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by Derek Loosvelt|December 11, 2013
I grew up in the 1980s a few miles north of Detroit, and during
that time in the area it seemed like every third classmate of mine
came from a household whose father worked for one of the Big Three
automakers-GM, Ford, or Chrysler. I also remember quite a few
fathers working for auto part manufacturers. But I don't recall any
of my classmates' mothers working in the automotive industry. In
fact, few of my classmates' mothers worked full-time jobs at the
time. In 1980 I was eight years old.
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by Phil Stott|December 11, 2013
A recent report from the Society of Human Resources Management
(SHRM) highlights one of the biggest problems that companies have
today: the ability to find employees who are ready to tackle the
challenges they're likely to meet on the job. In pointing this out,
however, the report also makes an unconscious point: that the
problem is almost completely companies' own fault.
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by Derek Loosvelt|December 05, 2013
A few weeks ago, JPMorgan's supposedly harmless Twitter exercise
#AskJPM-in which the bank invited Twitter users to pose
career-related questions to JPMorgan Vice Chairman James B. Lee
Jr.-quickly backfired, and instead of asking Lee
Jr. questions, the Twittersphere took the opportunity to tell
JPMorgan and its management team what they really thought of them.
Tweets like the following were posted (with the #AskJPM hashtag) by
the hundreds: "What's your favorite type of whale?
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by Phil Stott|December 05, 2013
With shopping, vacations and the general desire to reduce stress
during the holidays, December is a tempting time to take a break
from the job search. After all, nobody's hiring during the
holidays-right? Wrong. At year end, lots of companies are
finalizing their budgeting for the following calendar year,
spending what's left this year for fear of losing it, and making
hiring decisions accordingly.
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by Phil Stott|December 04, 2013
Give a bunch of academics long enough, and they'll come up with a
study that can suggest just about anything-including an upside to
this terrible job market. According to an article in The Week,
researchers at Emory University's Goizueta Business School have
found that there may be a correlation between job satisfaction over
the course of a career and the economic climate that you graduated
into.
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by Vault Careers|December 04, 2013
You've learned to separate rumor from fact when it comes to career
services. But what are some of the best ways to use this office to
your advantage? See below for some tips to guarantee you are making
the most of your career services office on campus. 1. Develop
relationships Getting to know a career services advisor on campus
can be instrumental to your career success. Your counselor is
someone who can serve as your advocate, coach and sounding board.
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by Nicole Weber|November 26, 2013
Citing irresolvable conflicts of interests between their respective
government clients, yesterday Orrick (#37 in the Vault Law 100) and
Pillsbury (Vault Law #60) called off their anticipated mega-merger
that would have created one of the 10 largest U.S. law firms.
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by Phil Stott|November 21, 2013
The key to any good interview is preparation-and there's no better
preparation than knowing the kinds of questions that you're likely
to face. With that in mind, I took a look through the thousands of
responses from our 2013 consulting survey and selected some of the
most representative questions that successful candidates had to
navigate.
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by Derek Loosvelt|November 21, 2013
Slowly and steadily, a national emergency has been emerging on our
nation's highways, and it has nothing to do with rising gasoline
prices and everything to do with the aging population of our
country's finest long haulers. That is, many of America's most
experienced truck drivers-integral cogs in the national freight and
shipping machine-are approaching retirement age, and there aren't
many wannabe young long haulers in line to take their place.
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by Cathy Vandewater|November 14, 2013
Five women, all embarking on law careers at Debevoise &
Plimpton, reflected on "ambition, leadership and success" for the
September 9th, 2001 issue of the New York Times. Unsurprisingly,
they sounded confident, modern, full of energy, and boundlessly
optimistic about their career possibilities as women in a male
dominated field-especially at the high levels they aspired to. That
was 12 years ago. Has big law changed?
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