Employers looking for ‘people who play well with others’
NEW YORK – A resume and a brief job interview can’t answer the question that matters most to a new hire’s co-workers: Is this person an absolute pain?
NEW YORK – A resume and a brief job interview can’t answer the question that matters most to a new hire’s co-workers: Is this person an absolute pain?
NEW YORK – Dick Parsons will depart as CEO of Time Warner Inc. at the end of the year, five years after taking the helm of the world’s largest media conglomerate and rebuilding its stature following a disastrous merger with AOL.
When looking for a job, it’s a good idea to leave those eyebrow rings and ear gauges at home. Interview appearance is more important than most of today’s students realize, said Mark Brostoff, associate director for the Kelley School of Business’ Undergraduate Career Services.
Hoosiers have been taking extra precautions this year to help prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, commonly known as MRSA, an antibiotic-resistant infection.
INDIANAPOLIS – More than 40 people bought fake Patriots-Colts tickets, and police officers confiscated hundreds of other phony tickets in what investigators described as a nationwide sports counterfeiting ring.
BROWNSTOWN, Ind. – A former school bus driver will stand trial on felony drunken driving charges that could send her to prison for three years, a Jackson County judge ruled.
TERRE HAUTE – Indiana State University President Lloyd Benjamin is promising to help students, who were upset by the discovery of a rope resembling a noose in a campus tree, push hate crimes legislation in the General Assembly next session.
Michael Hamburger, co-chair of the IU Task Force on Campus Sustainability, knew IU was a campus committed to improving sustainability, but it wasn’t until he received 200 applications for the task force’s internship program that he realized the magnitude of enthusiasm.
Tuesday’s municipal elections will decide only local races, but the effects of the races will ripple beyond their cities, party leaders say.
Indiana’s exports increased by more than 5 percent in 2006 and are on track to increase by another 10 percent this year, according to a report released by the Kelley School of Business’ Indiana Business Research Center two weeks ago.
The IU men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams don’t like losing, but they feel they have plenty of positives to take out of their respective defeats to Michigan and Texas last weekend. “We wanted to show our guys what top five teams are,” said IU coach Ray Looze. “We saw it and have a better idea of what we have to do.”
Ever since word spread that a tobacco-free policy will be instituted on all IU campuses at the beginning of next semester, students have been talking about this controversial issue. With fewer places to smoke, some smokers may question whether they want to continue this habit. Information on this topic and others will be on display from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday during the 35th Annual Campus Health Fair, held in Alumni Hall of the Indiana Memorial Union.
As winter approaches, students can expect to feel the congestion, runny noses and sore throats that come with the common cold. Drug stores shelve a vast number of products to treat the cold, but sticking to the basics can be enough to feel better.
IU students can now learn what’s going on around campus from their iPods.
Robert Springer, a FBI agent with the Indianapolis division, will give a free talk today at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. He will be discussing “Terrorism, Civil Liberties and Meditation: A Delicate Balance” at 5:30 p.m. in the SPEA Atrium.
Competing in the Western Michigan Duals, their last tournament of the fall, the Hoosiers took advantage of the chance to improve their game before the spring season starts in January. The team ended the short fall season optimistic about the spring. Junior Alba Berdala advanced to the finals of her flight Sunday, but lost to Kerstin Pahl of Western Michigan. Pahl also defeated freshman Charlotte Martin before playing Berdala.
The IU women’s basketball team rounds out its short exhibition season tonight at 7 p.m. at Assembly Hall with a game against the Showtime Skins, an Australian touring team. IU coach Felisha Legette-Jack acknowledged that she has a young team this year, but she said she will be looking for improvement against the Skins.
In the heat of the moment, with time running out, the game on the line, all the money in the pot, everything left on the field, athletes are given a chance to be remembered in a moment of greatness that few others will ever be able to achieve. All eyes are on them.
Police fired tear gas and clubbed thousands of lawyers protesting President Gen. Pervez Musharraf’s decision to impose emergency rule, as Western allies threatened to review aid to the troubled Muslim nation.
Although many of us spent our childhoods hearing Smokey the Bear, firemen and other fire safety spokesmen and mascots, being preached to about the necessity of having a fire escape plan and changing the batteries in our smoke detectors, by the age of 18, much of that early indoctrination has worn off. This attitude is a cause for concern, taking into account the multiple deaths of college students in fires during the past several years. For example, during the first week of classes in the fall of 2004, three fraternity brothers at the University of Mississippi perished in a fire after a party at their house.