Huffington Post Five Reasons Why Helicopter Parents Are Sabotaging Their Children's CareersHuffington PostWhen you are making your child's decisions or playing a hands-on role in their career development, you're not equipping them with necessary skills to independently handle conflicts, disappointments, or failures – you're equipping them with entitlement … Brought to you by Google News. […]

TIME Advice From 7 Baby Boomers Who Reinvented Their CareersTIMEAnother report, New Careers for Older Workers, from the American Institute for Economic Research, looked at people who changed or tried to change jobs after age 45 and found that 82% of people 47 and older who took up new careers in the last two years … […]

Butler company provides a path to careersLC Sussex SunGPS Education Partners, based in Butler, has been preparing high school juniors and seniors for manufacturing careers for the past 15 years. Its success was honored in June when the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC), which sets standards … and more » Brought to you by Google News. Read […]

WANE Forum to help women advance their careersWANEThe forum will highlight the careers of Leslee Hill, president of Hill Image Personal Consulting, Ann Helmke, master of Social Network and Diane Rogers, founder of Omotayo Rite of Passage Inc. The three panelists will discuss how they started their … Brought to you by Google News. Read […]

Chicago Daily Herald How Naperville mom's board game teaches kids about careersChicago Daily HeraldNiketa Jhaveri of Naperville plays Brave Champs, a board game she recently developed to teach kids about careers, with her 6-year-old son Aarav. Jhaveri says the world has "too many superheroes and princesses," so kids need fun ways to see examples of … […]

blogs.hbr.org (blog) Identifying the Skills That Can Help You Change Careersblogs.hbr.org (blog)A lot of talented people grapple with the disruption of having to switch jobs or careers and figuring out how their current profession's skills can be applied in a fulfilling new way. The good news is that other industries may value your talents just […]

Bloomberg Barista Turned Stylist Shows Americans Switching Careers AgainBloombergLast year Americans switched careers at the fastest rate in a decade, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data by St. Louis Federal Reserve economist David Wiczer. Such moves are helping younger people earn bigger paychecks at a time when … Brought to you by Google News. […]

U.S. News & World Report (blog) Here's What Veterans Want in Their Civilian CareersU.S. News & World Report (blog)Veterans seek essentially the same features in their careers as everyone else, but two factors set veterans apart. One factor is the alacrity, focus and dedication with which they seek these benefits. The other is that, due […]

Pointing the way to tomorrow's technology careersnwitimes.comA program of Valparaiso-based READY NWI and the Works Council of Northwest Indiana, the five-day camp for seventh- through ninth-graders focuses on educating students and inspiring them to follow career paths in science, technology, engineering and … Brought to you by Google News. Read the rest of the article here

New York Times Mending Their Knees, and Their Playing CareersNew York TimesWhen fine players are broken, and their careers are threatened, they have the same needs as Humpty Dumpty, the nursery rhyme figure portrayed as having the constitution of an eggshell. They need a friend, a team manager who believes in them. They need …Friendly can't […]