image via online.wsj.com If you are considering going back to college, you may be interested to know that tuition rates are going up. That is the bad news. The good news is that the Pell grants are on the rise. I give a lot of advice about paying for college in my...
If you are considering going to school or going back to school, check out some of these figures gathered from over 11,000 graduates. via online.wsj.com
If you look at Rapleaf’s site (now Towerdata), they describe their business in the following manner: “Rapleaf is a San Francisco-based startup with an ambitious vision: we want every person to have a meaningful, personalized experience – whether online or offline....
Think about the person who is trying very hard to find that new job. They may have missed a few payments due to being out of work. This has caused their credit to be less than stellar. If they should find that perfect job, the future employer will run their...
A survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows that small businesses in the area are not getting the loans they are applying for this year. Businessweek.com reported, “Of the 59 percent of businesses responding to the poll that applied for credit in the first...
image via celebritynetworth.com Have you ever wondered how much an actor, musician, politican, businessman, athlete, rapper or someone else famous was worth? Perhaps you wondered if Bruce Willis was worth more or less than Demi Moore. There is a site called...
According to their site, Google Checkout allows you to: • Stop creating multiple accounts and passwords. With Google Checkout™ you can quickly and easily buy from stores across the web and track all your orders and shipping in one place. • Shop with confidence....
Median Wages for Women vs. Male Peers Metro Area Wage Ratio Atlanta, GA 121% Memphis, TN-AR-MS 119% New York City-Northeastern NJ 117% Sacramento, CA 116% San Diego, CA 115% Miami-Hialeah, FL 114% Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 114% Raleigh-Durham, NC 114%...
The sky is falling. We hear about it every day. The stock market is plunging, the housing bubble has exploded, and the list of doom and gloom goes on and on. How did we get here? We consider ourselves a bright nation. Why then, didn’t we see this coming? Did we get...
Marketing school products has taken a virtual direction with sites like Facebook, My Space, Twitter and others focusing their messages on young shoppers. Advertising on cell phones and social networking sites is becoming more common. Students can now see virtual...
Our guest today is Ola Snow, Chief Human Resources Officer at Cardinal Health. Ola oversees the company’s Human Resources, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Community Relations, Communications, Environmental health and Safety, Security, Real Estate, Facilities and...
You can’t avoid negotiations in any line of work, especially in business. Whether it’s negotiating a business deal or negotiating your salary, you need to know how it works. You need to know how many questions you need to ask, how to get in their head, and more. Join...
Tom Peters illuminates this episode with his wisdom by sharing his new book, which was inspired by Excellence Now: Extreme Humanism. Tom, the co-author of Compact Guide to Excellence, shares the guidebook for leaders in the workplace to urge them on what truly matters...
Our guest today is MetLife EVP and Chief HR Officer Susan Podlogar. In this episode, our discussion focuses on MetLife’s wellness programs and initiatives. Susan provides actionable steps you can take to start building your own company’s wellness culture, which is...
Our guest today is DocuSign’s Chief People Officer, Joan Burke. In this episode, we discuss DocuSign’s unique core company values: Trusted, Loved, and Responsible. Joan tells us how and why these values are kept top-of-mind for every decision around how they treat...