Fall Job Guide
Assessing Strengths, One Employee at a Time
September 22, 2008
A book called “First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently” changed Pamela Rothenberg’s life in 2005.
Read the full articleNew Program Paves Way for Public Service Jobs
September 22, 2008
Becca Eden always knew she wanted to go into public service. But as a second-year law student who had already taken out $120,000 in loans, she also knew it would be an uphill battle to pay back her six-figure debt on a modest public servant’s salary.
Sharing Lessons He Learned by Working for Free
September 22, 2008
Back in 1996, when I graduated from college with a freshly minted bachelor’s degree in political science from Columbia University, I came back to Washington, D.C., thinking I would take the town by storm. After all, hadn’t I just earned a degree from one of the most prestigious institutions in the country? There was no way a hometown kid with those kinds of credentials could lose, I remember thinking. Boy, did I turn out to be dead wrong.
Watch the Typos, Call at 8: Advice From a Pro
September 22, 2008
My first “real” job was scouting talent for Vin Di Bona’s TV show, “America’s Funniest People.” It was a freelance position and I had to watch people do really incredible, strange, gross and unbelievably stupid things. It’s amazing how so many folks can swallow a piece of spaghetti and pull it out their nose.
Schumer Advocates for Many on Panel
Nov. 16, 12 a.m.
As Senate Majority Leader, Lyndon Johnson once said of the Joint Economic Committee, “It’s as useless as tits on a bull.” But as that panel’s chairman during the 110th Congress, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) seized the opportunity to elevate the traditionally low-profile post to the forefront of shaping policy. Read Full Article
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