Category Archives: education

The False Start

It used to be that, just five or six years ago, you could graduate from college pretty much assured you’d have a job. Of course all that has changed since 2008 and the recession, with close to half of new college grads unable to find a job. From my perch as a career …
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For Parents: What’s Your Mindset?

February 8, 2012

Do you have a “fixed” or a “growth mindset”? Does your mindset change depending on the situation? According to psychologist Carol Dweck, those with a fixed mindset see intelligence as something that doesn’t change as opposed to those with a growth mindset who assume one is always learning and growing, thereby increasing intelligence. …
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Should You Change Your Major to Agree with Your Myers-Briggs Type?

September 6, 2011

Penelope Trunk’s blog post today on what college students should do now offers some great wisdom. But the one tip that really caught my eye was her suggestion to take a Myers-Briggs test to understand what you’re good at. She also suggests that if your score doesn’t agree with your chosen major, you should …
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For the College-Bound: Relevancy Will Be the Greatest Challenge

June 14, 2011

Dan Schawbel, the Gen Y personal branding guru, wrote a post last week that resonated with me on a number of levels. Point #5 of the post, entitled “Relevancy Will Become Our Greatest Challenge”, is as apt as the overblown claims that surround it. Who skims 800 blog posts a day, I ask. …
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A Co-op Program for Gen Y’s

June 1, 2011

I read an excellent blog post on Brazen Careerist called “Are Recent College Grads a Lost Generation?” After citing the high unemployment rates for recent college grads, the author argues that little is currently being made of the excellent co-op programs that universities like Northeastern have relied on for many years. A co-op …
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The Tough Case for Law School

May 25, 2011

Back in May, the New York Times wrote an article slamming law school and the profession in general. In part to contain the backlash and encourage students to go to law school, last week Stratus Prep and Vault.com co-hosted a panel discussion at NYU Law School to talk about law as a career, …
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Waiting for Payday on the College Front

May 12, 2011

As we’ve discussed in this blog before, the price value relationship of college is being called into question, now more than ever. For many Americans, whether they get financial aid determines whether or not they can attend the college of their choice. This is not a new situation, it is just a lot …
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Let’s Make All Majors Employable

April 29, 2011

In the last couple of years, the price value equation of going to college has been called into question. Blog post after post questions whether a college degree is worth the money—and if that degree is really just for rich people or for those who can qualify for a free ride. Generally speaking, …
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Weighing the Cost of College

April 15, 2011

Early this week I wrote about Gen Y college debt, and put the post up on Brazen Careerist with the question, “If you could do it over, would you attend a less expensive school”. The question really struck a chord. When I was growing up in the late 1970’s most middle class families …
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