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Meetings Are Stand-Up Jobs

WSJ Careers - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 14:29
Stand-up meetings are part of a fast-moving tech culture in which sitting has become synonymous with sloth.
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Business-Plan Contests Take a Practical Turn

WSJ Careers - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 12:05
Less planning, more legwork. That's the formula some business schools are using to overhaul the competitions they conduct each year to test their students' mettle as entrepreneurs.
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For Students: Wise Words From Warren Buffett

WSJ Careers - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 11:04
Several Fridays a year, Warren Buffett entertains business students from all over the country who descend on Omaha, Neb., to pick the billionaire investor's brain.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics Forecasts Fastest-Growing Jobs

WSJ Careers - Thu, 02/02/2012 - 18:43
BLS expects total U.S. employment to rise 14.3% over the current decade, resulting in 20.5 million new jobs. Here's a look at projections for the fastest-growing fields.
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Do the Job You're Meant to Do

WSJ Careers - Thu, 02/02/2012 - 14:47
We all have a sweet spot where everything seems to flow: It's the intersection of our strengths, weaknesses, passions, and differences. We should plan our work and our lives so that we operate in that intersection.
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M.B.A. Applications in Europe Slow

WSJ Careers - Thu, 02/02/2012 - 13:53
The European currency crisis is claiming another victim: the M.B.A student.
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JetBlue Chairman Teaches Entrepreneurial Lessons

WSJ Careers - Thu, 02/02/2012 - 13:33
Joel Peterson, the founder of private-equity firm Peterson Partners and chairman of JetBlue Airways Corp., teaches entrepreneurial management and leadership courses at Stanford Graduate School of Business in Palo Alto, Calif.
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Law Grads Claim Schools Misled

WSJ Careers - Wed, 02/01/2012 - 21:38
Lawsuits accusing a number of U.S. law schools of fudging post-graduate employment statistics were filed amid mounting controversy over the high cost of tuition and grim job prospects for debt-laden graduates.
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News & Trends in Management

WSJ Careers - Wed, 02/01/2012 - 18:20
Move over M.B.A.s, engineers are far more prevalent in companies' top ranks, a new study says. Plus, CEOs are making transparency a priority.
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For Job-Seekers, a New Push to Keep Financial Skeletons Buried

WSJ Careers - Wed, 02/01/2012 - 14:57
With the nation's unemployment remaining stubbornly high, a number of states are taking a step to help job seekers: banning credit checks.
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To Colleagues: I'm Outta Here

WSJ Careers - Wed, 02/01/2012 - 04:47
The farewell email: It's a chance for departing employees to have the last word at work. But ultimately, a mass email can create confusion.
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'Rank and Yank' Still Liked by Some

WSJ Careers - Tue, 01/31/2012 - 01:30
Forced ranking—rigorous employee rankings that reward top performers—seems to have fallen out of favor, but champions of the controversial system remain.
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When Stress Is Good

WSJ Careers - Mon, 01/30/2012 - 13:12
How to get the benefits of stress—spurring peak performance and well-being—without suffering harmful physical effects.
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Teaching Global Business

WSJ Careers - Fri, 01/27/2012 - 13:48
Bhaskar Chakravorti, director of the Master's in International Business program at Tufts' Fletcher School, explains why understanding the big picture – political, historical, sociological -- is fundamental to doing good business.
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Your Résumé vs. Oblivion

WSJ Careers - Wed, 01/25/2012 - 15:27
Companies inundated with job applications are relying on technology to winnow out less-qualified candidates.
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From Rising Star to Senior Manager

WSJ Careers - Wed, 01/25/2012 - 10:18
For three young executives, finding creative ways to solve thorny business problems put them on a fast track to senior management.
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Learn From a Pink Slip

WSJ Careers - Tue, 01/24/2012 - 00:53
You can use the transition to create a list of resolutions that can be applied to your next job or even used as a template for a new career.
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Big Companies Try Crowdsourcing

WSJ Careers - Sun, 01/22/2012 - 12:31
Crowdsourcing—breaking a project into tiny tasks and farming those tasks out to the general public—can be cheaper and more efficient than hiring temps, some companies find.
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How to Lower Your Workplace Stress

WSJ Careers - Tue, 01/17/2012 - 13:10
Workloads, expectations and stress levels are up. But there are ways for employees to take control of their happiness at work this year.
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For Grads Seeking to Work and Do Good

WSJ Careers - Fri, 01/13/2012 - 11:41
Venture for America places recent college graduates in jobs at small businesses to help start-ups and early-stage enterprises get off the ground and create jobs.
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