Archive for April, 2010

Salaries for Recent College Graduates

April 26th, 2010 • • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under

According to the salary survey conducted by the National Association of College and Employers, the average salary offer to a 2010 college graduate with a bachelor’s degree in the US is $47,673.  This represents a 1.7% decrease from last year’s average, and is a reflection of the current recessionary environment and high unemployment rate. Salaries [...]

Do You Need an Ivy League Degree to Become CEO?

April 19th, 2010 • • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under

In the article Corporate Career Success – How to Become CEO we receive a lot of questions about what education one should get in order to become a CEO.  We also get quite a few inquiries about how important it is to get an Ivy League education.   Despite of the fact that we have emphasized [...]

Middle Class Status No Longer a Symbol of Success

April 12th, 2010 • • 1 comment • Related • Filed Under

According to a recent report from US News & World Report, in 2008 the 50% of Americans who are considered middle class had a median household income for a family of four of about $81,000.  The range was from $51,000 t o$123,000.  The report estimates these figures may have fallen 5 to 7 percent since [...]

The US States with the Most Millionaires

April 5th, 2010 • • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under

In an article by MainStreet it was reported that the number of millionaires in the US has declined in 2009 by almost 1 million since the beginning of the recession in 2007.  The data is based on a report from Phoenix Marketing International, which defines a millionaire as a household that has at least $1 [...]