they consider it. As you will see below you are too late to the game. … Continue reading
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Federal Subsidized Student Loans are Almost Extinct
College education stuff hasn’t been a core area of Career Purgatory but is an important area to be up on. For those of you who happen to be in Graduate School or getting a “professional” degree, new loans that you … Continue reading
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Do I Need A Degree To Get A Job?
In the Great Recession it is an employers market. Having a degree doesn’t bestow great honor on you like it did in past decades. A degree is a check box on your application and doesn’t entitle you to anything in … Continue reading
Use Your Alumni Career Counselor
Typically colleges and universities offer a career counselor or adviser for current students and alumni. If you have a degree most likely you’ve paid tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars to get a degree; use your … Continue reading
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Tagged career advisor, career counselor, Career Purgatory, college alumni
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How do I clear my browser history?
Your internet history reveals a whole lot about you as a person. We’ve covered in the past why you should be aware of your web presence. Here I want to show you how to make sure you stay squeaky clean … Continue reading
Unemployment Myth: Education Shortens Time Unemployed
A myth regarding unemployment that your level of education plays a large role in the length of time spent in Career Purgatory. But obtaining an advanced education has little to no affect on the length of time spent unemployed. The … Continue reading
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Tagged unemployed, unemployment, Unemployment myth
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