<link>http://finance.yahoo.com/career-education/</link> <url>http://l.yimg.com/a/i/brand/purplelogo/uh/us/fin.gif</url> </image> <item><title>14 Tips for Getting a Raise When They're Not Handing Them Out</h1> <article> <h1>14 Tips for Getting a Raise When They're Not Handing Them Out</h1> <p>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:22:10 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/14-tips-getting-raise-theyre-144700642.html"></a>Think you deserve a bigger paycheck? Here's how to get a raise, even when they're not handing them out.</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>Beware of Phony College Acceptance Rates</h1> <p>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 11:10:45 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/beware-of-phony-college-acceptance-rates-151046381.html"></a>Many schools fudge their admission rates in order to appear more selective than they really are.</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>Millennials Face Uphill Climb</h1> <p>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 00:06:00 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/millennials-face-uphill-climb-040600768.html"></a>The on-ramp to adulthood is delayed and harder to reach for young people today, a reality that is changing the country's society and economy, according to a new report. More demanding job requirements, ...</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>5 Red Flags in Your Job History ... And How to Combat Them</h1> <p>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:56:08 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/5-red-flags-job-history-141823875.html"></a>When employers screen job applicants, they might spend as little as a few seconds scanning your résumé before moving on to the next. If they see red flags during that initial look, they're likely to toss ...</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>A French Entrepreneur Tries Telecommuting From a Desert Island, Robinson Crusoe-Style</h1> <p>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 13:57:01 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/french-entrepreneur-tries-telecommuting-desert-175701742.html"></a>Gauthier Toulemonde plans to spend 40 days on an uninhabited Indonesian island, living in a tent and running his Paris publishing business with solar-powered devices</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>What's Wrong With Wharton?</h1> <p>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 13:27:41 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/whats-wrong-wharton-142100893.html"></a>Something at Wharton doesn't add up. Applications to the University of Pennsylvania's business school have declined 12% in the past four years, with the M.B.A. program receiving just 6,036 submissions ...</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>A Surge in Growth for a New Kind of Online Course</h1> <p>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 12:56:50 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/surge-growth-kind-online-course-195311609.html"></a>Three major sites have emerged in the last couple of years to offer massive open online courses, greatly expanding the opportunity to take college classes.</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>The States Where Women Make the Most (and Least) Compared to Men</h1> <p>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 10:13:00 -0400</p> Retuers At some point or another, you've heard the stat that American women earn just 77 cents for every dollar that men make. But what about state to state? Is it as bad in New York as, say, Ohio or Wyoming? ... </article> <article> <h1>4 Mistakes the Office Greenhorn Should Avoid</h1> <p>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 11:40:03 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/4-mistakes-office-greenhorn-avoid-154003997.html"></a>Congratulations! You got a new gig. Now the real fun starts. You want to make a great impression with your new colleagues, but how? The first month is a critical time when co-workers, superiors and subordinates ...</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>Top 10 Community Colleges</h1> <p>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 15:10:37 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/top-10-community-colleges-191037799.html"></a>Using data from the National Center for Education Statistics, we ranked more than 900 public two-year institutions to determine the best and brightest schools.</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>Go-Nowhere Generation: Why Young People Are Stuck</h1> <p>Mon, 23 Sep 2013 13:48:00 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/nowhere-generation-why-young-people-174826314.html"></a>The chance that 20-somethings would pack up and move to another state has fallen by more than 40% since the 1980s, according to U.S. Census data.