October 2000 NewWork News Web Tips

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Harvard University Department of Economics (Sunday, 10/1/00)
Is Harvard world-class in economics too? Absolutely, and if you'd like to study there or otherwise take advantage of their resources, here's the Harvard University Department of Economics web site.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Distance Education and Training Council (Monday, 10/2/00)
The Distance Education and Training Council has acted as a clearinghouse and accreditation agency since 1926.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Greedy Associates (Tuesday, 10/3/00)
For lawyers and wannabees, Greedy Associates offers information, but also gossip about law firms, salaries, and careers.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Tek.Xam (Wednesday, 10/4/00)
Do you have what it takes for technical work? Tek.Xam is a standardized assessment instrument developed by the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges that intends to provide a national standard for determining technical literacy and problem-solving skills.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Globalization 2000: Economic Prospects and Challenges (Thursday, 10/5/00)
This year's Nobel Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota has just concluded. All of the sessions will be available on the Internet. It's Globalization 2000: Economic Prospects and Challenges.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Wetfeet (Friday, 10/6/00)
Wetfeet says it offers inside information on hot careers and industries and seems to be directed mostly to recent college graduates.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Learning to Lead (Saturday, 10/7/00)
Here's the year 2000 special section on graduate business education from the Kansas City Star.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Vault.com (Sunday, 10/8/00)
Nothing sells like exclusivity, and most people love the idea of having inside information. Vault.com offers it to you, as well as the rest of the estimated 330 million people on the Internet. Nonetheless, it offers an opportunity to search for information on thousands of companies in dozens of industries, and may be of special interest to management consultants, bankers, and hi-tech folks in financial services.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: American Management Association (Monday, 10/9/00)
Can you be a member of the AMA and not be a physician? Of course, if you're a manager. The American Management Association is "the other AMA."

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Pre-employment Testing and the ADA (Tuesday, 10/10/00)
The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that pre-employment testing not introduce unjustified barriers to employment for persons with disabilities. Pre-employment Testing and the ADA provides the details and comes to you from the Job Accommodation Network at West Virginia University.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: WashingtonJobs (Wednesday, 10/11/00)
WashingtonJobs is the Washington Post's employment site. It helps job seekers and employers find each other in the general D.C. area, but also includes many information and advice features of interest to persons who are located elsewhere.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: FirstGov (Thursday, 10/12/00)
Would you like a little government information? No? Okay, then, how about a LOT? FirstGov makes 27 million web pages available to you from where you sit right now.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Campaign for Labor Rights (Friday, 10/13/00)
Campaign for Labor Rights is an organization that promotes activism throughout the U.S. in an effort to end sweatshops and child labor across many underdeveloped countries.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Minority Careers in Education (Saturday, 10/14/00)
Minority Careers in Education will hold its next annual expo on Saturday, March 31, 2001. Their web site is a good place for school districts and job-seeking educators to find each other.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: TAO: Transition Assistance Online (Sunday, 10/15/00)
Transition Assistance Online offers specialized assistance for those making major life transitions, including career military personnel who wish to enter the civilian workforce.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Glass Ceiling (Monday, 10/16/00)
The Glass Ceiling has been on line since 1966 and offers people an opportunity to share their "glass ceiling" stories and much more.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Breathing Room (Tuesday, 10/17/00)
Breathing Room is an article by Jennifer Grant written especially for the Encyclopedia Britannica online. She provides a number of reasons why your local community college may be the best place for you to complete your first two years of college, and not just because it's nearby.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: New Economy Information Service (Wednesday, 10/18/00)
People with a special interest in or special involvement with the new global information economy shares tips, ideas, information, and resources at the New Economy Information Service.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Tech Training at Creighton (Thursday, 10/19/00)
If you'd like a career change, Creighton University in Omaha offers a fast track into a technical role in the new economy.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Teaching Jobs Overseas (Friday, 10/20/00)
An organization based in Portland, Oregon can help you find Teaching Jobs Overseas, and also help you decide if this is really what you want.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Information Central on Management Consulting Worldwide (Saturday, 10/21/00)
Information Central on Management Consulting Worldwide is a place to begin if you're looking for a management consultant, a conference, or information about management consulting throughout the world.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Closed College Consortium (Sunday, 10/22/00)
What do Detroit Institute of Technology, Mackinac College, Northrop University, and Briarcliff College have in common? They're all closed, which means that persons who graduated from those institutions don't have a place to which they can make a homecoming. There are hundreds of others, which means that there are thousands of people with degrees from schools that no longer exist, except in their memories. The Closed College Consortium isn't a physical place either, let alone a campus, but it is a place in cyberspace where those who have been orphaned by the deaths of their colleges can gather in order to keep memories and identities alive.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Tutor 2U Economics (Monday, 10/23/00)
There are quite a lot of places on the web to learn something about economic principles, and we've pointed to a number of them over the years. Tutor 2U Economics is an information-rich site intended for students and teachers in the UK, but access is free from anywhere, and the site may tell you lots of things you don't already know.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Political Economy Bibliography (Tuesday, 10/24/00)
If you'd like a little light bedtime reading, here are references to several hundred books on political economy from the University of Missouri at St. Louis.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: University Business Online (Wednesday, 10/25/00)
University Business is intended to help top executives who run higher education institutions to make use of business strategies while not forgetting that universities aren't corporations.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: CUErgo (Thursday, 10/26/00)
CUErgo refers to Cornell University Ergonomics from the University's human factors and ergonomics research group at the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis. The terms "human factors" and "ergonomics" have meant various things at various times. Thirty years ago or so, "human factors" at many universities referred to "human factors in engineering," and often involved specialized psychologists working with engineers in the design of equipment that took the capacities and limitations of its operators into account so that a whole person-machine system could operate more effectively. During that period, "ergonomics" was a common European term for the same thing. During more recent years, "ergonomics" has been used commonly to refer to the design of user interfaces in computing, the design of keyboards, mice, computer furniture, and so on, but sometimes is broadened now to include the design of entire work environments.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Introduction to Inflation (Friday, 10/27/00)
If you don't really understand what inflation is and how it works, this Introduction to Inflation from "Investopedia" may help you get started. "Brief" is hardly the word for it, but it's a beginning.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Justice Department's ADA Home Page (Saturday, 10/28/00)
The Americans with Disabilities Act passed its 10th anniversary a few months ago. The United States Department of Justice has responsibility for enforcing it. Here's Justice's ADA Home Page.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Career Resumes (Sunday, 10/29/00)
Career Resumes claims to be the largest resume writing service in the United States. They offer services to individuals, of course, but also to corporations. If your employer offers to have Career Resumes write a resume for you so that you can find a new job, he may be trying to tell you something.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: ACTU Worksite 2000 (Monday, 10/30/00)
The Australian Council of Trade Unions Worksite 2000 is intended for teachers and students who are interested in learning about the Australian union movement, including its history..

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: WomenAsia.com (Tuesday, 10/31/00)
WomenAsia.com intends to help businesswomen in Asia network with their counterparts in North America.

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