Nate Breindel is one busy student. In addition to completing his last semester at Washington University in St. Louis with a major in marketing and psychology, he also owns and operates his own business. “It’s especially difficult when you have three...

Like countless summer interns before her, Bonnie Ulmer stuffs envelopes, jots down messages and signs for packages. But you won’t find her hanging out at the mall after work — she’d rather be doting on her grandson. Ms. Ulmer, 56, signed on to be an...

Peder Nelson loves both skiing and mountain biking. So when it came time for him to decide on his major at Western State College in Gunnison, Colo., he quickly chose recreation. “I thought I wanted to work at a ski area,” he says, explaining that he...

As you start to evaluate prospective information-technology career opportunities, don’t think about just the job at hand, the day-to-day ins and outs and the immediate prospect of a promotion or higher salary. Think instead in terms of both your...

What a difference a year makes. At business schools nowadays, b-to b and b-to-c stand for “back to banking” and “back to consulting.” With the dry-up of funding, fewer students are thinking about starting businesses, particularly dot-com ventures. At...