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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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by Phil Stott|August 20, 2013
Having spent much of the past few years under the same kind of
financial stresses as its clients, there are signs that the
consulting industry is getting back to being a growth industry.
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by Vault Law Editors|July 16, 2013
We recognize that prestige is just one factor among many for law
students and associates searching for the right law firm. For some
candidates, quality of life weighs far more heavily in their
considerations than a firm's reputation in the community. That's
why each year Vault compiles its "Quality of Life" rankings, in
addition to its rankings of the most prestigious law firms.
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by Derek Loosvelt|July 03, 2013
Investment banking analysts and associates notoriously work very
long hours. It's not uncommon for a corporate finance analyst at a
prestigious bank in New York to regularly work more than 90 hours
each week, or for an M&A or restructuring associate to put in
more than 80 hours week after week.
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by Derek Loosvelt|June 21, 2013
Many moons ago, when I worked as an associate for a small
investment bank in New York, there was one particular managing
director who commonly scheduled Friday morning meetings during the
summer in Connecticut, not far from where he lived. I was often
involved in these meetings, which meant I had to wake up rather
early in my East Village apartment on those summer Friday mornings
to get to Grand Central Station and take a Metro North train
heading north, to Connecticut.
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by Derek Loosvelt|June 12, 2013
Often forgotten in the conversation about the difficulty of raising
children while cultivating a career is the other half of the
equation: working fathers. Of course, historically, since
working fathers have been the primary breadwinners of American
families and mothers the primary caregivers, there hasn't been much
sympathy for fathers when it comes to helping them achieve a better
balance between their work and home lives.
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by Piyali Syam|June 05, 2013
Thinking about going to Europe for your next vacation? You may want
to consider moving there instead. Permanently. Might we suggest
Austria? The Center for Economic and Policy Research recently
published a new report titled "No-Vacation Nation Revisited," a
follow-up to its first report on the subject of vacation time in
the U.S. as compared to other developed nations published in 2007.
The findings? The U.S.
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