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Six Degrees of Sustainability: The Hottest Schools for Environmental Studies

BY Abha BhattaraiFri May 1, 2009 at 10:33 AM

In January, we reported on the 10 green jobs poised to carry us through the next decade. Five months later, the demand for those jobs is still growing strong--President Obama recently pledged $500 million for environmental job ...READ»

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Resume Tips to Get the Job You Want

BY Maro OnokpiseFri Apr 17, 2009 at 4:34 PM

In a time with growing uncertainty, and thousands of individuals facing the threat of being laid off, it is increasingly important to have a competitive resume. It's not enough to say what you did; your resume has to articulate how ...READ»

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WorldBlu's List of Democratic Workplaces Will Make You Want to Work Someplace Else

BY Noah RobischonTue Apr 14, 2009 at 3:55 PM

The vast majority of companies today are still organized under an antiquated hierarchical structure that was borne of an earlier era. But a movement toward organizational democracy--a more transparent style of workplace ...READ»

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How Much Does a Decent Designer Make? (UPDATED)

BY Cliff KuangThu Mar 5, 2009 at 10:41 AM

Coroflot, a job-listing site for designers, has published the results of its 2008 salary survey. It confirms, once again, that design is pretty good work if you can get it. Top flight graphic designers, interaction designers, and ...READ»

CAREER ADVICE | 8 comments

Career Advice from Gary Flake, Director of Live Labs at Microsoft

BY Chuck SalterTue Feb 3, 2009 at 6:10 PM

Gary Flake joined Microsoft as a technical fellow in 2005 and promptly founded Live Labs, which is focused on creating innovative Internet applications such as Photosynth. Prior to Microsoft, he founded and ran Yahoo! Research Labs and worked as the chief scientist at Overture.READ»

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Career Advice from Chuck Jones, VP of Global Consumer Design at Whirlpool

BY Chuck SalterThu Jan 29, 2009 at 4:38 PM

After designing office furniture at Herman Miller and copiers at Xerox, Chuck Jones joined Whirlpool in 1995 and took on appliances. Since then he has managed to turn North America's largest appliance maker into a far more design-centric company.READ»

CAREER ADVICE | 13 comments

Career Advice from Fokko Wientjes, Sustainability Director of DSM

BY Jennifer VilagaMon Jan 26, 2009 at 12:25 PM

DSM is a Dutch-based life- and materials-science company behind MixMe, a powdered multivitamin supplement developed in partnership with the UN World Food Program to ease malnutrition in developing countries. Fokko Wientjes, 45, says the secret to his 20-plus career at DSM is about not staying in the same place.READ»

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Career Advice from Eric Feng, Chief Technology Officer of Hulu

BY Chuck SalterTue Jan 20, 2009 at 4:53 PM

Before joining Hulu at the age of 28, Eric Feng was the founder and CEO of a video technology company in China and had worked at Microsoft as a developer.READ»

BACK TO SCHOOL | 22 comments

7 Essential Steps to Surviving a Post-Layoff Existence

BY Adam FrucciTue Jan 13, 2009 at 6:00 PM

So you're one of the unlucky ones. The entire economy is crumbling around us, and with every single company in existence looking to cut costs and become more efficient, you were deemed to be expendable. It's a lousy situation, to be ...READ»

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The Top Jobs for 2009

BY Chris DannenTue Jan 13, 2009 at 6:00 PM

In 2009, the job market will be full of contrasts: some industries will be eviscerated while others face shortages of workers. The good news is that despite the recession, there are still real jobs to be had. The bad news is that you ...READ»

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