With college classes drawing to an end many companies are looking forward to the benefits of bringing in a summer intern or two.
For years many internships were unpaid; sometimes benefiting the intern, sometimes the company, sometimes both. Today the Department of Labor is looking closely
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I found myself teaching a 4th grade class about how my morning cereal is made. Explaining the natural resources used to grow grain and create box materials, identifying the human and capital resources required and lastly, walking into the grocery store and leaving with a box of Crave.
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Our house sits at the top of a cul-de-sac in a foothills community, with the driveway at an elevation of 6170 feet. We get more snow in the winter than the city down below, and the main roads in our valley are plowed by the county, which seems to lack resources or maybe a map to reach our street after most snow events. So it’s no wonder that our neighborhood is heavily populated with...
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Write about what you know and tie it to your occupation. Sounds easy enough, right?
As I stared at my computer screen it dawned on me that this might be more difficult...
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You’ve picked the place, booked the trip, bought the travel books, so you’re ready to go right? Well…almost; there are three things that you need to consider to ensure you have an amazing vacation:
1. Plan to be flexible – sounds like a contradiction but if the day is planned to the minute you’re likely to miss out on an...
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