Articles in the CAREER Category
Posted in CAREER, Spring 2010
There are many issues that we face at work, but amongst the least talked about is the appearance of being smart. We all know someone at the office who looks almost too good to be considered smart at first glance, or someone with the typical “nerd” look that in fact is a lot less intelligent [...]
Posted in CAREER, Featured, Spring 2010
First, what is location-based or location aware social media: location aware social media allows users to opt-into an interface that can pinpoint their location when they post through GPS, mobile email, or text. In essence, online readers know where you are, when you are there, and what you may be doing there.
As soon as [...]
Posted in CAREER, Featured, Spring 2010
Welcome to my world: a small town of 8385 people. We boast a less than 7% racial minority population in an extremely conservative part of an otherwise liberal state. In 2008 election lingo, we were part of what Vice Presidential hopeful Sarah Palin called “the real America.” So it follows that my office is equally [...]
Posted in CAREER, Winter 2009
by, Seema Roy
Email rules our life – it is a sad but serious acceptance. It’s a way to get in touch with people, share our feelings, and make plans. However, sometimes the quick-sending ability of an email has its own aches and pains … like that time you emailed your best friend about how much [...]
Posted in CAREER, Winter 2009
by, Amena Hussain
The new salary sharing site, glassdoor.com, allows users to read about other people’s salaries as long as they enter their own salary for other users to view. In its first two months glassdoor has published more than 50,000 company reviews and salary reports from 80 countries. The site’s co-founder and chief executive Robert [...]

