Workplace Issues
by Vault Careers | Published: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
It's funny how something as small as a malfunctioning copy machine can ruin your day at work.
We all whine about silly stuff like technology fails--but are we setting a pattern for ourselves when we mindlessly complain?
The Wall Street Journal thinks so--and according to their article today (hilariously sub-titled "How to Stop Whining"), even therapists are starting to rail against our constant moaning and groaning.
It's hard to know if you're being whiny in your daily interactions (try taping yourself[...] Read More >>
by Vault Careers | Published: Friday, May 11, 2012
The Don Drapers of the world are having their moment at Creative Week in New York City right now. But far from exclusive to the advertising world, "creative" thinking, problem solving, and solutions are something all of us have been lectured on at some point. Just take a moment for a mental montage of the many times you've been instructed to "think outside the box." A lot, right?
Outside of the 1960s advertising industry, though, booze, procrastination, the solitude of corner offices are luxuries[...] Read More >>
by Vault Law Editors | Published: Thursday, May 10, 2012
Final exams are wrapping up, and it’s time to get ready for a twelve-week long interview—also known as the summer associate program.
Being a summer associate is certainly fun—get ready for delicious meals and enough activities to rival any sleepaway camp. But unless you’ve worked at a law firm before, you’re also likely to run into lots of new situations where the appropriate behavior might not be clear.
Want to test your summer associate IQ? See if you can answer the following questions:
How often[...] Read More >>
by Vault Careers | Published: Thursday, May 10, 2012
Work got you down? Try a nice, refreshing sip of office Kool-Aid!
"Drinking the Kool-Aid" (or buying into the corporate rah-rah spirit) usually has negative connotations: that the enthusiastic employees are the dim ones, who can't think for themselves, or mistakenly think the company has their best interests at heart.
But even if your employer is the bloodsucking kind, it may truly be in your best interests to believe in them.
I know, I know—but hear us out. Just like forgiveness can be an unpopular[...] Read More >>
by Derek Loosvelt | Published: Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Dear Class of 2012, By now you've no doubt read report after report telling how you and your fellow graduates are entering the worst job market since the Ice Age. Perhaps you've also read the extremely strange op-ed published this past Monday by what's supposedly one of our country's finest media outlets telling you that not only are you entering a doomed and gloomy job market, but you're probably the dumbest, most ignorant and hopeless bunch of college graduates to ever walk the face of the nation[...] Read More >>
by Vault Careers | Published: Friday, May 04, 2012
Thinking of planning a vacation? In the words of Arnold Schwarzenegger, do it. Do it now.
According to a December survey, the average employee left two unused vacation days in 2011, which, according to CNNMoney (who used the average salary of the workers, $39,000, to calculate) adds up to $34.4 billion in time.
Want to guess where those profits go? Yup, directly to employers. Which may explain how many companies have reached ever-increasing productivity numbers in the past few years despite hiring[...] Read More >>
by Derek Loosvelt | Published: Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Although not every investment banking analyst who works in corporate finance or M&A for a bulge-bracket bank (Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, etc.) puts in 80 hours a week constantly throughout the year, many of them do just that.
In fact, according to Vault's latest Banking Survey, which we've been admistering since March and will be using to determine our forthcoming 2013 Vault Banking 50, 35 percent of corporate finance bankers say they work more than 80 hours per week, while 60[...] Read More >>
by Vault Law Editors | Published: Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Yesterday, New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman announced that lawyers seeking admission to the state bar will be required to perform 50 hours of pro bono work before being licensed to practice. The move—which will make New York the first state to implement this type of requirement on lawyers before they are licensed—was made in an attempt to increase free legal services to those in need, especially in cases involving foreclosures, unemployment insurance, health care, and domestic violence.
While[...] Read More >>
by Vault Careers | Published: Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Shortly after a period of real-world publicity from several law suits, interns are once again in the spotlight, but on the fictional front: with a wildly popular HBO show Girls and two new films in the works: The Internship, and The Intern.
Girls, which has prompted many an opinion piece on millennials, follows a group of 20-something interns as they struggle at building careers and relationships in New York City--and hit mom and dad up for rent money.
Many actual 20-somethings are finding the show[...] Read More >>
by Vault Consulting Editors | Published: Monday, April 30, 2012
One minute you're all worried about the economy, the next you turn around and lunch is on the agenda. Literally: the subject of victual breaks for employees has been seen everywhere of late from the California state Supreme Court to an ad campaign from a certain double-arched purveyor of fast food products reminding the American worker that "It's your lunch. Take it."
Reading between the lines, it's clear that there's a feeling in some quarters that the lunch break is in danger of becoming a thing[...] Read More >>
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