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...developed to help with weather forecasting, chaos theory takes into account that unpredictable forces are always at work, but that with the right analytical tools, underlying patterns emerge and a sort of order - although not the linear kind - becomes clear. Applying it to career-planning is a relatively new thing. People - like my dad, and probably yours - used to go to work for one company right out of college or the military, stay there for 30-odd years, get an orderly series of promotions and raises, and then retire with a nice guaranteed pension. How quaint! Those days are never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finding a Dream Job: A Little Chaos Theory Helps | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

...possibility that one's work may have nothing to do with one's college major. "Only about 30% of the alumni who get back in touch with me end up in careers directly related to their college studies," she says. "Most discover they're actually more interested in other things." Is that 70% majority happy? "Yes, because they're following their passion," Brooks says. "The saddest thing to me is seeing someone take a job just because it pays well, and then spend all that money on toys to cheer them up for being miserable in their job. People...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finding a Dream Job: A Little Chaos Theory Helps | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

...rabbi thing is absolutely false," he said. "Absolutely false. We're looking very seriously into hiring a rabbi...

Author: By June Q. Wu | Title: Bye, Bye, Rabbi? | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

...frequency with which Chute and Ryabkina are called upon to perform in games is not surprising. “Liza is the one that constantly stays on the ice after [practice] when I want to work on stuff and she will always stay with me and work on things to get better,” Vaillancourt said. “I think that has helped her tremendously throughout the season so far.” Vaillancourt’s praise for Ryabkina reflects well on the sophomore, who has developed her game in the same mold as that...

Author: By Alexandra E. Zimbler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Looks to Sophomores for Production | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

...start here at the John Harvard statue. Now, it is a famous Harvard undergraduate tradition to pee on the statue. I say, why stop there? Hell, Christian B. Flow ’10 has been looking for a hole in this thing for years. They call this the statue of Harvard’s three lies. Can anyone name them?—Hey, pay attention! No need to look at the chaches in the straw hats, shouting and making bad jokes. They think they’re earning vacations in the Caribbean, but they’re really just...

Author: By Daniel K Bilotti and Vincent M Chiappini, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Prestige and Mobility: A Real Deal Tour for Junior Parents | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

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