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by Derek Loosvelt|April 15, 2014
Earlier this week it was revealed that Google, which already
occupies 750,000 square feet of office space in New York, is on the
hunt for 600,000 more. The tech firm wants the space to house
another 3,000 employees in New York. When I mentioned this to a
coworker, she joked: So, does that mean I should work on my resume?
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by Kaitlin Edleman|April 15, 2014
As we meet mid-April, law students either find themselves in exam
week lockdown or feverishly outlining while pretending to do their
reading for their last few classes before exam week and solitary
confinement officially begin. In my experience, there were three
types of law students: (1) Over-prepared; (2) Do not GAF and (3)
Just need one more day to study.
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by Phil Stott|April 15, 2014
It's no secret that men, as a group, earn more than women, with the
pay gap currently standing at around 16 cents-that is, for every
dollar earned by an average man, the average woman makes just 84
cents. While the reasons for that gap are varied, a recent report
from the Pew Research Group highlights one of the major causes.
The past 30 years have seen significant improvements in
closing the earnings gap between men and women.
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by Derek Loosvelt|April 14, 2014
Today we celebrate Tax Day with the release of the latest Vault
Accounting 50, a ranking of the best accounting employers to work
for in North America. Recently, we asked more than 10,000
accountants to rate their peer firms in terms of prestige; we also
asked them to rate their own firms in numerous workplace
categories, including culture, work/life balance, hours,
compensation, training, overall satisfaction, and business outlook.
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by Kaitlin Edleman|April 11, 2014
Many attorneys and other professionals may seek out careers they
believe will be economically and personally gratifying only to
later find themselves stuck in a rut, or worse, completely unhappy
with their jobs. Finding job satisfaction and personal fulfillment
is possible, but often, busy professionals need a push in the right
direction.
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by Kaitlin Edleman|April 07, 2014
Much ado is often made over which business schools are the "best"
or the "most prestigious," but status and self-importance won't pay
those student loans. The U.S. News & World Report's data showed
that having Harvard, Stanford or Penn emblazoned across the top of
an M.B.A. did not necessarily lead to employment for 2013
graduates. In fact, no schools in U.S.
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by Nicole Weber|April 07, 2014
U.S. News & World Report is just overflowing with law school
data these days, just as Vault will be in a couple months with the
release of our law firm rankings! The latest from U.S. News is a
list of law schools with the highest salary-to-debt ratios. In
other words, which law grads have the best chance of reducing their
loan burden? The ratios were calculated by comparing median private
sector salaries of 2012 grads to average debt among 2013 grads.
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by Derek Loosvelt|April 04, 2014
For a long time, Wall Street knew this day was coming. And now,
Michael Lewis and Main Street know it, too. In the very near
future, no longer will the sharpest blue-blooded, type A,
squash-playing, financially-driven Ivy League graduate with
excellent complexion rule the trading desks of Wall Street's
largest and most-storied institutions. Instead, it will be the most
creative and innovative IT guy (or gal) who'll be calling all the
shots.
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by Phil Stott|April 03, 2014
Ever thought that dads these days just have it too easy with all
that time off they get when their kids are born? That childbirth
and rearing is the realm of the mother? That, when it comes down to
it, there's just not that much for a dad to do in the days and
months following the birth of a child? Good news: you're not
alone. The bad news: with company that talks as much as
NY-based sports radio personality Mike Francesa, you might wish you
were.
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by Vault Careers|April 03, 2014
I recently spoke to a handful of college students who, combined,
have held 19 internships. These former interns came from various
levels of education (sophomores to seniors) and various areas of
study (geology and graphic design to French and engineering). When
I asked them how they were able to secure their internships, all of
them told me that finding an internship took persistence and
courage and, most important, an element of networking.
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