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☆ Career advice for the class of 2023: How to find a job you love
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Cindy Perman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

What's important, Ng and other career experts say, is that you don't just look for a job, whether it's your first or fifth. Gorick Ng author of "The Unspoken Rules"LinkedIn career expert Blair Heitmann recommends making a career bucket list. Are you on the right career ladder? Ng offers this visual: Jobs are rungs on a career ladder. Don't assume that you will get something because you 'deserve it'OK, so let's say you are lucky enough to land at a job is on the right career ladder for you.

☆ The top 10 buzziest companies Gen Z wants to work for—none of them are in Big Tech, says new report
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Jennifer Liu | In Jljenniferliu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The graduating class of 2023's desire for stability in an uncertain economy is dictating where they want to work most after college. It's hard to escape unrelenting news of tech layoffs in recent months, including major staff cuts from Meta, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and many others. "They're gravitating toward companies that offer solid benefits, career pathing and a level of stability they've been looking for." Most young professionals plan to pick up new tech skills for their careersThough search interest for major tech companies dropped, Cruzvergara says today's grads are more likely than their predecessors to be interested in jobs that require tech skills. New college grads feel confident they have the skills they need to get the job they want but also plan to develop new tech skills on the job or after hours.

☆ The class of 2023 wants jobs that match their personal values and interests, even if it means less money
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Ethan Dodd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Today's college grads want work that speaks to their values and interests. Today's availability of jobs mean Gen Z can afford work that pays less. Not to mention, the rise of remote work means "you're not forced to live in the most expensive city," Krembs said. Companies are struggling to appeal to Gen ZJust after Gen Z started graduating from college and entering the workforce, large companies started making progressive commitments. Perhaps unsatisfied with the big companies on offer, Gen Z is taking on side hustles and freelancing to work towards their values and interests.

☆ Obama wants companies to strip degree requirements from more six-figure jobs to address the labor shortage
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Jason Lalljee | Ethan Dodd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Former President Barack Obama said more states should drop degree requirements for government jobs. It's an example of "a smart policy that gets rid of unnecessary college degree requirements and reduces barriers to good paying jobs," Obama said on Twitter. In recent years, states have eliminated four-year degree requirements to shore up their understaffed governments, and Republican governors have led the way. Arizona and Oregon have temporarily loosened degree requirements to address a teacher shortage. Georgia and Alaska are considering dropping degree requirements to fill government vacancies as well.

☆ Citadel joins a growing number of firms rolling out internships for undergrads looking for a fast track to the buy side
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Investment banks, you've been put on notice: The buy side is coming for your young talent. Insider's Emmalyse Brownstein has a full rundown on an undergrad internship at hedge fund Citadel for aspiring fund managers. The Citadel Associate Program (CAP) is a tough nut to crack, with an acceptance rate of only 1%. Click here learn more about Citadel's ultra-exclusive associate program, along with tips to get ahead during the application process. And if you're wondering who is left leading the world's largest hedge fund, look no further than our list of the fund's top 11 executives.

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☆ 8 Phrases That Make You Sound Weak at Work and What to Say Instead
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Michael Thompson | Mike Thompson Blog | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Avoid phrases like, "I'm not an expert but..." and "It's just that..." to sound more confident. Plus, according to sociologist Maja Jovanovic in her TED Talk, saying sorry make us appear smaller and timider than we really are. So if you catch yourself complaining instead of saying "sorry for venting" or "sorry for laying this on you," steal a line from Maja and try this simple switch instead — "Thank you for listening." But try to limit how much you say you're sorry when there's nothing for you to be sorry about. This may sound obvious, but "sorry, I'm stupid" happens.

☆ Men without college degrees are dropping out of the workforce because they viewed their dead-end jobs as a threat to social status
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Jason Lalljee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Working-age men without degrees are exiting the workforce because it isn't helping their social status. For these men, jobs aren't just a source of income; they're a source of social status. That's especially true for white men, Wu writes, and younger men, who see a job with limited pay growth — which they believe could affect their marriage prospects and social status — as worse than no job. Why men without college degrees are leaving the workforce to save their social status, and what they can do insteadWu said marriage market anxiety for younger male workers is likely the prime reason for leaving the workforce when their social status declines. Studies show that stress and low-self-esteem linked to lower social status contribute to worse health and early death.

☆ Class of 2023 rejoice: Companies are ramping up hiring of new college grads as experienced workers are harder to find amid the labor shortage
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The labor market is still tight, but employers are ready to hire from the pool of new college graduates. NACE found that respondents plan to hire 14.7% more 2023 graduates compared to the class of 2022. That's good news for workers, especially recent college graduates. "For instance, in many cases it costs less to hire a recent college graduate compared to a mid-career or senior-level professional." But it noted "only 6% expect to cut back on hiring new college graduates."

☆ 'Deer in the headlights': Young bankers on Wall Street have had it easy for years — but they're about to face a bloodbath
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-09 | by ( Linette Lopez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

If you can spare compassion for anyone on Wall Street during these volatile times, please consider the youth. That also meant bankers on Wall Street got fat off the huge fees that came with advising these companies or taking them public. Wall Street is an apprenticeship system; young bankers learn by watching senior bankers do things and by doing all the time-consuming grunt work senior bankers don't want to do. Many of the rules that young Wall Street just learned about how the markets react to events have to be thrown out the window. In the crowd at the conference that day were a bunch of young Wall Streeters who had been invited to attend as a learning experience.

High-profile hiring freezes in the tech industry raised alarms about the health of the job market. But career counselors at universities nationwide insist grads are still getting hired. For many new college grads, the summer's hazy afterglow of no more studying, exams, or group projects is counterbalanced with the pressure of the all-important job search. Insider interviewed a dozen college career counselors and undergraduate professors to get their takes on how the job market is holding up for recent grads. And amid volatility in the stock market, industry experts have predicted that layoffs are likely for some investment bankers.

☆ The best- and worst-paying college majors, five years after graduation
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-12 | by ( Mike Winters | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The bottom 10 majors after five years are mostly liberal arts degrees, and they all pay less than $40,000 in wages right after college. In some cases, the lower-ranked majors pay almost less than half of what the best-paying majors earn. The good news is that most college majors still offer greater earning potential compared to a high school degree. The median wage for college grads ages 22-27 is $52,000, compared to a median wage of $30,000 for workers with no college degrees. This includes family and consumer sciences majors, who earn a median mid-career salary of $51,000.

☆ The pros and cons of going to graduate school right now, according to academic and business experts
▼ + stars: | 2020-07-09 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Due to the current job market, many recent college graduates are considering going back to school. Could now be a smart time to put your job search on ice and shift gears to graduate school? The prosYou avoid entering a limited job market and possibly stunting your compensationPatrick Mullane, executive director of Harvard Business School Online, explained one benefit of going to graduate school while the economy isn't robust. J. Celeste Walley-Jean, dean at Clayton State University's School of Graduate Studies & Inclusive Engagement, noted that another indicator that the timing may be right to attend graduate school is cost. "If you just graduated and can't find a job, grad school might seem like a great way to ride out the recession.

Nearly half of indebted graduates think their college degree didn't earn them a higher salary, according to a survey from Insider and Morning Consult. The average student-loan debt is nearly $30,000 per borrower in the graduating class of 2018. Of these respondents, 17% have undergrad student-loan debt and 7.5% have graduate student-loan debt. For those with undergrad student-loan debt, this might be influenced by how stressed they are about their debt. That's still more than what the average millennial earns — $35,455, just slightly more than the average student-loan debt.

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