Always Have a Current Resume
What is the biggest mistake people make with resumes?People write their resumes as a chronological summary of everything they've done in their professional lives. Employers only care about one thing: what you can do for them. If they can't quickly get that answer out of your resume, it'll get tossed... Read More
What is a Career Anyway?
A career is the sum total of all of your work-related contributions to society in a lifetime. This includes time and effort spent to provide goods, services, or benefit to others. A career includes paid, un-paid, volunteer, part-time, and full-time positions. Your career includes many life roles you may not... Read More
Showing Appreciation to Workplace Un-Sung Heroes
Millions of Un-Sung Heroes are born every minute! They are found everywhere-on street corners, in our homes, offices, and communities-wherever there are people in need of rescue. These special people, whose positive actions and initiatives are performed to benefit others, are not famous or in the news for what they... Read More
The Top 10 Ways to Achieve Balance in Your Life
1. Define Success for YourselfClarify and write down what success means for you. What would it look like, feel like, what would you hear if you were successful. Use these answers as your barometer....not somebody else's.2. Get a Handle on Your finances TodayPay your bills on time, do a budget,... Read More
Acing The Interview
It's no secret that there is a lot of competition for writing jobs.What makes or breaks you in an interview is more of a mystery that some writers may try to unravel for years. After you've developed an impressive resume (see my previous feature "Finding Your Niche"http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art5746.aspfor... Read More
When Bad Interviews Happen to Good Candidates
Going through the motions of a bad interview is like peeling back the layers of an onion. Sally learned this lesson the hard way, hands-on during an interview that should have been a piece of cake. Sally applied for a position that fit her qualifications perfectly. When she received an... Read More
Self-Preservation Techniques For The Unemployed
Looking for work can be difficult, frustrating, anxiety-provoking, and demeaning.There are few situations we encounter in life where we feel so powerless. Not only do we have a sense that we have little control over the outcome, but we also feel judged. We become objectified, presented like a colt at... Read More
Strange Jobs Still Pay The Bills
Strange jobs? How do we define that? Years ago I stole cars as a repo-man, had some adventures as an investigative process-server, and even handed out samples in grocery stores. Here are some other unusual jobs you can aspire to:Wrinkle ChaserThis is the person that irons wrinkles from shoes as... Read More
Can You Compete?
Are you looking to hire the best talent? Are you thinking about adding a new employee who will significantly impact millions of dollars in YOUR business? Do you want to hire the best? Then you need to show and convince your next hire that you are serious about him joining... Read More
Career Searching: A Vision Without A Plan is a Hallucination
Success is not always something you necessarily find when you arrive. It may be the journey that gets you there.It seems as though people make career management more difficult than it has to be. When something threatens to make it simple, they almost invariably find a way to make it... Read More
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Avoid Your CV Always Ending Up in the Bin
Cover Letters must grab the reader's interest so that they... Read More
Are You Tired of Hiring Other Peoples Rejects? - 12 Mistakes Recruiters Make and How To Avoid Them
When John applied for a job at Oakland Company, his... Read More
The Chicken or the Egg?
Even before I checked my calendar on Monday... Read More
Can You Actually Fail A Personality Quiz?
Q. I didn't get a job that I interviewed for.... Read More
How to Give Job-Winning Answers at Interviews
Human Resources personnel, professional recruiters and various other career experts... Read More
The Surefire Way To Getting A Pay Raise
If you are working for someone else, it is important... Read More
How To Deal With A Nightmare Boss
It can happen to anyone. there's a change in the... Read More
Stop Whining and Ask For What You Want!
When you want something, the best way to get it... Read More
Answering The What Are Your Weaknesses? Interview Question
One of the trickier questions an interviewer might put to... Read More
Fantastic Job Fair Follow-up
Set the stage for fantastic job fair follow-up while you... Read More
How to Write a Better CV (UK), or Resume (USA and elsewhere)
The first point to make is that the terms "CV"... Read More
Interpersonal Skill Building -- Yank The Suckers & Weeds
According to the National Gardening Association, suckers are rapidly growing... Read More
When All Is Not Well With Work
When all is not well with work, what do you... Read More
Ready to Move -- Anywhere!
"I have lived in this city all my life. My... Read More
Five Qualities Employers Want
More than ever, employers want employees who can produce results!... Read More
Are You Living Your Career Dreams?
Inherent within the human spirit is a desire for fulfillment,... Read More
Seven Steps to Better Networking
If published statistics are accurate, employment agencies and search firms... Read More
Top 10 Resume Writing Tips to Get You the Interview
There are many reasons why you could be in the... Read More
How to Track Your Right Career
Are you lost in the wilderness when it comes to... Read More
Five Mistakes That Can Derail Your Job Search
No matter how much time and energy you invest in... Read More
Your Self-Image in the Workplace
When communication breaks down in your office or factory and... Read More
Is Your Job Search Guided by the Controller or the Controllee?
