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It's no longer a shock to see a 40-year-old intern. Stay-at-home mothers trying to get back into the workplace and unemployed workers hoping to transition into new careers are accepting internships as a way to get their feet in the door. In fact, many successful retraining programs require that students spend ...

By Susan Ricker Everybody makes mistakes, and sometimes people find themselves in embarrassing situations. Your first instinct may be to hide until things blow over, but there are better ways to cope. Here are some ways to minimize the damage. ...

By Lauren Berger I'm constantly asked for my top tips for young people entering the workplace. I came up with a list, but these apply to workers of all ages. During this tough economy, everyone needs to take the initiative in the job hunt. Here are my top five tips: ...

After graduating college, one young woman went to D.C. for an unpaid summer internship, and ended up having an affair with the president of the United States. Three decades prior, a rising sophomore says that she found herself in the exact same position, with John F. Kennedy, in the last year of his life. She ...

This article originally appeared on Schools.com By Janis Beem What can you do in seven months? If you're unemployed, the way you answer that question can impact where you find your next job. David Rosenberg, chief economist at Gluskin Sheff, reported in 2010 to US News & World Report that over 6.5 ...

By Derwin Dubose This year's presidential race – along with hundreds of Congressional, state and local contests – will dominate the news until Nov. 6, spurring many young professionals to seek political jobs. ...

If you've been unemployed for months, like many Americans, and applied to dozens of jobs, you may be understandably frustrated. One applicant apparently had so much frustration that pure, unadulterated vitriol overflowed onto his cover letter to a Houston-based creative agency. ...

If you're going to do an internship, or anything else for that matter, you might as well do it right -- there's more competition out there than ever, and every minute, every experience, counts. After all, it isn't just students who are doing internships these days -- but graduates who need more professional ...