On Interviews, Happiness at Work, Advice to Interns and More

By Zack on July 30, 2009

Secrets of the Job Hunt Says to Practice Your Interviews Out Loud: I guess this makes sense. Rehearse out loud to make sure you've got it down. To be honest, I never practice my questions out loud before going on air but it may help you out to try. To each his/her own, I suppose.

My Global Career Lists 5 Ways to Be Happier at Work: Hmm, apparently, loyalty has a lot to do with it. The author cites research that points out that employees with the highest level of loyalty are also the ones that report they are the happiest with their job. I dunno, that sounds like a case of correlation being mistake for causation to me. But, hey, being loyal may help ... check out the article for how and why to be a loyal employee.

Jason Seiden Gives Advice to Interns: One of the things I like about Jason is that he is not afraid to be opinionated. He isn't always right, but his advice always offers an alternative way of thinking. Here's a clip:

The Wall Street Journal Shows How to Use Humor at Work: "It may seem like a mistake, or at least in poor taste, to find humor in such dark times. Some co-workers may disprove. But psychologists say that gallows humor can be an important way to relieve stress." The key is knowing when and how to use it.

Brazen Careerist The Writer Doesn't Think You Have Enough Resumes: "Having one resume means that you’re most likely to apply to just one type of job, and going to limit how many open jobs you apply to. Which means you probably won’t find a job as quickly as someone who has four or five." This is true, you will need to alter and adapt your resume for each job you apply to.

Modite Shows How to Give Your Career Some Innovation: The always insightful Rebecca Thorman delves into today's career path. The traditional career hierarchy is gone; salary and rank are less important; experience is the product: "Smart workers are building their careers in the same way innovators build businesses. For example, trendy Barcelona shoe company Camper diversified it’s offerings by plunging into the hotel business. People rightfully asked, “Why?” To which Camper replied, “You misunderstood what we’re all about. We don’t produce shoes. We produce comfort.”

The Creative Career Wonders If Big Cities Are Good For Your Career: I've never worked anywhere but a big city (unless you count high school), so I cannot offer much in the way of help here. Allie Osmar seems to be on the side of Yes, citing the only real con as "barriers to entry." I would throw cost of living in there. Sometimes working in a city necessitates living there, and I have had more than a few friends eventually abandon cities as just too expensive.

Cheezhead Finds Government Jobs For Tech Geeks: "The government is seeking out 10,000 tech-savvy young Americans to take part in the U.S. Cyber Challenge, a program to encourage and train those interested in cybersecurity and set them on the right track toward a permanent job in the field." Cybersecurity! If it's anything like this, sign me up!

Young Entrepreneurs Know Their Social Media

By Mindy on July 29, 2009

"Everything is in a state of flux, including the status quo."-- Robert Byrne

Aspiring entrepreneurs everywhere: it's time to brush up on your social media skills. Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are quickly becoming the new "status quo" of communication, especially for our generation. Over at Mashable, Greg Rollett has a great article about how young entrepreneurs are using social media to break the status quo:

Of the 30 entrepreneurs profiled for the 2008 Inc Top 30 Under 30, 18 have personal or business Twitter accounts and 19 host personal or corporate blogs. One can only expect 2009’s list to increase these numbers and put a larger emphasis on social media as it starts to encompass more and more aspects of their business landscape.... Gen-Y is eager to change the way business is done and they want to do it now. Technology and new media are playing a key role in how these young organizations are not only started, but how they get funded, how they spread the word and how they pay their bills.

The post quotes a Wall Street Journal article that says that 70 percent of high schoolers plan on starting their own business, while 80 percent of universities now offer classes on entrepreneurship. There are profiles of several young entrepreneurs who used blogs, Twitter, and more to start successful online ventures. Aaron Petzer, who started Mint.com when he was only 25, came up with a unique way to help consumers track their savings and spending habits online. Much of his success, though, lies in how the company uses Twitter and social media to provide customer support.

Yesterday, we talked about how entrepreneurship is about identifying a need you can fill, and then finding a new way to meet it. Once you've created an innovative way to meet that need, social media can help you leverage your ideas. Want more? Chris Brogan lists 50 ideas for using Twitter to help your business, and the people behind Twitter bring you Twitter101, a guide to using the site to better serve your customers. BusinessWeek addresses how businesses can use Facebook to build profits, and at the Evan Carmichael blog, Guy Kawasaki gives 10 ways entrepreneurs and job seekers should use LinkedIn.

