In a tight market, job seekers are willing to jump through hoops to obtain employment. Recently, reports of employers asking candidates for their social media log-in information have raised questions about access, privacy, and the transparency of the internet age.
We’ve all heard of speed-dating; that modern mating ritual in which singles are given a minute or two to impress a potential date before moving aside so the next candidate to make his or her pitch. But speed-dating methods aren’t just for dating anymore. Recruiters from a few companies are now enlisting the tactics of […]
What should college be for? To answer that, we talk with Anthony Carnevale, director of the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce and Amy Slaton, an associate professor at Drexel University and a scholar of the history of education politics.