is the mounting evidence produced by labor economists of just how important it is for current graduates to ignore the old-school advice of trying to get ahead by working one's way up the ladder. Instead, it seems, graduates should try to do exactly the thing the older generation bemoans — aim for the top.
Hello, Young Workers: One Way to Reach the Top Is to Start There - New York Times - 0 views
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starting at the bottom is a recipe for being underpaid for a long time to come.
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A recent study, by the economists Philip Oreopoulos, Till Von Wachter and Andrew Heisz, "The Short- and Long-Term Career Effects of Graduating in a Recession" (National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 12159, April 2006. http://www.columbia.edu/~vw2112/papers/nber_draft_1.pdf), finds that the setback in earnings for college students who graduate in a recession stays with them for the next 10 years.
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As Boardroom Struggle Ends, Volkswagen Looks to the Future - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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As Boardroom Struggle Ends, Volkswagen Looks to the Future
Carmakers Are Central Voice in U.S.-Europe Trade Talks - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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With the dexterity of thieves stripping a vehicle for parts, they remove each van’s engine, bumpers, tires, drive shaft, fuel tank and the exhaust system.
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Next, the crews pack everything into steel freight containers, which begin a journey by river barge and cargo ship to Ladson, S.C., near the port of Charleston. There, American teams put the vans back together again.
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It would be more efficient to ship the vans in one piece, of course. But with current trade rules, efficiency is seldom the goal.
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