</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>At 77 He Prepares Burgers Earning in Week His Former Hourly Wage</h1> <p>Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:54:42 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/77-prepares-burgers-earning-week-040100515.html"></a>It seems like another life. At the height of his corporate career, Tom Palome was pulling in a salary in the low six-figures and flying first class on business trips to Europe. Today, the 77-year-old former ...</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>America’s Richest (and Poorest) States</h1> <p>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:57:34 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/america-richest-poorest-states-042117509.html"></a>Last year, household income remained effectively unchanged, according to data released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau. This is despite the fact that the U.S. added nearly 2.2 million jobs in 2012. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>$1 Million Mistake: Becoming a Doctor</h1> <p>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 09:39:20 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/-1-million-mistake--becoming-a-doctor-180452276.html"></a>Most doctors are dissatisfied with the job, and less than half would choose a career in medicine if they were able to do it all over again.</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>The Smartest Colleges in America</h1> <p>Thu, 19 Sep 2013 12:42:13 -0400</p> Here's a new ranking of America's colleges and universities based purely on their students' intelligence. </article> <article> <h1>Keeping Your Cool in a High Stress, High Stakes Interview</h1> <p>Thu, 19 Sep 2013 11:24:31 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/keeping-cool-high-stress-high-152431551.html"></a>Have you ever found yourself wondering: "Is it just my imagination or is this interviewer trying to get under my skin?" The questions all seem a little rude. The tone is sharp and overly critical. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>World’s Top Employers for New Grads</h1> <p>Tue, 17 Sep 2013 16:00:14 -0400</p> For an exclusive CNNMoney list, research firm Universum Global surveyed college students around the world to see where they most want to work. </article> <article> <h1>Why You Can't Find A Job You Love</h1> <p>Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:23:16 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-cant-job-love-102300258.html"></a>Do you ever wake up in the morning and ask yourself: “Am I in the right job?” “At the right company?” “On the right career path?” “Doing what I am supposed to be doing with my life?” If so, you are not ...</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>Wharton Puts First-Year MBA Courses Online for Free</h1> <p>Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:00:36 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/wharton-puts-first-mba-courses-164555193.html"></a>Wharton is now offering four core courses from its highly ranked full-time MBA program on the online learning platform Coursera</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>Be Careful Whom You Recommend on LinkedIn</h1> <p>Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:31:36 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/be-careful-whom-you-recommend-on-linkedin-143136773.html"></a>Whom you recommend on LinkedIn really does matter. If they screw up, your thumbs-up could come back to haunt you.</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>The Forbes 400: The Richest People in America</h1> <p>Mon, 16 Sep 2013 08:48:34 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-forbes-400--the-richest-people-in-america-181158012.html"></a>Bill Gates is the richest American for the 20th year in a row, reclaiming the title of world’s richest person from Mexico’s Carlos Slim. See who else made the list.</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>The Best and Worst Cities for Jobs This Fall</h1> <p>Fri, 13 Sep 2013 16:25:17 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/best-worst-cities-jobs-fall-000100925.html"></a>ManpowerGroup surveyed more than 18,000 employers in 100 metropolitan areas to find out who’s hiring, who’s firing and who plans to maintain their current staff levels in the fourth quarter of 2013. Here ...</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>Colleges With the Highest-Paid Grads</h1> <p>Thu, 12 Sep 2013 12:57:16 -0400</p> From Harvey Mudd to the U.S. Naval Academy, graduates with bachelor's degrees from these colleges and universities earn the highest salaries in the country. </article> <article> <h1>10 Questions That Most College Students Can't Answer, but You Probably Can</h1> <p>Thu, 12 Sep 2013 11:05:34 -0400</p> 30% Of College Students Think Baghdad Is The Capital Of Afghanistan; 12% Think Mount Everest Is In The Appalachians. Cause For Concern? </article> <article> <h1>9 Gifts Companies Give Loyal Employees</h1> <p>Thu, 12 Sep 2013 07:30:44 -0400</p> Gifts companies give loyal employees range from appliances to autographed baseballs. </article> <article> <h1>Should You Bring Mom and Dad to Your Job Interview?