If you’re beginning to feel like every teenager at your child’s high school is the CEO of a start-up, a non-profit founder or a social justice advocate, you’re not wrong. These days, teenagers aren’t just biking around their neighborhoods or going to the movies — they’re interning at major tech companies, cultivating bespoke brands and … Read more
My employer fired me and then said that I had signed a noncompete agreement preventing me from going to a competitor for a year. What I do is very specialized, and they don’t even define who a competitor is. Can they prevent me from earning a living? For the uninitiated: Noncompete agreements are either stand … Read more
“Wasn’t this supposed to be easy?” That’s the refrain that reverberates in the ears of Beth Hendler-Grunt, president of Next Great Step in Livingston, NJ, who has guided hundreds of students through the internship process. “A student heads to college, makes connections and applies for an internship to gain valuable summer experience . . . but this is harder … Read more