Check out The Links for more career tools:

The Simple Dollar Collects the Best Career Advice: This finance/career blogger asked his Twitter followers to give their best piece of career advice in 140 characters or less. Some of the answers are predictable, but there are a lot of good tidbits. "It’s not how many resumes you send out, it’s how many hands you shake," said @The_Weakonomist. Another idea from @MoneyMateKate is "Take an acting class, HUGE for public speaking/presentation skills."

Cube Rules Says Humor Isn't Your Interview Friend: "Humor is especially dangerous in an interview if you know the person doing the interview. You think, because you know this person, you can have an easier time with humor, but the reality is the hiring manager is under more pressure to ensure you get the work and can implement the department goals. That pressure doesn’t get them in the right position to hear humor." Even if you can gracefully work in a few grins, remember that your interviewers are looking for someone who can seriously meet their needs.

Secrets of the Job Hunt Says 5 Out of 500 Resumes On Target: Career expert Hannah Morgan sorted through a stack of 500 resumes to find that only 5 accomplished their goal of catching her attention. She notes that most of the reject resumes contained "resume killing phrases" like "team player," "strong work ethic" and "met or exceeded expectations." Check out the post for more phrases that you should cut out of your job-seeking vocabulary.

CareerAlley Asks, "Are You Smart Searching?": CareerAlley is great about pulling together collections of resources to help you fine-tune your job hunt. Today's post gives you a game plan for what they call the "intelligent job search." One important factor: know what you are actually worth in today's job market.

"50 Social Media Icons" courtesy Tech Writer Boy via Flickr Creative Commons

Advice (and Money!) For Entrepreneurs

By Zack on July 28, 2009

One way to avoid working a job you hate is to create your own job. Entrepreneurship can be exciting, rewarding and especially, difficult. Alex Lindahl at College Mogul has a great roundup from a recent entrepreneurship event that features some very useful advice from some successful entrepreneurs and Venture Capitalists. I found this piece of advice particularly interesting:

"Start with a need in the marketplace opposed to finding a technology and then finding a need later." They took this approach with one of their recent portfolio companies, AltaRock. While doing research, the GPV team discovered that drilling oil holes is very expensive. Each one costs about $10 million and takes 4 months to drill. "There's gotta be a better way to do that." Explained, Ben. They discovered a solveable problem first and then went to universities and researchers to see if anyone was working on a new technology that could be applied to reduce costs.

Part of any successful business, in any industry, is recognizing a need that you intend to fill. It's no different when starting your own. Start with the conflict or the problem that needs to be solved, and then develop the solution.

I guess another very big problem with starting your own company is money. Well, Careers That Don't Suck points us to this $100,000 Grant contest for aspiring Entrepreneurs. The competition will be stiff, I'm sure, and involves writing an essay detailing your plans. The deadline is August 14, so be sure to check out this link for the details.

Journalism students go to Iraq, old people steal your jobs and cell phone etiquette, today, in The Links ...

The Chronicle of Higher Ed Notes That U of Alaska J-students Will Be Heading To Iraq: Talk about on-the-job training. "Three undergraduate students and a professor leave this week for Diyala Province in Iraq, where they will spend nearly a month embedded with U.S. troops. They plan to eat, sleep, and travel alongside members of an Alaska-based Army Stryker Brigade Combat Team, while filing daily articles for news organizations and for their student newspaper, The Sun Star."(via Romenesko)

Ere.net Reports That Old People Are Stealing Your Jobs: The gist: Older workers (54+) are getting laid off and having difficulty finding comparable jobs. Their solution: take entry level jobs. Since they have more experience and are willing to work on the cheap, many companies have been hiring them, leaving entry level recent grads in the dust. There are a lot of implications for this, and the Ere.net article is a good source to find out how and why they tukk yer jobs.

Christine Hassler Discusses Cell Phone Etiquette: "This morning I walked into a public bathroom in an airport lounge and as I sat down on the porcelain throne, the woman next to me started speaking. At first I assumed she was asking for a friendly "help a sister out under the stall toilet paper pass" but I quickly realized she was not talking to me at all - she was on her cell phone." The same thing happened to me last week. I freaked out! Anyway, cell phone etiquette is useful for the office, in class and in job interviews, too. Learn it.

