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Published: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
According to a University of Southern California study to be published later this month, the high stress and long hours of a job in investment banking can lead to "insomnia, alcoholism, heart palpitations, eating disorders, and an explosive temper." However, [...] Read More >>
Published: Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Rarely is someone with an economics degree from Harvard considered to be the underdog. Even rarer is someone with an economics degree from Harvard seen playing professional basketball. Which is why Jeremy Lin’s sudden rise from obscurity to starting lineup [...] Read More >>
Published: Wednesday, February 01, 2012
As early as today, Facebook is expected to file for an estimated $10 billion IPO. This means that the world's most popular and controversial social media company will soon be a public and extremely wealthy one. It also means that at least 800 million [...] Read More >>
Published: Wednesday, January 25, 2012
According to an article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, “Companies are increasingly relying on social networks such as LinkedIn, video profiles and online quizzes to gauge candidates’ suitability for a job. While most still request a resume as part [...] Read More >>
Published: Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Given all the coverage of private equity now that former big-time PE investor Willard Mitt Romney (yes, Willard is his first name) appears to be the eventual GOP presidential nominee, I thought I’d clear a few things up about the industry.
Myth #1: Private [...] Read More >>
Published: Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Prior to the advent of the email, text, and blog, the exclamation point lived a rather quiet, low-profile existence. Rarely was the straight line above a single dot used in handwritten letters, typed letters, or telegrams (if you've never heard of these, [...] Read More >>
Published: Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Although interviewing for a job can be frightfully stressful, it doesn't have to be. In fact, with proper preparation (researching the company you're interviewing with, the position your interviewing for, and the person or persons who will be conducting [...] Read More >>
Published: Friday, December 16, 2011
The latest Vault Accounting Survey is now open -- which means if you work in public accounting at one of the top 75 accounting firms in the U.S., you're eligible to take the survey.
Of course, all surveys will remain anonymous. And the results of the [...] Read More >>
Published: Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Rick Perry: Two out of three IS bad.If an interviewer asks you to name the last three places where you worked, and you can only remember two of three, it is most definitely not going to help your candidacy -- as Rick Perry knows all too well. Arguably, [...] Read More >>
Published: Thursday, September 29, 2011
In Vault’s latest Accounting Survey, administered this past spring to more than 2,300 accounting professionals, in addition to prestige, insiders were asked to rank their own firms in a variety of quality of life categories, including compensation, [...] Read More >>
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