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by Phil Stott|February 26, 2014
It's the time of year that we here at Vault are thinking one thing,
and one thing only: surveys. To get the information from company
insiders that informs our rankings and company profiles, we spend
months surveying employees, reading the results, and condensing
them to bring you the most accurate picture that we can of life
within leading companies across a variety of industries.
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by Phil Stott|February 19, 2014
With so much information competing for your attention, it can be
difficult to stay on top of the latest developments and ideas in
your field-and none more than consulting, where leading firms
compete to produce game-changing ideas and insights. Of
course, one of the unfortunate by-products of all that research is
that much of it is just not that interesting or relevant.
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by Derek Loosvelt|February 12, 2014
Before I address AOL CEO Tim Armstrong's public justification for
scaling back his firm's 401(k) plan on rising health care costs
such as those associated with "two AOL-ers that had distressed
babies that were born that we paid a million dollars each to make
sure were O.K.," I'd like to make a few observations gleaned from
my two decades as part of the so-called American workforce.
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by Phil Stott|February 11, 2014
First, apologies for the Upworthy-style headline format. But
seriously, take a look at the chart below, from a recent New York
Times piece on the divergence of global incomes. Note that the
left-axis is denoted in millions of dollars. Now mark an
x--real or imaginary (for the good of your device's screen, I'd
recommend the latter)--where your own salary falls. If it's
somewhere between those bottom two lines--welcome to the club.
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by Phil Stott|February 06, 2014
The Congressional Budget Office predicted earlier this week that
one of the side-effects of the Affordable Care Act would be to
eliminate the equivalent of 2 million full-time jobs, almost
entirely as a result of "a net decline in the amount of labor that
workers choose to supply.
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by Phil Stott|January 29, 2014
President Obama's State of the Union speech last night focused to a
large degree on jobs and, specifically, on two key planks related
to labor: the need to create more jobs, and raising wages for those
at the bottom of the compensation ladder. Here are the main
takeaways from the speech on those issues: Setting the
scene No State of the Union speech would be complete without
a progress check.
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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 Cathy Vandewater|October 28, 2013
It's the end of an era: publisher Conde Nast is ending its
internship program in 2014, making this batch of (unpaid) interns
its last. The change has come about after two former interns sued
the publisher in June 2013, but ironically, it seems that those
most upset by the end of the program are the prospective interns
themselves.
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by Phil Stott|October 01, 2013
We are proud to announce that the 2014 Vault European Consulting
Rankings are here-and that this year's edition comes with a unique
achievement. For the first time, one firm has taken the top
spot in both our Top Consulting Firm and our Prestige rankings in
all three regions covered by our survey. In emerging at the top of
both of our signature rankings, McKinsey & Co.
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