Tag Archive: Wall Street Journal

The Job Market is So Bad for College Graduates that Companies are Bending Over Backwards to Hire Them

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This headline makes absolutely no sense, but please don’t shoot the messenger just yet. If you’re confused about what’s really going in with regards to Generation Y/Millennials in the workforce, turn off the news and stop reading the papers. The media is more confused than you are. Either that, or they’re purposely trying to confuse…

How to Attract and Manage “Firsters” so they Last – Part Two

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by Mark Sanborn and Eric Chester (This is Part 2 of 2 offering ideas on how to recruit, manage, and retain ‘firsters’ – i.e. young adults entering their first ‘real’  position.  Here’s a link to Part 1.) In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Dennis Nally, the chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), summed up…

When the Going Gets Tough, Move Back Home with Your Mommy

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This going to strike a nerve, but here goes… I know times are tough.  I know people are losing their jobs and struggling. I know work is hard to find. I know things cost now more than they used to. I know all the rationale behind letting your adult children move back home with you….