Danish job seekers sit in a window, hoping to catch employers’ attention. Photo courtesy of Wall Street Journal

Today’s Wall Street Journal features an article by John D. Stoll about unemployed Danish professionals who are lining up to sit in a window advertising their availability. Alexander Peitersen,one of the architects of the program, offered his agency’s windows as the display case for the unemployed.

Join author Stephanie Schorow on Tuesday, May 14 at 6 in the Rabb Lecture Hall at the Central Library.  She will trace the effects of Prohibition and the long-standing economic consequences of the “Noble Experiment” on Boston, even after the joyous days of Repeal.

For your reading pleasure here are some new arrivals at Kirstein:

Bull by the Horns

Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself
Bair, Sheila
(Book – 2012)

How to Make a Million Dollars an Hour

Why Hedge Funds get Away with Siphoning Off America’s Wealth
Leopold, Les
(Book – 2013)

Investor Relations for the Emerging Company

Rieves, Ralph A.
(Book – 2012)

Thinking about starting your own business?  Entrepreneur Magazine’s Startup Series
might give you some ideas.

According to today’s  Wall Street Journal, “Schools are trying to choose from a crowded pool of well-qualified applicants and get a sense of the human being behind the application by adding personality tests and scored, standardized in-person interviews to the traditional battery of essays, transcripts and recommendations. Now, prospective M.B.A. students need to shine by showing emotional traits like empathy, motivation, resilience and dozens of others. ”

Here is a link to a site that provides free examples of personality tests. Read more »