Fall Job Guide

Pamela Rothenberg

Assessing Strengths, One Employee at a Time

September 22, 2008

A book called “First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently” changed Pamela Rothenberg’s life in 2005.

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New Program Paves Way for Public Service Jobs

September 22, 2008

Becca Eden always knew she wanted to go into public service. But as a second-year law student who had already taken out $120,000 in loans, she also knew it would be an uphill battle to pay back her six-figure debt on a modest public servant’s salary.

Sharing Lessons He Learned by Working for Free

September 22, 2008

Back in 1996, when I graduated from college with a freshly minted bachelor’s degree in political science from Columbia University, I came back to Washington, D.C., thinking I would take the town by storm. After all, hadn’t I just earned a degree from one of the most prestigious institutions in the country? There was no way a hometown kid with those kinds of credentials could lose, I remember thinking. Boy, did I turn out to be dead wrong.

Watch the Typos, Call at 8: Advice From a Pro

September 22, 2008

My first “real” job was scouting talent for Vin Di Bona’s TV show, “America’s Funniest People.” It was a freelance position and I had to watch people do really incredible, strange, gross and unbelievably stupid things. It’s amazing how so many folks can swallow a piece of spaghetti and pull it out their nose.

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