LCSN: Registered nurses top list of fastest-growing jobs
February 6, 2012. Retrieved online February 7, 2012 from Brook Stockberger, Las Cruces Sun-News
LAS CRUCES - The rest of the this decade should prove positive for people who work in the areas of health care and the service industry, both nationally and here in southern New Mexico.
For those who've set their sights on working in the farming and ranching industry or who think the Postal Servic More »
LCSN: Will food costs continue to rise?
May 29, 2011. Retrieved online June 1. 2011 from AUTHOR, Las Cruces Sun-News
LAS CRUCES — Every Memorial Day, I try to find time to take the kids to the cemetery, look at the flags near the headstones and remind them why we have this holiday. Then, I like to retreat to the homestead, twist the top off of a cold beer, fire up the grill and turn on a baseball game. I figure that makes for a tru More »
Grad school versus employment
April 15, 2010 by Nikki Shook NMSU Round Up
As graduation draws nearer, many graduates find themselves torn on what to do
The spring 2010 semester is coming to an end and the one thing occupying the minds of most seniors is graduation: The day when caps fly into the air and grade point averages are forgotten.
But what happens after that? Some students will apply for entry-level jobs in More »
A balancing act: students juggle school, jobs, and paying the bills
April 23, 2009 by Dustin Edwards Round Up
NMSU student workaholics share their confessions
The sour economy has not stopped all college students in the workforce, as some are working harder than ever to ride out the national financial plight.
Although New Mexico suffered a greater increase in unemployment in March compared to February, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics Web site More »
