I vividly remember my first internship and the whopping $5-an-hour salary I was offered and readily accepted. That sounds like a ridiculously low salary by today’s standards until I asked the CPI Inflation Calculator to tell me how much that would be in today’s dollars — $48.69! If only that were the case for…… Continue reading Hiring Interns? Pay Them What They’re Worth
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Graduates: What It Now Takes to Land a Job
Good News: There will be 5% more jobs for college graduates this year than in 2016, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employees (NACE). Bad News: Most employers feel college students aren’t fully prepared for what is expected of them in the real world. According to today’s Wall Street Journal, job-seeking seniors…… Continue reading Graduates: What It Now Takes to Land a Job