Posted by huntsmanic on Thursday, October 23, 2008
Do you want a career that will bring you more money, but don’t think you know where to find it?
Â
In order to search for a high-paying, competitive job, you need to see hard numbers right up front. Salary numbers are out there, on the internet—trouble is, it’s easy to get lost (and frustrated) by what [...]
Posted in Careers & Jobs | No Comments »
Posted by christie on Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Posted by huntsmanic on Monday, October 6, 2008
Discovering the college that’s right for you doesn’t have to be difficult—the key is asking the right questions. Let’s take a look at some of the specific questions you might ask a prospective college’s enrollment counselor as you search to find the school and degree program that match your needs. Â
 Â
Financial Aid
1. Does the school offer financial aid?
2. Can you assist me [...]
Posted in Careers & Jobs, Online Education | No Comments »
Posted by huntsmanic on Friday, September 5, 2008
Nobody has it easy these days–not even the postman. Not even the dog. These are increasingly lean times, and none of our shoes, it seems, are safe.
Which makes today a good day to start expanding your repertoire. Chances are, if you have a specific eye or talent or desire for something, we can connect you [...]
Posted in Careers & Jobs, Online Education | No Comments »
Posted by huntsmanic on Tuesday, August 19, 2008
EarnMyDegree Blog: Okay, thanks so much for joining us, Robin. And for the rest of everybody out there, we should clarify that the Robin with us here today is the Robin of Batman & … fame.
Robin: What … seriously? Like, what other Robin could it be.
EMDB: Thicke.
R: Eww, ah.
EMDB: Well, whether or not you find [...]
Posted in Careers & Jobs | No Comments »
Posted by huntsmanic on Tuesday, August 5, 2008
MR. BILL:Â Oooohh! Welcome back everybody. Awaaaay we go!
EARN MY DEGREE BLOG: Usually I like to introduce the interview, but you’re a man of exceptions, Mr. Bill, so welcome.MRB: I’ve always wanted to host a program! Just thinking about it makes me go, hurray! Wheeee-ee!
EMDB: You’d think the host of a real show would have [...]
Posted in Careers & Jobs | No Comments »
Posted by huntsmanic on Monday, July 14, 2008
EarnMyDegree Blog: First off, I’m a huge fan of your work. And your smile—everyone has something to say about your smile. It’s natural, it’s effervescent …Marion Ravenwood: Blah blah blah. It’s also why I have all these lines on my face. If I could keep my smile under a hat, maybe I’d still have a [...]
Posted in Careers & Jobs, Online Education | No Comments »
Posted by huntsmanic on Thursday, June 12, 2008
passiveaggressivenotes.com offers a tremendous look at just how flawed this whole thing called life really is. Sometimes leaving a note is simply the only thing to be done. Some other times, leaving a note is the thing you choose to do because you have, like, issues with confrontation. At that level, it’s about context.
But there [...]
Posted in Careers & Jobs | No Comments »
Posted by huntsmanic on Tuesday, February 19, 2008
In my day, grandpa might say, things were different. We knew what we were about. Good was good, bad was bad.
Okay, Gramps, you salty old bastard, but it’s not like it was all black and white, nazis and nuns. Things are always simpler when they’ve already happened, when they’re history.
But Gramps might not relent–he [...]
Posted in Careers & Jobs | No Comments »
Posted by huntsmanic on Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Invisible Man v Hawkman
This is the classic match-up. First conceived and told by John Hodgman on the Superpowers episode of This American Life (#178, thought by many, including this blog, to be perhaps the best episode ever), the question posited there is:
Which is better: The power of flight or the power of invisibility?
Hodgman, whose gloriously [...]
Posted in Careers & Jobs | 1 Comment »