"Money, Money, Money" courtesy borman818 via Flickr Creative Commons

Links & Links & Links: Authenticity, Free Education, the Perfect Work Space and Core Skills for Success

By Zack on July 27, 2009

I've found way too many good links to start off a post with some rambling incoherence. So, in the interest of maximizing the amount of information, I'm just going to ladle out some hot, steamy links to get your week started off right.

Let's just get on with it ...

Personal MBA Lists the 12 Core Human Skills Every Successful Person Should Posses: OK, essentially there are two paths to success: Become the best in the world (the top 1%) at 1 specific thing, or become very good (top 25%) at a large variety of different things. This post focuses on the latter (of which I subscribe - but fail). This post lists the core human skills that you can utilize for success. A highly recommended read. (via Lone Gunman)

The Washington Post Reports On a New Generation of Workers - The Digital Nomad: "They work -- clad in shorts, T-shirts and sandals -- wherever they find a wireless Web connection to reach their colleagues via instant messaging, Twitter, Facebook, e-mail and occasionally by voice on their iPhones or Skype. As digital nomads, experts say, they represent a natural evolution in teleworking. The Internet let millions of wired people work from home; now, with widespread WiFi, many have cut the wires and left home (or the dreary office) to work where they please - and especially around other people, even total strangers." It may not be as pleasant as it sounds, however. Check out the piece for more info.

The Lone Gunman Explores The Ideal Workplace: In this case it's all about maximizing creativity. Decorate in blue to inspire relaxation and a peaceful state of mind; increase psychological distance to encourage abstract thinking; live abroad to inspire input for the creative process and the psychological readiness of new ideas. Now, I guess you combine all of this with the digital nomad-ism from the Post piece and you have the perfect work place to maximize creativity and productivity.

BlueSky Resumes Addresses the Issue of Authenticity in Marketing Yourself: "When I first started resume writing, I did it like everyone else. I wrote resumes the way I saw everyone else do it. My resumes were good, but could have come from 10 other resume writing services. But now that’s not the case. Because instead of trying to squeeze my clients’ histories into a template, I am focusing on their individuality." This is a valid point. Explaining what makes you unique or different from other job candidates can go a long way towards getting you the job you want.

Monica O'Brien Gives the Lowdown on Mentors: How to get one and how to keep one. Learning from someone you admire in a field you strive to occupy can be extraordinarily helpful. More than just a contact, mentor's can provide useful, real-world advice and guidance on your career. Monica has some very good advice for approaching a potential mentor and how to cultivate the relationship.

The New York Times Reports on Some Picky Recent Grads: So, apparently, this year's crop of grads don't seem to worried about the foul market. In this article, one recent grad turns down a job for location, and one for the inconvenient hours. While the career counselors think these grads should be worried, many that appear in the article seem unconcerned, and assume the right opportunity will eventually come along. I'm not sure how representative of the rest of recent grads this is, but it would certainly mark an interesting development.

Mashable Explores Free Online Education: At some point (in the near future) I'd love to delve into this more. There are plenty of resources to supplement and further your education online that can really give you a leg up on competition in the job hunt. I, for example, am currently utilizing MIT's open courseware, which we've linked to before, to develop some computer skills I am sorely lacking. The Mashable article lists a few more resources.

"Chain Links Fence" courtesy *clarity* via Flickr Creative Commons

Technology Increases Work Productivity - and Hours

By Zack on July 24, 2009

I just found a very interesting posting over at Techcrunch that reports that technology has been successful at increasing the productivity of workers. At the same time, however, it seems that this increase has also led to workers getting more work done and logging longer hours.

[T]he shocking findings come from staffing firm Kelly Services’ “Global Workforce Index” (via eMarketer), which shows that no less than 78% of workers in the US and Canada - across all generations - believed that gadgets such as laptop computers and mobile phones have effectively increased their productivity. Over half of the respondents even said they felt ‘much more’ productive, and only 2% said it made them worse workers (I’d love to meet them someday).

Other key findings: more than seven in 10 workers from all countries considered the ability to work outside of the office a ‘positive’ development, and 87% felt an office telecommuting policy would be attractive to them as employees.

In addition, 30% in North America, 33% in Europe and 41% in the Asia-Pacific region agreed that they were working longer hours because of mobile communications.

Now, these numbers are anything but conclusive. I's simply a matter of the employees' opinions. Just because they think they are working longer, doesn't necessarily mean that they are.

But even if they are, so what? Do the benefits that come with increased productivity outweigh working harder and longer? Personally, I take satisfaction in knowing that I am able to o by job better and get more accomplished than in getting out out of work a little earlier. But, then again, I am single, so I can afford that luxury. What do you think?

