5 Reasons to Buy Used College Textbooks If you are about to start taking college classes, you might be overwhelmed by the price of buying brand-new textbooks. They certainly aren’t cheap, that’s for sure. Instead of paying full price for brand-new college textbooks, you do have the option to buy used books from former students that previously took the class. Are you ready to begin your college career? Take a look at five reasons why you’re much better off buying used college textbooks instead of purchasing them when they are brand-new.  It’s A Lot Cheaper to Buy Used Books We already briefly touched upon this, but it definitely bears repeating. In some cases, you could end up paying $100 or more for a brand-new textbook. But for many of us that are on a very tight budget, this is just too much money to have to spend on top of all the money that you’re already spending to get a good college education. If this is the case for you, used textbooks are definitely the way to go. By buying used, you can get as much is 25%, 50%, and 75% off or even more.

Top 5 Tips To Guide You Through The Application Process - Work It Daily Getting a job isn’t as simple as it once was; the application process can be a long, drawn out procedure that requires a lot of investment on your part. From creating the perfect CV, to the dreaded interview, it’s never going to be quick and simple. So, when it comes to your ideal job, it really does pay to invest your time into every step. Related: 5 Biggest Job Application Mistakes Check out these top five tips to guide you through the application process. The CV Think of your CV as a sales pitch; it is there to sell you, your abilities and your achievements. Make sure it is typo free, tailored to the job application, unique, clear and clutter free. The last thing the hiring manager wants to see is a 5-page generalized CV full of irrelevant information and your entire employment history. This will likely turn off most employers and seriously reduce the chances of your application moving forward any further.

Putting Greenhouse Gases to Good Use Putting Greenhouse Gases to Good Use After many years of work, engineers at Stanford University have developed solar cells working underwater that can provide enough energy to produce chemical reactions for converting captured greenhouse gases into industrial fuel. The solar cells are a critical component of a new way to fight climate change in a process called artificial photosynthesis. The work is being done in the lab of Stanford professor and materials scientist Paul McIntyre, a pioneer in the artificial photosynthesis field. The researchers reported on the latest breakthrough in a paper published in the journal Nature Materials last October. The concept is that greenhouse gases are captured and channeled into giant chemical tanks, where the water-resistant solar cells turn the carbon dioxide/water combination into solar fuels. This is yet another instance of engineers observing and emulating nature for solutions to modern day problems.

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Startup Hiring Recruiting Entrepreneurial Types - Spark Hire Startups. They’re the rising star in the private sector, but with all of their successes, it’s more difficult for them to find employees that contribute positively to the bottom line than well-established small businesses and large corporations. Working at a startup isn’t like working anywhere else. With that, they need employees who aren’t like any others. The Wall Street Journal interviewed Jason Freedman, co-founder of 42Floors, who said that “he wants employees who can work fast, come up with ideas without being told what to do and help reshape the company over time. Whats more, nonentrepreneurs often cant handle the loose structure of a startup and have trouble working without guidance.” Job candidates looking to launch their own startups have these qualifications, but how do you recruit these entrepreneurs in startup hiring when they don’t want to work for anyone but themselves? Freedman tells The Wall Street Journal that you have to entice them.

up Hiring Recruiting Entrepreneurial Types - Spark HireMandatory Arbitration Supreme Court Case, New York Proposal Employers who take away their workers’ right to sue in the case of a dispute—often through stealthy clauses buried in new-hire documents, employee handbooks, or other paperwork—are having a moment, and it’s not a good one. The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments today in a case that centers on whether employers can ban class actions and force employees into arbitration. A pair of studies last week spelled out just how many U.S. employees were covered by such forced arbitration clauses, which effectively move workers out of the U.S. court system and into arbitration proceedings (the answer was in the tens of millions). Now America’s biggest city is weighing whether to penalize employers who block workers from taking employment disputes to court. New York City’s public advocate, Letitia James, recommended on Monday that both the city and state of New York should ceasing doing business with companies that require their employees to use mandatory arbitration to resolve workplace disputes.

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