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Career ResourcesFebruary 21, 2013 by Tucker Max, author of “I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell” Original source can be found here. Considering law school? Then, don’t miss this scathing critique by Tucker Max in the Huffington Post. Drawing from droll …
January 14, 2013 by Phyllis Korkki, The New York Times Original source can be found here. With companies sometimes receiving hundreds of applications for a single job, it is becoming more common for hiring managers to conduct initial screening interviews over …
December 14, 2012 by Claire Kittle, Talent Market Original source can be found here. Both have values that have been overinflated by society. Oh, I jest. Well, a little. I’m not saying graduate degrees aren’t valuable; they are often quite useful, depending on the …
December 3, 2012 by Claire Kittle, Talent Market Original source can be found here. Last week at the SPN annual meeting in Cleveland, I had the distinct pleasure of talking briefly with the Generation Liberty Fellows about job seeking. I thought it might …
November 19, 2012 by Claire Kittle, Talent Market Original Source can be found here. If my candidates are any indication, talking about salary is one of the most dreaded conversations one can have — second only to perhaps “the birds and the …
April 18, 2013 By Aaron Gouveia, Salary.com contributing writer. Original source can be found here. Look out! The monotony of daily office life may be creeping into your workplace. At any moment a terrible tedium can consume your workday. …
February 15, 2013 by Kristina Burroughs, Recruiter at Center for Shared Services Original source can be found here. A big part of the job search includes looking for an opening that is a “good fit”. In this short article, Kristina Burroughs …
January 31, 2013 by Peter Redpath, Vice President & Director of the Student Division at the Federalist Society Original source can be found here. In job hunting, it is often imperative to have a strong network. However, it can be hard to …
March 22, 2013 Original source can be found here. By Judd Weiss, author of Hustlebear.com The occasionally crude, often seen, and always genuine Judd Weiss of Hustlebear.com gives us today’s advice. By providing a few poignant case studies, Judd reminds …
February 1, 2013 by Claire Suddath, Staff Writer at Bloomberg Businessweek Original source can be found here. How should you approach the last bastion of haggling; salary negotiation? Claire Suddath gives a basic overview in this article for Bloomberg Businessweek. …
January 11, 2013 by Claire Kittle, Talent Market Original source can be found here. Whew! Last month’s tip about providing requested salary information inspired a lot of great feedback! It’s going to take several months to get to all the great …
February 15, 2013 by Amy Gallo, Contributing Editor at Harvard Business Review Original source can be found here. You have an interview. Congratulations! How can you rock the interview? We all know to dress appropriately, but what about the finer points …
March 18, 2013 By Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer of Facebook Original source can be found here. What would you do if you weren’t afraid? Would you join the circus, ask for that promotion, or apply to your dream job? Sheryl Sandberg claims …
March 20, 2013 by Scott Hamilton, Partner at the Westminster Connection LLP Original source can be here. Get choked up every time you utter a word to more than 3 people? Do you feel like you are wearing American Eagle’s Skinny Skinny …
Flashback Friday! Preparing Your Resume and Cover Letter March 8, 2013 “A date is a job interview that lasts all night. The only difference between a date and a job interview is that there are not many …
December 17, 2012 by Alanna Ream, Manager of Educational Programs and Admissions at the Charles Koch Institute Original source can be found here. We’ve all been there. You find a job description that sounds incredibly exciting, but you wait days to submit …
January 7, 2013 by Peter Redpath, Vice President and Director of the Student Division at Federalist Society Original source can be found here. Networking. It’s such a dirty word. And with good reason—a lot of people are doing it the wrong way! …
January 15, 2013 by Peter Redpath, Vice President and Director of the Student Division at Federalist Society Original source can be found here. If you’re attending receptions, especially as an unemployed job seeker, portray confidence. Who wants an unconfident lawyer, policy analyst, etc. …
January 23, 2013 by Peter Redpath, Federalist Society Original source can be found here. Not enough of you are networking through LinkedIn. Think about it. Why do people sign up for LinkedIn when pretty much everyone is already on Facebook? Because …
November 14, 2012 by Claire Kittle, Talent Market Original Source can be found here. My mother was an English teacher. Growing up in our house involved lots of mini-grammar lessons, Oxford commas, and endless streams of red ink on papers. …
February 6, 2013 by Ethan Bronner, National Legal Affairs Correspondent at NY Times Original source can be found here. Yearning to unleash your inner Atticus Finch by going to law school? You may wish to reconsider. Rising tuition, debt and a broken “escalator …
March 25, 2013 By Claire Kittle, Executive Director of Talent Market Original source can be found here. Love the Liberty Movement? Ready to commit to a career, but are you not sure how to find the right freedom-fighting spot for you? …
February 7, 2013 by Logan Hill, Bloomberg Businessweek Original source can be found here. Can you lose the job even if you’re the most skilled applicant? If you’re a poor cultural fit, you may not land the position. Logan Hill examines …
