Here's your round-up of links for the week. Enjoy!
- Making it in America--a long, but fascinating read that gets at the heart of what's happening on the two ends of manufacturing with "skilled" and "unskilled" workers.
- The Four-Year Career--"According to recent statistics, the median number of years a U.S. worker has been in his or her current job is just 4.4, down sharply since the 1970s. This decline in average job tenure is bigger than any economic cycle, bigger than any particular industry, bigger than differences in education levels, and bigger than differences in gender." So what does this mean for "career planning"?
- 6 Email Cover Letter Tips to Make a Good First Impression--Includes a link to a free cover letter template to make it more visually appealing.
- How Leaders Kill Meaning at Work--from the McKinsey Quarterly. You have to sign up for a free account to access the full article, but there's lots of other great info there as well, so it's worth it.
- Tips for Dealing with Employment Gaps--some decent advice here.
- Plan Your Free Online Education for Spring 2012--a great list of FREE courses available through some of the best universities in the US.
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