I'll define what I mean by these terms. "The Controller"... Read More
How to Make Your Career Change Easier
Despite what your grandmother told you, life is not supposed... Read More
Overcoming Inertia in Job Change
If you can hold on to an optimistic belief in... Read More
Evaluating Job Offers -- Eleven Warning Signs You Must Watch Out For
Moving into a new job always involves some degree of... Read More
Job Search Techniques: Smashing The Gray Ceiling
For decades, women have chaffed at the invisible glass ceiling... Read More
Do I Have to Provide a Salary History?
Often you see job postings with a request such as... Read More
The Telecommuting Tightrope
For many of us, telecommuting seems like the ideal situation.... Read More
Free Resume Template: What Makes a Good One?
You can drown in the "free resume examples," "free resume... Read More
Do Your Very Best in All Things -- Because Someone Is Looking....
Your job is to rise ABOVE the challenge. Do more... Read More
?How to Look Your Best in a Down Economy?
As you know too well ~ many jobs have been... Read More
3 Cover Letter Secrets Revealed
Writing a cover letter can be like cleaning your garage... Read More
Surviving Corporate Politics Part 2: Keeping Up Appearances
Never a 2nd chance to make a 1st impression, or... Read More
So you want to work at home
There are several ways to work from home. Some of... Read More
Career Change: Success Tips
Successful career change is based on first making an honest... Read More
Interview Presentation Skills: Dealing With Your Nerves
Sooner or later, the interview invitation is going to say... Read More
How to Become a Real Estate Agent
If you're wondering how to become a real estate agent,... Read More
How to Change Career Horses in Mid-Stream
You'll get wet but the reward just might be a... Read More
From Cleaning Lady to Entrepreneur: How Your Cleaning Business can Benefit from the Images
Many people never consider entering the cleaning business because of... Read More
Use Job Search Hacks to Get Hired Faster
Job searching alone is like hitchhiking a scary ride with... Read More
Career Change: A Glittering Invitation To The Emotional Stalkers
As much as you are yearning for career-change, and as... Read More
Five Fabulous Resume Tips for College Grads (or Anybody)
Fluffy clouds. Chirping birds. Green trees. Colorful flowers. It's springtime!... Read More
Using Recruiters: How To Get A Step Ahead Of The Crowd
When there is an opening to fill, a company has... Read More
What Do Accountants And Doctors Have In Common?
Freshly qualified accounting graduates when asked by the interviewer "Are... Read More
What Me? Lie On My Resume? Who Will Know?
The temptation to lie on a resume is great! How... Read More
Be Prepared for the Unexpected
How long has it been since you last had to... Read More
Dont Stop! Your Transition is Still Moving!
Q. I'm looking for a new job and plan to... Read More
Start Working Before You Get Hired
What if there were a way to *prove* to any... Read More
Reinventing Yourself for Multiple Careers
In many countries around the globe, people are born into... Read More
Job Search Blurts
I coined this word to draw attention to the nervous... Read More
Career Success: Don?t Be Caught With Your Pants Down
Do you want to know how to jump-start your professional... Read More
Networking - A Key Factor in a Successful Job Search
In today's economy, job seekers need an edge beyond their... Read More
Thank-You Notes: An Integral Part of Your Career Design
There is one little practice that is vital to generating... Read More
How to Feel Satisfied in Your Career
Many people turn a beloved hobby into a vocation. They... Read More
Employment Screening Today ? Are Online Database Searches Enough?
In today's employment environment, HR managers are faced with the... Read More
Why You Should Never Complain About Former Bosses
You're at a job interview. You're doing great, answering questions... Read More
Listening for Interview Success
Yes I know that we usually think of interviews as... Read More
Hey, You Cant Ask Me That! (How to Respond to Inappropriate Job Interview Questions)
I received the following questions from a visitor to my... Read More
Is a Career Change on Your Horizon?
Making a career change is nothing new in today's job... Read More
How To Start Your Own House Cleaning Business
If you are thinking about starting your own house cleaning... Read More
Planning To Work Abroad
Working abroad can be an exciting, rewarding and horizon broadening... Read More
Do Dream Jobs Really Exist?
More than four out of ten thirtysomething professionals want to... Read More
Get In Career Shape
Research suggests that as many as 8 out of 10... Read More
Why It Is Impossible To Raise Your Standard Of Living Working A Job
Everything in nature has been endowed with what it needs... Read More
The Group Interview
Sometimes, when going on job interviews, you might end up... Read More
Considering a Career Change?
Are you thinking about a career change? Many people do... Read More
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