December 5, 2012 by Christine F. Della Monaca, Monster Staff Writer Original source can be found here. You’re interviewing for a job tomorrow, and you think you’ve done all the interview preparation you need to do. You’ve practiced your answers to a multitude of common …
January 10, 2013 by Ella Peterson, Student’s for Liberty Original source can be found here. Far too often, advocates of liberty fail to make effective arguments in their writing. As Alexander McCobin discussed in a previous post, libertarians often forget that “When …
February 25, 2013 by Liz Hine, Recruiter at the Center for Shared Services Original source can be found here. Need help landing that big promotion? A mentor may be your best bet. Liz Hine gives a quick rundown on how to …
December 6, 2012 by Bob Bonsall, Marketing Communications Manager at IHS/Blogger at MNSHO Original source can be found here. Somehow, despite all my worst efforts, I’ve ended up supervising quite a few people over the past several years, as well as observing more …
February 4, 2013 by George Anders, on LinkedIn Original source can be found here. Often it can seem that the only way to lead is to take over the room as if you were Donald Trump or LBJ. However, new research suggests …
April 8, 2013 By Kristina Burroughs, Recruiter for the Center for Shared Services Original source can be found here. Feel like you are constantly failing? You’re not alone. From our first steps to our final breaths, every person is continually making mistakes. …
February 15, 2013 by Roger Custer, Executive Director at America’s Future Foundation Original source can be found here. When networking, you often need to quickly stand out in a crowd. Is there a way to distinguish yourself in every conversation? Roger …
January 17, 2013 by Roger Custer, America’s Future Foundation Original source can be found here. Happy New Year! Learning is a life-long pursuit, even when you don’t get a report card with letter grades. When you join the professional world, you …
February 27, 2013 by Eric Alston and Isaac Morehouse Original source can be found here. Do you love writing papers, but you aren’t quite ready to scale the ivory tower of academia? Then a policy job may be the best fit …
December 12, 2012 by Kristina Burroughs, Recruiter at Center for Shared Services Original source can be found here. One of the most important things you can do in narrowing down your job search starts with a series of questions that only …
December 4, 2012 by Steven Strausbaugh, Young Americans for Liberty Original source can be found here. As I write this, I am on the job hunt. If you’re looking for work or internships in liberty right now, keep reading. I consider myself …
January 9, 2013 by Lauren Weber and Leslie Kwoh, Wall Street Journal Original source can be found here. John Nottingham says he was planning to hire a new design manager eventually. But when he heard a talented fellow alumnus of his …
April 1, 2013 By Roger Custer, Executive Director of America’s Future Foundation Original source can be found here. So you have the basics of email etiquette down. You use the bcc and cc correctly; you spellcheck before sending; and call if the issue …
February 8, 2013 by Peter Redpath, Federalist Society Original source can be found here. You know that people do not like to simply receive a business card instead of conversation and that “fashionably late” is a party rule, not a networking tool. However, there …
December 19, 2012 by Claire Kittle, Talent Market Original source can be found here. I often work with candidates who want to move to a specific city, but they don’t want to relocate until they have landed a job. And …
April 4, 2013 By Ritika Trikha of Careerbliss.com Original source can be found here. Katniss Everdeen dodges danger and outwits her opponents. Can Katniss’ survival techniques help you survive today’s job market? Career blogger Ritika Trikha thinks so. Read more…
January 8, 2013 by Investopedia, Forbes Contributor Original source can be found here. “I am always surprised how some interviewees tend to trail off towards the end of an interview instead of finishing strong and leaving a lasting impression,” says Zachary Rose, CEO …
December 13, 2012 by Jessica Hagy, Forbes Contributor Original source can be found here. Not sure what to be when you grow up (whenever that is)? Fret no more. We can figure this out together. Let’s get started. 1. Ignore the future, …
January 25, 2013 by George Anders, on LinkedIn Original source can be found here. It’s easy to size up people’s personalities. A rich vocabulary lets us distinguish between introverts and extroverts, optimists and pessimists, and so on. When the conversation turns …
November 27, 2012 By Heather Dugan, Salary.com contributing writer Original source can be found here. Spotting the mistakes of others is easy: The cringe-inducing Facebook status message. The ill-advised “after hours” tweet. Using Foursquare to check-in at an establishment of questionable repute. While …
Resources researched by the Liberty Guide team. Whether you’re in your first real job or a seasoned professional, chances are your job requires quite a bit of writing. Here at Liberty Guide, we understand how important it is to have good …
By Michael Munger In April 2005, INSIDEHIGHERED.COM carried a story on the tenure process. Here is an excerpt: The scholar was well liked and well published, according to the e-mail that arrived last week, but he was …
By David Schmidtz The Problem Suppose you are just starting graduate school, hoping to be a professor in five years or so. If you were an undergraduate, you wouldn’t wait until your senior year to find out …
By Michael Munger For better or worse, publishing your research needs to be the strongest leg in the three-legged stool of academic success. The other two legs, service and teaching, are also important, but publishing is clearly first …
