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Former catcher recaptures spark, work ethic in Single-A

By Jeremy Tepper / Staff Writer • September 12, 2014

After finishing an All-Big East campaign in 2013 with the Pitt baseball team, catcher Elvin Soto decided to move on to the big leagues and was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 16th round. It’s...

Manchester City

By MCT Campus • September 12, 2014

Joe Prince-Wright will be on the sidelines for Premier League games.

Prince-Wright finds new career after soccer

By Mark Powell / Staff Writer • September 12, 2014

Joe Prince-Wright is one of Pitt’s most well-known soccer alumni. Earning 31 caps in head coach Joe Luxbacher’s midfield, he graduated in 2011 in four years with a degree in English writing and communications....

Be the boss: Self-employed students set their own rules

By Kat Prosachik / Staff Writer • September 12, 2014

Pitt students are changing the way we think about college jobs by becoming their own bosses.In 2009, the Bureau of Labor Statistics determined that only 3.7 percent of people aged 16-24 are self-employed....

Customer service horror stories

By Aby Briner / For The Pitt News • September 12, 2014

Pitt students share customer service horror stories

By Dale Shoemaker / Staff Writer • September 12, 2014

Rule number one: the customer is always right. Rule number two: if the customer is wrong, refer to rule number one.In American businesses, this is standard for customer service. Sometimes, though, the...

Employer Value of Student Attributes

By Cristina Holtzer / News Editor • September 12, 2014

Shred the transcript: Employers value experience, not GPA

By Nerine Sivagnanam / Staff Writer • September 12, 2014

Next time you find yourself choosing career work over class work, don’t fret. Evidence shows your transcript won’t be a one-way ticket to a dream job. A 2012 survey by the Chronicle of Higher Education...

Students turn words into paychecks

By MCT Campus • September 12, 2014

Working with words: Students earn cash through blogging

By Conor McAteer / Staff Writer • September 12, 2014

When Aditya Thawardas began reading TalkAndroid, he didn’t think he would become one of its writers. But since April 2013, Thawardas has been writing for the blog, which focuses on the Android operating...