Welcome to the Daily Roundup. Each day at the ThinkTalk Blog we will post some links that we find informative, interesting, or just plain funny. The goal is to let you know what else is going on out there, and ultimately help you with the development of your career.
Tuesday was a pretty busy day at the ThinkTalk HQ. Good news and bad news. The bad news is there was no Daily Roundup. The good news is we have a TON of posts for the next few days, including two Roundups (morning and afternoon editions) a Q & A with a Pro (a new segment we hope is a frequent segment), and two new shows for you. I’d say one day without a Roundup is a pretty good trade in for this onslaught of posts.
On then to the Links . . .
Secrets of the Job Hunt Provides:
Tips for Grad School applicants. Apparently, grad school application rates are a pretty good indicator of the state of the economy. If you can’t draw a conclusion about your competition for grad school from that . . . well then more school probably isn’t going to help you anyway.
Seth Godin Says:
Don’t even go to grad school (or, in this case, business school. Go work with Seth instead. This seems like a pretty cool opportunity to gain practical, real-world experience from one of the best marketing minds in the business, Seth Godin.
Career Hub Shares:
Some comprehensive candidate sourcing job boards, with short reviews. To be honest these sights are more useful to seasoned professionals looking for a new gig, rather than entr-level students, but it is still worth checking out to explore all your options. You can never have enough job searching destinations.
Careers That Don’t Suck Is:
Curious about the rise in Guru Gigs. What is a guru gig? Exactly what it sounds like; a job for an expert in a given field. If there was a Guru Gig for wasting time on blogs I would certainly be qualified. Oh, wait . . . there is.
The New York Times Reports:
That you will not be able to pay for your kids to go to college. Seriously, from 1982 to 2007 college tuition and fees increased 439% while income rose just 147%. Whatever . . . just do what I do. Don’t pay your student loans.
Inside Higher Ed Says:
Studies show that students learn better with the aid of sites and sounds.
One qualitative study, which surely won’t be welcomed by manufacturers of basic word processing software, found that students who create and edit documents using Web-based collaboration tools include more complex visual media in their assignments — and come away with a better understanding in the process."
I think we all know what this means . . . Wii in the classroom!
Be sure to stay tuned. We will be back later today with another roundup and some other good things for you.
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