Career Kids Blog

Students Have the Entrepreneurial Spirit

Linda Schwartz — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:09:45 +0000

I don’t have any study to compare entrepreneurial spirit between kids in different countries, although there may be a study out there that does that, but a new Gallup poll shows that young people are motivated and OK with risks. Sounds like a perfect recipe for starting a business. Some other thoughts:

I don’t understand why there [...]

Learn, Earn, Contribute

Linda Schwartz — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:55:41 +0000

When I speak with young people, especially those in college, I often warn them about that first year (or longer) after they graduate. You go from being a college student, who may or may not be working part-time, to an adult who is supposed to be doing “adult-work.” Sure, some students majored in a subject [...]

Teen Employment Improves

Linda Schwartz — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 22:57:55 +0000

The Sacramento Bee has a short article about a report saying that there was a 44% increase in employment in teens nationwide in June compared to June 2010. This report came from an outplacement firm in Chicago – Challenger, Gray & Christmas, but I can’t find the report on their website.

That’s a huge increase. I’d [...]

Do Help Wanted Ads Have Gender-Specific Words?

Linda Schwartz — Thu, 19 May 2011 18:13:52 +0000

When you read job descriptions, can you tell it the job is meant for a man or a woman? A study just published shows that subtle wording differences for the same job will influence whether a man or a woman applies. They conclude that these word biases are probably unintentional and may explain some of [...]

Unemployment and Gender News

Linda Schwartz — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:45:16 +0000

According to CollegeBoard.com, the unemployment rate in 2009 for those with a four-year degree was 5.1 percentage points lower than those with only a high school education, 4.6% to 9.7% respectively.

Take those figures and combine that knowledge with the information just released from census data, which also shows that women are now outnumbering men in [...]