</h1> <p>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 16:44:16 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bring-mom-dad-job-interview-234100472.html"></a>Paul From was used to meeting the spouses and children of employees at company events. As chief executive of Central Wire Industries, a manufacturing firm based in Perth, Ontario, he has long held regular ...</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>The 10 Worst ‘Shark Tank’ Pitches of All Time</h1> <p>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 08:36:31 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-10-worst-%E2%80%98shark-tank%E2%80%99-pitches-of-all-time-123631986.html"></a>Ahead of the fifth season’s premiere on Sept. 20, here are some of the worst “Shark Tank” pitches of all time.</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>The Biggest Office Interruptions Are...</h1> <p>Tue, 10 Sep 2013 18:41:00 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/biggest-office-interruptions-224100453.html"></a>The big push in office design is forcing co-workers to interact more. Cubicle walls are lower, office doors are no more and communal cafes and snack bars abound. Like most grand social experiments, though, ...</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>10 Hard-to-Fill Jobs</h1> <p>Tue, 10 Sep 2013 11:26:19 -0400</p> Here are 10 companies that want to hire, but are struggling to find the right people. </article> <article> <h1>For Most Job Seekers, Personal Websites Are a Waste of Time</h1> <p>Tue, 10 Sep 2013 10:30:10 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/most-job-seekers-personal-websites-181855613.html"></a>You don't need a sleek personal home page to get a job</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>Princeton, Williams Top U.S. News Best Colleges Rankings</h1> <p>Tue, 10 Sep 2013 08:14:34 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/princeton--williams-top-u-s--news-best-colleges-rankings-205858213.html"></a>The 2014 rankings offer data on nearly 1,800 schools, including tuition and graduation rates.</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>Who Wastes the Most Time at Work?</h1> <p>Sat, 07 Sep 2013 08:07:00 -0400</p> We all waste time. Surveys show Millenials are wasting the most. A year ago my friend Russ Warner, CEO of ContentWatch, collaborated with me on the article Employees Really Do Waste Time At Work. The interest ... </article> <article> <h1>The Real Reasons You’re Unhappy at Work</h1> <p>Fri, 06 Sep 2013 16:46:04 -0400</p> You hate your boss. Your coworkers give you the cold shoulder. Your to-do list is either painfully boring or terrifyingly long. These sound like valid reasons to hate your job. </article> <article> <h1>The 12 American Universities That Produce the Most CEOs</h1> <p>Fri, 06 Sep 2013 13:55:35 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-12-american-universities-that-produce-the-most-ceos-175536050.html"></a>If you want to be the Chief Executive Officer of a major company, where you went to school matters, according to a new list from Times Higher Education.</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>Some 2-Year Degrees Pay Off Better Than BAs</h1> <p>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 09:34:00 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/2-degrees-pay-off-better-105500946.html"></a>Some 2-year degrees pay off better than BAs</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>6 Cover Letter Mistakes You Don't Want to Make</h1> <p>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 13:25:00 -0400</p> Learn from your mistakes, they say. We say... </article> <article> <h1>Religious Dorms Sprout Up</h1> <p>Mon, 02 Sep 2013 19:27:00 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/religious-dorms-sprout-232700663.html"></a>TROY, Ala.—Justice Gray, an incoming college freshman who attends church regularly and abstains from alcohol, wasn't keen on living in a dorm full of partyers. So she opted for a new housing option that ...</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>America’s Disappearing Jobs</h1> <p>Fri, 30 Aug 2013 14:27:20 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/america-disappearing-jobs-100946204.html"></a>Because of a major decline in jobs during the recession, the number of nonfarm workers is up just 5% over the past 10 years. While the past decade’s painful recession and the slow job growth that has followed ...</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>Which Fast Food Workers Hate Their Jobs the Most?</h1> <p>Thu, 29 Aug 2013 15:20:22 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/fast-food-workers-hate-jobs-192022715.html"></a>Data from by Glassdoor.com identifies four chains where workers are not happy</p><br clear="all"/> </article> <article> <h1>Brin Breakup Raises the Perils of Office Romance</h1> <p>Thu, 29 Aug 2013 08:15:00 -0400</p> <p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/brin-breakup-raises-perils-office-121500766.html"></a>Getting involved with a colleague or boss can turn into a minefield of problems. Here are some tips on navigating an office romance.</p><br clear="all"/> </article> </main></body></html>