Harvard Business School’s incoming class will have a substantially smaller percentage of finance professionals than in previous years. Instead, a higher number of students will have manufacturing and technology backgrounds.
According to preliminary figures from Harvard’s admissions department, about 25% of the 919 students in the class of 2013 are from finance industries— including private equity, banking and venture capital—compared with 32% last year.
Graduates from the business school celebrate during their commencement at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., in May 2010.
Harvard administrators say the change reflects a greater quantity of strong applicants from nonfinance industries. The
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On March 11, 2010, Washington Post blogger Valerie Strauss asked an intriguing question: “Why is the Education Department purchasing 27 Remington Brand Model 870 police 12-gauge shotguns?”
On June 7, 2011, the answer became clear. At 6 a.m. a S.W.A.T.-style team of 15 officers from the U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE) Office of Inspector General broke down a door in Stockton, California. (The OIG is the semi-independent law-enforcement branch of the DOE which pursues criminal offenses such as student aid fraud.) The agents had a no-knock warrant that had been issued by the DOE
On the other side of the door were Kenneth Wright and his three children ages 3, 7, and 11. None of them had violated any law.
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Salutations fellow readers of the Jane M. Von Bergen’s Jobbing Blog!
My name is Adrianna Rodriguez and I’ve almost graduated from Perkiomen Valley High School in Montgomery County. I’m planning on attending Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism in September. However, before journeying into the college life, I decided to take a quick glimpse of the real world. For the next month I will be interning for Ms. Von Bergen. While this may have been something new for her, taking a young high school student under her wing for a long period, it is certainly an eye opening experience for me too.
In the next few weeks, I plan to write on this blog occasionally about the world of work from my perspective. I hope my
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There is no age group immune to the potential of an office romance. There is also no way of telling how one will turn out and the impact it could have on you and your career. If it happens to you and you are in those early stages of discovery, it’s also somewhat impossible to keep your head about you to realize the can of worms you may be opening up. Workers get into these relationships every day and every day people get fired, sued and derailed by what seemed so right.
Office romances can spark easily because of the proximity, frequency and availability of like-minded people. You have many things in common with your co-workers; and when you add the sexual attraction that comes with it – POW! This also falls into the category of things your mother never told you. People don’t talk about this issue all that much, so you may not realize what the issue is.
Granted there are places, like law enforcement, where “fraternization” is encouraged. These are the
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To take notes, or not to take notes: that is the question. Many job seekers might have been wondering about what to do about note-taking during job interviews. On the one hand, you want to write down important items that come up during the conversation. On the other hand, you don’t want to seem inattentive and distracted, or miss out on other important things your interviewer said while you’re busy writing down her last sentence.
The pros of taking notes during interviews include:
- Show that you’re paying attention.
- You won’t forget important details about this job. It doesn’t make a good impression if you have to ask the potential employer the same questions repeatedly.
- Your follow-up will be more powerful when you refer to discussion from your interview.
But note taking can be overdone. When that happens, here are the cons:
- Fail to make personal connection. If you’re abso
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