For the fourth year running, over forty SFUSD high school students will participate in eight-week summer internships at more than twenty sf.citi member tech companies in 2015. These local students, ages 14 – 18, will spend eight weeks gaining real-world
By Dr. John Sullivan Hiring managers and recruiters have a long history of rejecting “job jumpers.” And even today, 43 percent of employers won’t consider job jumpers, according to CareerBuilder. If you are not familiar with the term, a “job jumper”
By Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox This is the overview from a new report, Best Cities for Minorities, Gauging the Economics of Opportunity by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox for the Center for Opportunity Urbanism. Read the full report here (pdf viewer). This study
Susan Dynarski Rich and poor students don’t merely enroll in college at different rates; they also complete it at different rates. The graduation gap is even wider than the enrollment gap. In 2002, researchers with the National Center for Education Statistics
HAZLETON, PA – MARCH 14: Hispanic business owner Rolando poses while looking out of the window of his bar in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. (Photo : Getty) By Robert Schoon (r.schoon@latinpost.com) A new study published late last week shows that immigrants are driving the
By Sharon Simonson SAN JOSE—Nineteen-year-old Erin Soucy wants to share his love of history using film and animation. He’s starting with practical training: a yearlong program in digital animation at the San Jose campus of the Metropolitan Education District. At
By Dan Rosensweig @DanRosensweig Recent graduates may be qualified for an entry-level job based on their degrees, but the best candidates will have real world experience. The Leadership Insider network is an online community where
Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Snapchat headquarters on the strand at Venice Beach in Los Angeles. By Glenn Kelman, CEO of Redfin At a recent conference, the founder of one technology titan asked another if it
After years of techies and start ups flocking to Silicon Valley, now they are flocking away, for better pay and more affordable places to live. According to a study at Redfin, the exodus from Silicon Valley is real. The real estate brokerage
By JOHN WILLIAMS In The New York Times Book Review, Barbara Ehrenreich reviews “Rise of the Robots,” which explores how technology threatens even the nimblest and most expensively educated, and “Shadow Work,” which shines light on the increase of unpaid work.
