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How Job Seekers Can Benefit from a Well-Designed Business Card

Written on 31 Jan, 2012 at 13:08

A personal business card can be very useful in a job search. The company is you and the job title is a generic description of what you do.... (Continue reading)

Thinking About Quitting Your Job? Ten Key Signs It Might Be a Good Idea

Written on 8 Dec, 2011 at 0:14

10 signs that quitting your job makes sense. ... (Continue reading)

Career Fair Tips: How to Make the Most Out of Career Fairs in Your Job Search

Written on 14 Nov, 2011 at 15:53

How both employers and job seekers can make the most of career fairs.... (Continue reading)

Best Job Search Tactic for Retired Military Mechanical Services Representative: Perseverance

Written on 1 Nov, 2011 at 16:26

Mechanical Services Representative shares techniques for job seeker, from his most recent successful job hunt.... (Continue reading)

Job Interviews: How to Succeed By Using the Job Description as Your Focus

Written on 23 Sep, 2011 at 15:58

Learn to use the advertised job description to prepare for interviews.... (Continue reading)

Five Tips for Improving Your Job Search–and Your Life

Written on 2 May, 2011 at 12:41

Job search tips from a recent college graduate who writes for a career site.... (Continue reading)

How to Choose the Right Resource Management and Employee Performance Software

Written on 20 Dec, 2010 at 17:50

Guidelines to help make the task of selecting resource management and employee performance management software easier.... (Continue reading)

Job Seekers Beware: Work at Home Scams

Written on 6 Dec, 2010 at 21:43

With the unemployment rate now up to 9.8 %, discouraged job seekers are more vulnerable than ever to a wide variety of scams and abuses. Here’s an example of a work-at-home scam that security software company PC Tools discovered. Looks... (Continue reading)

How Employers Can Minimize the Risk of Family Responsibilities Discrimination (FRD): Developing a Prevention Plan

Written on 12 Oct, 2010 at 18:14

Introducing the WorkLife Law Family Responsibilities Discrimination (FRD) Prevention Plan, a/k/a “How to Minimize Risk Before Your Company, in Legal Trouble, Asks You: ‘How Did We Get Here? What Do We Do Now?’” Here is a useful exercise: Imagine that... (Continue reading)

Your Employee Handbook–Suggestions and Links for Creating and Updating It

Written on 11 Oct, 2010 at 9:47

Introduction: Should You Have an Employee Handbook? An employee handbook that’s prepared and reviewed thoroughly and properly customized is great. But as with a written employee evaluation–which can either help or hurt your legal position, depending on whether it was... (Continue reading)

Key Ways for Students to Jumpstart Their Careers While Still in College

Written on 6 Aug, 2010 at 21:54

Simply getting a college degree will definitely play an important role in landing a job or advancing a career, but these days it often won’t to be enough. There are specific steps every student should take while in school, so... (Continue reading)

5 Ways to Stay Productive While You Search for a Job

Written on 14 Jul, 2010 at 21:21

It can be easy to be discouraged when searching for a job, even if you have one. It’s very similar to dating: you have to present your best self and then hope they like you enough to give you a... (Continue reading)

How to Win a Job Interview in a Competitive Market

Written on 8 Jun, 2010 at 12:07

The Challenge According to a recent article published in the Wall Street Journal, nearly 17 percent of people ages 20 to 24 are unemployed. This includes many recent college graduates — even Ivy-Leaguers — that know what they want to... (Continue reading)

What are Typical Career Coaching Costs?

Written on 9 Apr, 2010 at 8:55

What is a Career Coach? A career coach helps a job seeker land his next employment opportunity in the most efficient and expedient means possible. The services of a career coach are targeted for individuals who are unemployed or in... (Continue reading)

Top 10 Resume Tips for Career Changers

Written on 17 Mar, 2010 at 22:58

Guest post by Katherine Jewell, author of New Resume, New Career Millions of Americans have been forced into career changes by struggling industries and tough economic times. There’s a danger of appearing over-qualified, or not experienced enough, when competing for... (Continue reading)

Startup Entrepreneurship — Six Tips for Avoiding Common Pitfalls While Bootstrapping a New Firm

Written on 18 Mar, 2009 at 15:00

Entrepreneurs have always driven the American economy. They always will. In fact, today’s economic dislocations, coupled with federal stimulus money, are creating fertile breeding grounds for another generation of startups. This year, many folks will be stepping out on their... (Continue reading)

Evaluating Potential Employers

Employee Gripe Sites and the Real Way to Find the Best Companies to Work For

Written on 19 Feb, 2009 at 5:00

In January of this year, George and I received a post submission about sites that allow anonymous employee evaluations of their employers. Rather than publish that post (which was essentially a sales piece for the sites) we decided to take... (Continue reading)

Layoff Survivor — What’s Your Plan?

Written on 3 Dec, 2008 at 10:13

After the Layoffs, the Intra-Company Depression Lower productivity. An atmosphere of guilt, anxiety, and anger. The air filled with gossip. A breakdown of relationships and teamwork. This isn’t exactly the scenario you need to see in your company during an... (Continue reading)

9 Ways to Succeed in Your Next Job Interview

Written on 13 May, 2008 at 10:05

A job interview can be one of the most stressful parts of a job search, especially when it’s for a job you really want. You'll probably spend the entire week leading up to the interview worrying about how it’s... (Continue reading)