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)
10 signs that quitting your job makes sense. ... (Continue reading)
How both employers and job seekers can make the most of career fairs.... (Continue reading)
Mechanical Services Representative shares techniques for job seeker, from his most recent successful job hunt.... (Continue reading)
Learn to use the advertised job description to prepare for interviews.... (Continue reading)
Job search tips from a recent college graduate who writes for a career site.... (Continue reading)
Guidelines to help make the task of selecting resource management and employee performance management software easier.... (Continue reading)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)