Summer jobs and internships all have one thing in common: they produce stories for students to tell when they interview for a “real” job. Unfortunately, this only works if workers write stuff down. College students – ask any recent grad. if they wished on an … More →

Asking questions at work doesn’t make you stupid; not asking questions, then doing your job poorly, certainly will.  Here’s a great quote from a recent NYT piece, “Research shows that question-asking peaks at age 4 or 5, as children pass through school (where answers are … More →

Unpaid internships. Putting aside the privilege concerns and the issue of paid workers losing jobs to unpaid interns (which obviously need to be considered), unpaid internships can be immensely valuable for the intern, IF valuable work is actually being done. In a recent NYT piece, … More →