Career Scoop

Episode ten saw the Apprentice candidates test their negotiation skills as they aimed to secure discounted luxury experiences for a daily deals, Groupon-style website. Once again the task required strong sales, communication and presentation skills, with ...  

Danica Patrick and Brooklyn Decker, old Sports Illustrated swimsuit model pals, met in front of a Coke Zero car in Victory Lane at Charlotte Motor Speedway last Sunday to answer this week's six questions ... sort of. Patrick: We met at the [Sports ...  

These projects will provide employment to more than 500 young people through innovative conservation jobs that will expose them to natural resources careers. Non-government organizations provided an additional $2.3 million for the projects. Vilsack and ...  

From Mr Donald R. MacLeod QC. Sir, Peter Hollander (Letters, May 28) may have a point about some regulations that afflict business. I am not qualified to contradict his assertion. But when he writes “employment law is a minefield for employers; and the ...  

Everybody is worried about the nation’s dismal employment situation, and that worry has prompted news organizations, pundits, market watchers, and others to focus intently upon any and all economic metrics that gauge the problem. On the first Friday of ...  

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., March 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- CompTIA, the non-profit trade association for the information technology (IT) industry, today announced a significant expansion of its Troops to Tech Careers initiative with the launch of a new ...  

This story comes from the Yahoo! Contributor Network, where individuals publish their unique perspectives on some of the world’s most popular websites. However, according to Investors.com recent article, "New Normal: Majority of Unemployed Attended ...  

SYRACUSE, NY, May 25, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Scholarships and opportunities are available en masse for college students who want that College Network feel but don't have the funds available for school. Every single university and school ...  

Shane Figueroa's name has invoked thoughts of tragedy and heroism in the South Mountain community ever since the 25-year-old Phoenix police officer was killed in the line of duty in 2008. Now Figueroa's story is offering hope to South Mountain ...  

But, that wasn’t on either teen’s mind Tuesday as they celebrated the end of their high school careers, and the ushering in of a new era. Lunch was spent taking snapshots with best friends, and thinking back on the journey they had taken together.  

But at a careers fair for overseas Japanese students, he found that corporate Japan did not reciprocate his enthusiasm. In meetings with a handful of Japanese financial trading firms at the forum in Boston last November, none would offer him a ...  

Ryan Freeberg, who had been an assistant coach for the past four years at Hutchinson (Kansas) Community College, was named to the College of Charleston men’s basketball staff. Freeberg joins Amir Abdur-Rahim and Andrew Wilson on new coach Doug ...  

Follow stories by Matthew Yglesias. MySlate is a new tool that you track your favorite parts Slate. You can follow authors and sections, track comment threads you're interested in, and more. There's very real cause for concern about the fact ...  

Intuit Inc. released data Wednesday that suggests small business revenue and employment are slowly growing, but that two more years of such growth is needed to reach pre-recession levels. The California-based company (Nasdaq: INTU) said the ...  

Bangor Area High School seniors Josh Wing, Ryan Pysher and Ricky Flowers have elected to continue their academic and football careers on the collegiate level. Wing, the Slaters' single-season yardage rushing leader with 1,840 yards, has ...