Let's get to the links and get out of here. Have a happy weekend ...

Ramit Sethi Exposes the Myths of Personal Finance: While not necessarily career-related, personal finance is important for you to become a well-rounded and successful individual. Plus, as we mentioned yesterday, companies can run a credit report in your background check. So, I recommend this article and reading Ramit in general.

Alison's Job Search Blog Reminds You What NOT To Wear To An Interview: "To take it a step further, everything you wear matters, regardless of your gender. Nobody, in a professional setting, wants to see your underwear. And that really does mean nobody. It shouldn't show." So, uhh, now you know. I guess.

My Global Career Looks at the Talent Competition in China: "China has unique advantages for “westerners” to consider such as the world’s fastest growing economy, and an acute shortage of experienced managers, especially those who can work with English-speaking customers." I just got back from China. The growth and change is unprecedented. The country certainly has its issue, but this post does a pretty good job of explaining the benefits of work in an emerging country such as China.

"Technology - A gift that keeps on giving" courtesy of CP via Flickr Creative Commons

The Good and Bad of Government Jobs

By Zack on July 23, 2009

In the current job market, any employer that is consistently hiring should be considered a valuable commodity. The most obvious example being the government. Forbes has assembled a list of the highest paying government jobs that are hiring right now.

IT Specialist (system analyst), Human Resources and statistician are just a few of the positions in the Forbes profile, but really, the jobs are all over the map. Which is good. There are a variety of careers (duh) so it's good that the government is doing its best to support those careers. The article also includes descriptions an average salaries ... always helpful.

One of the most lauded benefits of government work is the job security. The government is renowned for this (along with health care and retirement packages). When times are tough, the public sector is usually less pressured and more reticent in trimming jobs. In the current market, this can be seen as a rather large benefit.

But, in the interest of objectivity, I point to Jason Alba of the accomplished Jibber Jobber, who feels government job security can be a bit overrated. Sure, it's great when things are going well, but what about, for instance, the current economic crisis?

Citing a recent CNN article on Pennsylvania and California budget shortfalls, Jason scoffs

Pennsylvania is withholding pay for 69,000 state employees. You’ve heard about California sending out IOUs? That’s because they have a $26B shortfall. So hey, take this IOU and pay your bills. Actually, some debtors took the IOUs for a short time, but either they have stopped taking IOUs or they have a date on when they won’t accept them anymore. This will ruin personal and business credit.

Jason also worries about the effect these shortfalls have on employment, noting that the last line of the article says thousands of Californians will be losing jobs. He is, most definitely, not envious of government job security.

And he has a point. The counter point, of course, is that California is an outlier, the Federal Government is a much larger and more stable employer and, in the current economy, functions as one of the largest employers in the nation. It is ultimately up to you. We can only provide insight into where your career may lie. How you use that insight and information is up to you.

Let's see what other nuggets of information we found on the Internets with The Links ...

The Wall Street Journal Discusses Explaining a Firing to Future Employers: In this case, how to deal with a firing for inappropriate internet use. "There are only two ways to go with this: Tell the truth or try to talk your way around a direct answer. Neither is a perfect solution, but career experts agree: You'll want to take the high road and tell the recruiter or prospective employer the truth, albeit without too much detail unless you are pressed to disclose more information than basic facts."

The National Association of Colleges and Employers Reports Engineering is Where It's At: According to the organizations summer survey, the Engineering field accounts for 4 of the top 5 jobs in terms of starting salary offers (all over $60,000). NACE attributes this to a supply/demand deficiency in the field, noting "out of the more than 1,524,000 bachelor’s degrees awarded in 2007, just 450 were in petroleum engineering and only 4,492 were in chemical engineering." Sounds like an open market.

Brazen Careerist Chris Perry Sets the Record Straight On Background Checks: There is a chance your potential employer will run a background check on you. It's helpful to know exactly what that entails. Check out the post to see what legally can and cannot be included in these checks.

Anita Bruzzeze Warns About Textual Harassment: Just like email, text messages via your phone can leave a paper trail. First of all, don't harass anyone in the first place. We should stop there, but alas, for those who need further incentive NOT to harass co-workers, know that your messages can be saved, duplicated and come back to haunt you.

"PO72009PS-0244" photo courtesy of The Official White Houe Photostream via Flickr Creative Commons

Are You Unemployed and Embarrassed?

