There's a concept in real estate called "chasing down the market." It refers to a seller of real estate who values his property way above the market, and only decreases his asking price when the market decreases (but in proportion to the decrease in the market). What ends up occurring is

So, you're a poverty-stricken recent grad looking to make a little extra cash for the weekend. You've sold all your Air Force 1s on eBay, donated platelets to Red Cross, volunteered for a sleep study, and traded in your Sega at Gamestop. You probably think that, short of your vital organs, you've got nothing left in this world of any value.

Commencement season is coming to a close once again, and around the country important people have been getting paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to grace the Class of ‘09 with some measured words that will be forgotten

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The grass is always greener in Asia… or at least it was. Gradspot's Asia correspondent, Emily Post, reports on Americans facing unemployment in Hong Kong and how they handle the search for professional stability while abroad.

UPDATED: After meeting a ton of career service professionals at this year's Nace Conference in Las Vegas, we discovered some new contenders to the throne and decided to reassess the field.

Though we like to poke fun at schools that host one recruiting fair and think they're doing big things for their kids, it's also no secret that we're huge fans of the many college career offices that actually do the job they're supposed to

Well hello there. I'm Ben from No Ordinary Rollercoaster - that blog you've never heard of. I am what some call a hobby blogger - a title that somehow incorrectly implies that blogging is something other than a crippling, life-consuming addiction that turns regular people into comment-thirsty scoundrels.

Nothing helps you stand out on the job hunt more than skills (nunchuku skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking...er, programming skills), and few things waste more money than going to graduate school without a real goal in mind. That's why we're such big fans of using the amazing assortment of free educational resources the 'net has to offer.

In this age of social media and real-time sharing of information, news can be pervasive. What I mean is that information about YOU can spread as quickly as it is put out there

Like their students, college career centers and alumni services have it easier during economic upswings: they basically just send recent graduates off into great careers, wait for them to reap the financial rewards, and then start asking for donations.