Becoming a lawyer is one of the toughest fields to get into. There is a lot of competition in this career and a lot at stake too. Going through law school will not be very easy to afford in any way. Therefore, before you pursue this career, it is important that you be well informed about all that is at ... More

so you want to work at facebook, one of the world's hottest companies -- what do you have to get your foot in the door and get noticed? it's not going to be easy -- you have competition.

what life lessons are counter-intuitive or go against common sense or wisdom?

top 100 rank ▾ company job growth u.s. employees 1 google 33% 18,500 2 boston consulting group 10% 1,958 3 sas institute 8% 6,046 4 wegmans food markets 5% 41,717 5 edward jones 1% 36,937 6 netapp 30% 6,887 7 camden property trust -2% 1,678 8 recreational equipment (rei) 12% 10,466 9 chg healthcare services 17% 1,312 10 quicken loans 20% 3,808 11 zappos.com 70% 3,003 12 mercedes-benz usa 2% 1,680 13 dpr construction 18% 1,265 14 dreamworks animation 8% 2,151 15 nustar energy 6% 1,512 16 kimpton hotels & restaurants 4% 6,996 17 jm family enterprises -1% 3,685 18 chesapeake energy 23% 10,502 19 intuit 9% 7,102 20 usaa 7% 23,211 21 robert w. baird 5% 2,509 22 the container store 11% 3,495 23 qualcomm 6% 13,353 24 alston & bird 3% 1,645 25 ultimate software 15% 1,209 26 burns & mcdonnell 5% 3,165 27 salesforce.com 39% 3,802 28 devon energy -6% 3,286 29 pcl construction -5% 1,262 30 bingham mccutchen -7% 1,489 31 scottrade 9% 3,139 32 whole foods market 6% 60,213 33 goldman sachs n.a. n.a. 34 nugget market 8% 1,135 35 millennium: the takeda oncology co. 3% 1,311 36 southern ohio medical center 18% 2,276 37 plante moran 1% 1,476 38 w. l. gore & associates 2% 5,852 39 st. jude children's research hospital 1% 3,580 40 svb ... More

bob parsons (below) may be best known as the man standing next to the “godaddy girls,” the busty spokesmodels for his online registration company, godaddy.com. today, he has a new catchphrase: billionaire the possible purchase of his company by private-equity firms kohlberg kravis roberts and silverlake partners for more than $2 billion would make him the latest dot-com billionaire. it is unclear ... More

we all use filters, especially when we communicate with people above us in the corporate food chain. (show me an employee who tells his boss everything on his mind and i'll show you an employee soon to be fired.)