Comparison of Tennesseans' Income Based on Education

How much difference does a college degree make to an average Tennessean's income? Find out in this table: American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates [pdf] .

It's just one of many articles in Tennessee's Business: Job Creation [contents].

Features include:

• "Business Creations and Expansions, 2009,"
  an overview of the latest data and comparison to the 2001-2002 recession, by Tennessee State Data Center Director Randy Gustafson
• "Job Creation: What Really Works?"
  by David Hayes, MTSU Department of Economics and Finance adjunct faculty and Tennessee Workforce Development Board member

and more:

• Tennessee State Small Business Development Center's
  2011 results
• Tennessee green investments,
  an economic impact study on selected summarized by BERC Associate Director Murat Arik
• Tracking the state's economic recovery
  by staff of MTSU's Business and Economic Research Center and the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
• State job creation initiatives, an overview

plus:

• American Community Survey 1-year employment estimates in pdf format

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To Find Happiness, Forget About Passion

The economy has changed the job market. How can one prepare for a career? "Forget about finding your passion. Instead, focus on finding big problems," proposes Oliver Segovia in a Harvard Business Review blog post. He challenges today's students, recent graduates, and job hunters to consider "what you can do and how you can be a valuable contributor." There are many big problems from which to choose, including "climate change, sustainability, poverty, education, health care, technology, urbanization in emerging markets," to name a few. What problem would you like to help solve? How can you go about choosing one? Segovia suggests:

• Stay in touch with current issues. "Get out of the office [or classroom] and volunteer."
• "Look into problems that affect you in a very personal way." 
• "Connect with people working on big problems." 
• "Take time off and travel," not just to typical tourist sites.

[ Read more at Harvard Business Review. ]