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After the economy went south in 2008, many laid-off workers headed for business school to beef up their resumes while waiting for things to improve. The number of applicants has fallen from that peak, so is it easier to get into an MBA program now? Not ...

  By Amy Bravo, director of experiential education and employer outreach at New York Institute of Technology.   Developing your professional self is paramount. Here are four intern tips to help you excel. 1. Learn as much...

  Dr. Stephen D. Immerman, president of Montserrat College of Art, previously spent 30 years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has learned that, similar to an engineering education, training in the arts prepares students fo...

This Rutgers University graduate is racing toward his future career. [Getty Images]   It turns out it is what you know, after all. It has long been known that college graduates make more than high school graduates over their ...

  Thomas J. Ward, Jr. Executive Director Center for Career Development Adelphi University Garden City, NY   EducationOption.com asked Mr. Ward how the job market looks for the students graduating this spring. Her...

What’s the etiquette of adding contacts on LinkedIn? Should you send a request to someone you’ve never met?   Cheretta Robson, assistant director of career development at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights, recommends against ...

So you prepared carefully, then went and blitzed the job fair effectively — you’re done, right? Nope: The career experts we talked to (Cheretta Robson, assistant director of career development at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights; Mar...

EducationOption.com recently talked to three career experts for advice about for getting the most out of a job fair. The experts were: Marjorie Apel, director of Manhattan College's Center for Career Development; Sophia Demetriou, director of the C...

In addition to their tips on getting ready to attend a job fair, the career experts we talked about had advice about what to do once you get there. Thanks to Sophia Demetriou, director of the Career Center at City College of New York; Cheretta Robson, ...

Co-op programs are increasingly popular with business majors. In fact, the business schools at LaSalle, Rider and St. Joseph’s have all started new co-op programs since 2003.   Employer demand has driven schools to create these progr...