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The Preeminent Path To Good-paying Careers

The preeminent path to good-paying careers

  • October 29, 2020
  • Lou Glazer
  • Blog, Transforming Work
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The preeminent path to good-paying careers looks more like rock climbing than climbing a career ladder. More ad hoc and non linear than predictable and linear. What makes successful careers for most of us are our second and third jobs,…

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The Market Says College Is Relevant

The market says college is relevant

  • March 4, 2020
  • Lou Glazer
  • Blog, Talent
  • 0 Comments

I am a long-time fan of Kettering University. Particularly their integration of learning and work with their one semester at school followed by one semester working in the industry the student is preparing for. Having said that I could not…

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A Liberal Arts Degree Leads To A Good-paying Career

A liberal arts degree leads to a good-paying career

  • October 16, 2019
  • Lou Glazer
  • Blog, Talent
  • 0 Comments

We are constantly besieged with messaging that a liberal arts degree is useless. Maybe even worse than useless: a path to being a pauper or something close. Stuck in low-paying work that leaves you unable to pay off the loans…

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GM Needs Rock Climbing Engineers

GM needs rock climbing engineers

  • November 16, 2018
  • Lou Glazer
  • Blog, Talent
  • 4 Comments

A recent Detroit Free Press article entitled GM's job cuts shift to a new kind of worker needed is worth checking out. It is a pretty dramatic example of the reality that––even for those with STEM degrees (in this case engineers)––the…

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