“We have heard from a number of employers that they are looking to hire more new college graduates to feed their ‘talent pipeline,’” comments Marilyn Mackes, executive director of the National Association of Colleges and Employers. “Employers are looking at new grads as their future leaders and want to groom them for those roles.” To do so, many companies have set up an internship program aimed at helping applicants acquire the skills they need to be prepared for the job. There is no shortage of internship opportunities, but you may want to focus your Read more
January 3rd, 2010
Brief History of The Poker Chip
No Comments, Education, by admin .The poker chip might not be quite as old and venerable as the game of poker itself, which could be about a century older, but this form of monetary token still goes back a fair distance in time. As far as anyone can ascertain, these chips had their origins in the United States, somewhere around the end of the 19th century. Before then, players used items like coins or gold nuggets to gamble with, until gradually those items were replaced with uniform poker chips. However, it wasn’t simply a matter of every player or gambling establishment changing to a uniform type of poker chips Read more