By Michael Munger It is important to remember that your research agenda and dissertation are the main reasons you are in graduate school. They need to be your main focus…even though that may be a hard fact for …
By James Stacey Taylor At some point during your graduate career—if not during all of it—you are likely to teach undergraduates. Initially, you will probably be a teaching assistant (TA) for a professor. Later, you may be expected …
By Jeremy Shearmur with editorial input from David Schmidtz Do Unto Others… Imagine that you were part of a conversation on some topic of interest to you. What would your reaction be if someone barged into the …
By Jeremy Shearmur with editorial input from David Schmidtz The topic of personal development raises an issue so important that it merits a section of its own. It is best approached via an interesting theme in the history …
By Jeremy Shearmur with editorial input from David Schmidtz Developing Your Skills Graduate work is an apprenticeship in which you develop the skills you will need as a full-fledged scholar. You may well have misgivings about some …
By Matt Zwolinski Introduction Most prospective graduate students know the importance of choosing a “good” graduate school, but few fully appreciate the variety of considerations which can go into making a school a good one. Academic ratings …
This collection offers some frank but friendly advice to those of you interested in classical liberalism and considering an academic career. The life of the scholar is a voyage filled with deep and enduring satisfactions, but it is a …
In the beginning, there was The Newspaper. Then there were The Networks: NBC, ABC, and CBS. By the 1960s, The Networks had surpassed The Newspaper as America’s main source of information. Then there was CNN. Cable News …
Finding a job in local television news is difficult, particularly if you want to be on air. News directors tell me they often get two hundred or more résumé tapes for every one job opening. The lure of the …
I’ll start with some general advice, tried-and-truisms from twenty-four years in the business, the last fourteen helping to launch hundreds of Bachelor of Fine Arts in broadcast journalism into the always-daunting, ever-changing, and ever-diffuse landscape of broadcast news. …
You’ve studied print journalism—learned the best way to ask questions, craft a story, and write a catchy headline—so when your story makes it big and you’re interviewed on TV, it should be a piece of cake, right? Not necessarily. …
If you’re interested in becoming a journalist, you’ve probably read so much about the pending death of newspapers and news magazines that you’ve read a number of laments over the death of investigative journalism too. Don’t believe them. They …
Prudently, Mom and Dad refused to fund my wish for a journalism degree. They agreed it would doom me to abject poverty for the remainder of my days. However, during my senior year a young lady on whom I …
The Internet gives you the power to publish content globally and instantaneously for free. There are no gatekeepers, no distributors, and no editors. If you are a journalist at the beginning of your career, it’s an extraordinary opportunity. You …
Freelance writing can be a rewarding career that brings you into contact with inspiring people who love what they do and love sharing it with the world. It can give you a measure of control over your own time, …
Radio news on AM/FM commercial stations is a tough gig. It is not a 9 to 5 job. You will have to come in at odd hours, weekends, overnight, etc. Get used to it. After all, radio prime time …
When most people say someone is from “inside the Beltway,” they don’t mean it as a compliment. This is doubly true if the speaker happens to be of the libertarian persuasion. But being a denizen of the District of …
Random tips for journalists Keep these things in your car at all times: a notebook, pens, business cards, sturdy shoes, a rain coat and a map (MapQuest and GPS will get it wrong) Never be shy about saying, “I …
If you’re thinking about a journalism career, you’ve probably heard all of the horrific stats about shrinking newspapers, reporters having to cover multiple beats, massive layoffs, and the like. It’s all true. But what you need to …
Most successful journalists, when called upon to speak in front a group of aspiring young reporters, writers, and editors, tell them that, sadly, the glory days are long gone. There’s no more gold in them thar hills. The very …
Career Planning for the Undergraduate If you are an undergraduate, then you are well situated to get off to a good start. The first thing you need to know is that you don’t have to major in journalism. …
This guide is for young journalists in the first years of their careers. As journalism programs director at the Institute for Humane Studies, I work primarily with undergraduates and graduate students between the ages of twenty and twenty-six. My …
by Alison, The Girls Guide to Law School Originally posted on October 12, 2011 Original source can be found here. “A law degree is really flexible! It opens lots of doors.” Do not believe this statement. Hearing it makes …
by Alison, The Girl’s Guide to Law School Originally posted on September 7, 2011. Original source can be found here. To put it charitably, one reason people consider joining the legal profession is to cash in — lawyers make …
by Jordan Rushie, a lawyer at a small private firm in Philadelphia Originally posted on April 30, 2012. Original source can be found here. 6:00am: Alarm goes off. “Hey hon. Did you bleach my white shirts? I can’t wear …
by Megan McArcdle; Special Correspondent to The Daily Beast. Originally posted September 24, 2012. Original source can be found here. Paul Campos and I are pretty far apart politically, but it turns out we have broad areas of agreement, …
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