Finding a Workplace Where You Fit
To learn about a company's culture, examine how it presents itself to the world. When possible, find out how current and past employees describe their motivation for work....
Financial incentive and a ‘nudge’ encourage students to re-enroll in classes: study
New research compares efforts to encourage students to re-enroll in college with information alone or with tuition waivers. The financial incentives appear to work better....
Students aren’t going to college just to get a job – and that matters
The narrative that students are going to college simply to get a job isn’t quite so tidy. The decision-making process is far more complicated....
Resume scanners gain ground at college career centres
More employers are using applicant tracking systems to hire employees. Some colleges are using new AI-based tools, like VMock, to help students keep up....
We need better data on competency-based education
More information about what works in competency-based programs is needed to inform policy and encourage the growth of this promising form of postsecondary education, writes Charla Long....
How One Common Phrase Can Undermine Your Job Search
Writing "I had the opportunity to ..." undermines even compelling cover letters, because it's imprecise, passive and diminishing....
Why intergenerational immobility resurfaces among advanced degree holders
Higher education is the great equalizer. Correction: a bachelor’s degree is the great equalizer. Graduate and professional degrees? Not so much, according to a forthcoming study in Social Science Research that seeks...
The 8 Steps Institutions Need to Take to Improve Student Success
Step No. 4 is early exposure to career planning. Institutions need to provide students, early in their college experience, with relevant labor market data, including job sectors that are growing,...
Mental health, bullying, career uncertainty top concerns for PhD students: survey
More than a third of Ph.D. students have sought help for anxiety or depression caused by Ph.D. study, according to results of a global survey of 6,300 students from Nature. Thirty-six percent is...
Backward Design Your Way to a Fulfilling Career
In a nutshell, backward design tells you to start with the end in mind. Wherever you are in your studies or research, take a step back and think about what...