Arizona has been a fast growing solar market in the United States in past several years. On February 2013, Arizona’s solar incentive program was significantly reduced and many people wondered what the impact of these cuts would be. From an economic perspective, the elimination of incentives will probably reduce the ability of the higher cost…
In 1898, leading physicist and inventor Samuel Pierpont Langley had everything he needed to create the first successful aircraft. He was given $50,000 by the War Department develop a piloted airplane. As a professor at Harvard and a fellow of the Smithsonian, he had a countless number of connections to the leading scientists of the…
In 1997, Steve Jobs returned to Apple after a 12-year absence. The company he had co-founded was running out of cash and close to bankruptcy. Jobs held a staff meeting and explained the role passion would play in revitalizing the brand: “Apple is not about making boxes for people to get their jobs done, although…
According to jocinfo, Job Order Contracting (JOC) is a unique indefinite quantity type of contract that enables facility owners to accomplish a large number of repair, maintenance and construction projects with a single, competitively bid contract. It eliminates the time and expense of completing the normal design-bid-construct cycle for each project. It allows facility owners…
1. What is randomness? Does it exist? Give an example. Randomness is a series of events that occur without a predictable pattern. The does it exist question is one that every combat veteran who has lost someone deals with every day. Why, did he get shoot by the sniper, when I was standing next him?…
As technology and a new generation of workers influence the business space, leadership is changing. Here are 5 ways CEOs need to adapt to steer their companies into the future. 1. Transparency: When it comes to the goals and mission of a business, the CEO of tomorrow will bring the entire team into the bigger…
[Click to Enlarge] This picture, while funny, is far from being exaggerated. According to several studies, projects, especially IT ones, have an average cost overrun of 200% and a schedule overrun of 70%. The United States economy loses $50-$150 billion per year due to failed IT projects. In 2013, less than one third of…
As a three-year Community Assistant (CA) and former Senior Community Assistant for ASU Housing, I have seen my share of roommate conflicts. In those same three years, I have also noticed that some methods are far more effective in handling those conflicts than others. My first year as a CA, I forced my residents to…
Ripples were sent through the financial world when new figures revealed that tech titan Jeff Bezos had become one of America’s ten richest individuals. The reason some were taken aback was because of Bezos’s unorthodox approach to business and life. The company he founded and currently leads as CEO, Amazon, has earned a reputation with…
A Narrow Focus in College Could Backfire
Peter Cappelli of The Wall Street Journal investigates how the job market has changed over time for college graduates. While the end goal for students and their parents has always been securing a job, Capelli argues that the path to this goal is ever-changing. Capelli asserts that many students are pressured to choose a career path prematurely due to the high costs of college and setbacks that come from changing majors. As in the tech bust of the early 2000’s, many students who believe that they are in a “hot” degree program may actually struggle to secure a job if the market shifts. Cappelli stresses the importance of evaluating the entire package of college in order to make decisions that most benefit the student and simultaneously generate the most aptitude to finding a job. For instance, not everyone may be cut out for a specialized degree, and despite the negative stimulus associated with liberal arts degrees, a practical degree which involves education in multiple areas may actually give the student the most options out of college. This is especially important since the job market is unpredictable. Further, most employers will value previous work experience over pure academic involvement. Thus, general aptitude may be more important than specialization.
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