Most recruiting companies list in their job requirements exactly what experience the candidate should bring. They prefer to hire someone who has done exactly the same job in another company, but in ...

Most of us would feel a little hurt if told we were average. This is no surprise since society often tells us we must be special, standing out in the crowd. The daily news puts the spotlight on the ...

“How are you different from everyone else?” my daughter’s second grade teacher asks her class while I happen to be sitting in. Hands immediately go up but I think it’s the wrong question, reason ...

We’re no longer surprised when “movie stars” are eclipsed by “superstars,” when 4.0 grade point averages are inflated into 5.0’s, when companies expand their executive ranks so more people can share ...

For one scholarship, mediocrity is not just accepted, it’s encouraged. The entertainment and humor website CollegeHumor.com has created a contest to award $5,000 toward the cost of tuition to two ...

In his final report two years ago, former dean of Admissions Wilbur J. Bender '27 warned that as Harvard became more competitive, many bright and able students might suffer anxieties and frustrations ...

Every executive of a manufacturing business is bombarded daily with articles and books telling them how to create operational excellence. But every day those same executives, in both their personal ...

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