By Mindy on July 22, 2009

Are you embarrassed to say that you don't have a job? One unemployed May graduate wrote into the career experts at Careerealism asking for advice:

I’ve hit the wall. I graduated in May, have been looking for a full-time job EVERY day, and haven’t found anything. I’m embarrassed, my parents are worried, and I’m feeling depressed. I know other people are feeling this way, but honestly, what can someone in my situation do? It’s getting tough to get out of bed in the morning, let alone log on and look for jobs.

If you have been feeling similarly discouraged, the experts who responded via Twitter had some good advice. Always important: keep a good attitude and keep networking. A career services professional from UNC Chapel Hill (@garyalanmiller) says:

Get out and volunteer! It will help you apply skills, meet folks and get out of the house, as well as give to community.

Heather Huhman (@heatherhuhman), the Entry Level Careers writer at Examiner.com, supplies a list of articles to help you manage job search frustration and anxiety. She recommends getting into a routine to break out of unemployment blues. Having a set schedule can make managing your job search less intimidating.

Most importantly, don't get sabotaged by a bad attitude. JibberJobber says that embarrassment or anger about your unemployment can get in the way of building networking relationships. One piece of advice is to learn to talk about your job search without sounding negative. This is the toughest job market in years- give yourself some credit and keep your chin up!

Don't be embarrassed- read some Links instead:

Andrew Sullivan at the Atlantic Studies the Corporate Ladder: The Wall Street Journal recently interviewed Jack Welsh, former CEO of General Electric, about corporate culture. When it came to the issue of women having to choose whether or not to take time off to raise children, Welsh had a lot to say. "There is so such thing as work-life balance... There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences." Sullivan himself has a lot to say about Welsh's comment, and why climbing corporate rungs might be a lot like hunting for fool's gold.

CareerAlley Finds Your Networking Tools: If the idea of networking makes you uncomfortable, then this post was written for you. It can unnerving to have to call up old bosses or professors you haven't seen in years to let them know you're looking for a job. There is a great collection of resources to check out on how to successfully leverage your social networks during a job hunt.

World Hum Highlights George Don's Commencement Speech: Don George is editor of Recce, and former Global Travel Editor for Lonely Planet Publications. He recently wrote a "commencement speech" to pass along some wisdom and insight. "If you think you know everything, you'll never learn anything; so exhilarate in the accumulation of knowledge, and in the wisdom that this accumulation will grow less the more you learn."

Employee Evolution Goes on Auto Pilot: I've already discovered how much easier life gets when I put all my monthly bills on automatic draft. It's great not having to deal with late fees. But Ryan Healy found another way for you to automate you life- Alice.com is a new Web site that allows you to order your must-have personal/household products online. The site can track how often you need refills and automatically order them for you. Employee Evolution is giving away five $100 gift certificates for leaving a comment on their post.

"Well, this is embarrassing Firefox 3.5 :)" photo courtesy "playerx" via Flickr Creative Commons

Why a Recruiter is an Agent, Not Your Friend

By Mindy on July 21, 2009

Have you thought about using a search firm or a recruitment agency? If you are in a job searching rut, a recruiter can be the ticket to landing your next interview.

A recruiter's job is to spend time that you don't have researching and finding job openings. Recruiters have the contacts and networks that you wish you had, and will help you meet people and get your resume in the right hands.

Despite this, it's important to play it smart when working with a search firm. Cheezhead warns that recruitment agents are, above all, agents. They work for a recruitment company, not for you, and their primary goal is often to maximize their cut. In a recent post, Cheezhead analyzed the realities of the recruitment agent relationship and gave pointers to help you avoid getting the short end of the stick.

One great tip is to never forget that this isn't a relationship at all- an agent isn't loyal to just you. In some cases, they may even ask what other jobs you have applied for so that they can submit other clients' resumes. Cheezhead says:

The best advice though is to get to know as many like minded people who have the same job skills as you. Make as many contacts as you can and build up a picture of which companies are hiring and what their rates and terms are likely to be.

If you are deciding whether a recruitment agency is right for you, check out the articles at Alison's Job Search Blog about when to use a recruiter, the different types of agencies and how to pick the right one.

The Links Wouldn't Lie to You:

ERE.Net Lists Resume Writers: There are plenty of online companies that will help you craft a targeted resume for your job hunt. Others will help you enhance and track your resume to gain more attention from employers.

