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University of Michigan: Advice for International Students
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Travel Destination: Amsterdam
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Cheap Labor as Cultural Exchange: A Look at the Summer Work Travel Program
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How to Get And Keep A Mentor
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Top 10 Business Buzzwords to Take Off Your LinkedIn Profile Now
Student Life
University of Michigan: Advice for International Students
The University of Michigan, located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, prides itself for its commitment to diversity. University President Mary Sue Coleman reiterated that an essential factor in U&M’s academic excellence is its diversity where students, faculty and staff of different backgrounds and different experiences are brought together to create an intellectual experience that is unmatched [...]
Places
Travel Destination: Amsterdam
Whether you go for storybook canals or laid-back coffeehouses, the Flower Market’s springtime blooms or the Van Gogh Museum’s sunflowers, Amsterdam will — in its inimitable style — captivate you. Friendly, open-minded and easygoing, the Amsterdammers flaunt their quirky creativity in Jordaan’s boutiques and welcome all-comers like long-lost friends in canalside cafés. This is the [...]
Immigration
Cheap Labor as Cultural Exchange: A Look at the Summer Work Travel Program
Earlier this month, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ordered an “extensive and thorough review” of the State Department’s troubled Summer Work Travel (SWT) program, which every year brings more than 100,000 college students from around the world to fill low-wage seasonal jobs in the United States. That followed last summer’s protests by students working at a Hershey Co. [...]
Career Advice
How to Get And Keep A Mentor
Everyone tells you to seek out mentors in your career, but how exactly do you do that? And how do you interact with a mentor when you get one? Never fear, we have some answers for you. Pick the right mentor. I talked to Dr. Belle Rose Ragins, Professor of Human Resource Management at the [...]
Career Advice
Top 10 Business Buzzwords to Take Off Your LinkedIn Profile Now
LinkedIn, the social-networking site for people with business cards, has released its list of the year’s most overused professional buzzwords, culled from the profiles of its 135 million members. As one might expect, they’re terms that sound awfully nice but say almost nothing specific about a person. They’re the type of terms that are roughly the equivalent [...]
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University of Michigan: Advice for International Students
Posted December 19, 2011 by David
The University of Michigan, located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, prides itself for its commitment to diversity. University President Mary Sue Coleman reiterated that an essential factor in U&M’s academic excellence is its diversity where students, faculty and staff of different backgrounds and different experiences are brought together to create an intellectual experience that is unmatched [...]
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Travel Destination: Amsterdam
Posted December 18, 2011 by David
Whether you go for storybook canals or laid-back coffeehouses, the Flower Market’s springtime blooms or the Van Gogh Museum’s sunflowers, Amsterdam will — in its inimitable style — captivate you. Friendly, open-minded and easygoing, the Amsterdammers flaunt their quirky creativity in Jordaan’s boutiques and welcome all-comers like long-lost friends in canalside cafés. This is the [...]
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Cheap Labor as Cultural Exchange: A Look at the Summer Work Travel Program
Posted December 15, 2011 by David
Earlier this month, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ordered an “extensive and thorough review” of the State Department’s troubled Summer Work Travel (SWT) program, which every year brings more than 100,000 college students from around the world to fill low-wage seasonal jobs in the United States. That followed last summer’s protests by students working at a Hershey Co. [...]
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How to Get And Keep A Mentor
Posted December 15, 2011 by David
Everyone tells you to seek out mentors in your career, but how exactly do you do that? And how do you interact with a mentor when you get one? Never fear, we have some answers for you. Pick the right mentor. I talked to Dr. Belle Rose Ragins, Professor of Human Resource Management at the [...]
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Top 10 Business Buzzwords to Take Off Your LinkedIn Profile Now
Posted December 15, 2011 by David
LinkedIn, the social-networking site for people with business cards, has released its list of the year’s most overused professional buzzwords, culled from the profiles of its 135 million members. As one might expect, they’re terms that sound awfully nice but say almost nothing specific about a person. They’re the type of terms that are roughly the equivalent [...]
