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Social Networking as a job search tool? It seems like such an easy concept, but many people are not sure how to properly harness the Web for this purpose.

As we grew up, many of us were told to pick our careers according to what our heart’s desire. That doesn’t seem to be the message anymore.

If you’re like most college students, you or your parents had to take out student loans in order to pay for your education. The rising cost of tuition, housing, food and books has made student loans more prevalent in today’s society.

Sitting through long-winded speeches for a couple of hours in the sun on hard chairs and benches is not exactly a form of celebration that anyone enjoys. Graduation ceremonies are a tradition that brings in crowds by the hundreds, yet no one ever has fun at them. There is excitement in the air for the [...]

“I’m a Federal Special Agent, and while firing a weapon and handcuffing dirtbags has little to nothing to do with history, getting to that point kind of does.” Kevin never was a traditional college student – he served as a Marine before attending UCLA. After seeing a B action movie with his then girlfriend (now [...]

With the ending of the spring semester comes graduation and relaxation… but not until after students are finished dealing with applications to prospective colleges. Yes, your letters have already been sent off and you have probably already received your responses, but in case some of you are wondering why acceptance has been so difficult, there [...]

Travel has marked all of the major transitions in my life, like leaving home, graduating college, post-college angst, and leaving my first real job. I didn’t do anything you couldn’t do. The trips were affordable and didn’t include backpacking through Europe or hiking Kilimanjaro. Yet each journey gave me a [...]

If starting a new school with larger classes and stricter teachers was not intimidating enough, recent high school graduates also have to deal with the speculation that many of them are just not ready for the coming college semester. And whose fault might that be? The high school’s or the student’s?
According to a recent article [...]

How safe is Mexico really? Can you afford Europe? When should you never go to France? What is the best way to find cheap plane tickets? Here are the answers to this year’s most important summer travel questions.
Best Destination: Europe (especially Dublin)
Europe – Britain, France, Germany, Spain and Italy specifically – is the hot destination [...]

If you’ve had a lot of interview experience, you are probably already familiar with these tips, but if you haven’t they might just be the difference between getting an offer and being conveniently “forgotten” about. You want to be the candidate that employers fight over–not the one they cringe at. Matthew Rothenberg, Editor-in-Chief of TheLadders.com [...]