Secrets of the Job Hunts Warns You to Tell the Truth: A new Web site popped up that will write your resume for you- including fake job references, work history and even college degrees. For a fee, they can even provide phone service to handle employers follow-up calls. It might be tempting to fudge a few lines on your resume, but SOTJH says that honesty is always the best policy. It's easy to ruin your professional integrity and reputation. "If you are tempted to lie you may get short-term rewards, but long-term disappointment."

The Jibsheet Suggests You Get That Internship: Students at Bellevue College (a ThinkTalk school!) are taking advantage of the CONNECT! Program through their Career Center to find internships that will count toward academic credit. "Today, internships may no longer even be an optional choice... Many employers often will not even consider applicants who have no internship experiences." Your school's career center can probably help you find a useful internship as well.

Wall Street Journal Reports That Raises Are Down: Don't get your hopes up for a giant bonus this year. According to two recent surveys, average pay raises last year were the smallest they've been in decades at 2.2 percent. The outlook for 2010 isn't much better: employers are predicting raises of 3 percent. The Hay Group, a human resource Consulting company, says that the projected increase is the smallest it's ever seen.

"MIB" photo courtesey "KellyB." via Flickr Creative Commons

Become a ThinkTalk Campus Reporter

By Zack on July 21, 2009

ThinkTalk Wants YOU!

We are looking for dynamic and outgoing campus reporters to help with our ThinkTalk programming.

For every accomplished professional that we interview about their career, we need student questions from schools around the country. As campus reporter, you will be responsible for gathering student questions from peers at your school.

Responsibilities:

• Collecting student questions for upcoming ThinkTalk guests
• Organizing and editing questions to submit to us
• Working with ThinkTalk producers on a 1-2 minute news package during the semester. You will develop, shoot, and edit a story, local to your school, that will air nationally on our programming.

This is a great, flexible internship that will fit into your busy schedule. A chance to gain experience shooting, editing and producing video and your work will be broadcast to 160 schools, 3 million college students, and into 7 million households. That will sound pretty sweet on your resume! Because you will be working at your school, anyone ANYWHERE can apply.

Qualifications:

• Must be enrolled in an accredited university
• Must be able to work with ThinkTalk staff for the period of one semester
• Access to and knowledge of video production equipment is desired, but not required
• All majors are welcome to apply

If you want to be a part of the superstar ThinkTalk team, please send your resume to reporters@thinktalk.com. No need to include a cover letter, but do tell us a little bit about yourself. Why do you want to be a campus reporter? What are you interests? Have you ever been sky diving? Do you prefer Captain Crunch or Cinnamon Toast Crunch? If you have any questions, just email us.

ThinkTalk Needs You (To Work For Free): Be a ThinkTalk Intern

By Zack on July 21, 2009

We are looking for super-special ThinkTalk interns. You will get experience behind the scenes of ThinkTalk programming and polish your communication and networking skills. Not only will you see what it takes to a make an educational TV show, you get to work with us - the brilliant and incredibly good-looking ThinkTalk staff!

(Oh, and did we mention humble)

Your Workload:

• Helping to shoot, edit and distribute ThinkTalk programming
• Researching upcoming ThinkTalk guests and topics
• Taking out the trash
• Collecting student questions for interviews
• Fetching drinks and acting as footstool for important guests
• Writing blog posts and press releases
• Updating mailing lists and files
• Running top-secret documents through paper shredder
• Promoting ThinkTalk to schools and media outlets

Qualifications:

• Must be enrolled as a student in an accredited university
• Ability to commit to 10 hours/week
• Interest in TV production, journalism, news, marketing or entertainment
• Strong writing and communication skills
• Stellar sense of organization
• Access to large amounts of cash and or gold bullion
• Comfortable interacting with high-profile professionals
• An incredible sense of humor and outgoing personality
• Wacky personalities and coffeeholics are encouraged to apply

We are flexible and will work with your crazy class schedule. This is not a paid internship, but you will be more than compensated in praise and cookies (and college credit, if ya know, you're into that kinda thing). We also provide lunch and cover your Metro transportation costs. Speaking of Metro, we're locate in Washington DC, so if you aren't that could be a problem. But hey, shoot us an email, we're always hiring for campus reporters too!

This is a great opportunity to meet amazing professionals from a wide variety of fields. And not to brag, but we look great on a resume!

To apply, please email us a cover letter and resume. If you have any questions, stop over-thinking things, and just shoot us an email.