Job Search Advice for Desperate Job Seekers
Another morning of job hunting lies ahead of you. You pour a cup of coffee and open the paper to the employment section. With a mixture of anticipation and desperation you pick up a stub of pencil and prepare to target and identify some possible job opportunities.There are less ads... 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
The Top Ten Strategies of A Great Interview
You've just received a call to interview with your dream company. Do you know how to prepare for the interview so that you'll feel confident, have a good experience and set yourself apart from others? Try following the steps below and you'll not only be well prepared, you'll present yourself... Read More
Bullseye Interviewing
An interview is much like a blind date. You have sweaty palms, heart palpitations, shaky nerves and a preconceived notion of what could happen. The perfect scenario unfolds in your mind, where you are calm, cool and collected, dressed smartly, totally in control, enthusiastically meeting the other person's gaze and... Read More
Resume That Effectively Promotes You!
Imagine for a moment that you have created a wonderful product. You are excited at the possibilities of attaining name, fame and wealth marketing this product. You create a business plan and a marketing plan. You plan an excellent packaging and a presentation that would do justice to the benefits... Read More
How to Write Cover Letters That Increase Your Chances of Winning an Interview
Submit a poorly written cover letter and the chances are your resume will end up in the trash bin without even being looked at.On the other hand, a well written cover letter can almost guarantee you get an interview.Interview Winning Cover LettersOk, you may not win any awards for the... Read More
How to Deal With Workplace Inflexibility
You've been a model employee: responsible, industrious, creative and productive. You've gone the extra mile time and again, with a smile.Now you have a family.Quite reasonably, you expect that when you ask for an altered work schedule that better fits your family's needs, your employer will go along with you.... Read More
The Art of Selling Yourself!
To "sell" oneself on paper is not easy. Creating a resume is a design and construction job and a test of your writing skills as well. A resume can either be self written or written with professional help.Self-written resumes are attractive with good fonts but the disadvantages of self-written resumes... Read More
How to Get Paid More Without Being Pretty or Good Looking
Guess what. The results are out they are ugly. Pretty people do get paid more money.It pays to be tall, dark and handsome... literally. A report by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis suggests that good-looking people tend to earn higher salaries and get promoted more often than those... Read More
Dissatisfied With Work? Perhaps Its You
Just about every month, there's a new research report detailing the seemingly higher and higher degree of worker dissatisfaction. Whether it's a Gallup poll or a Conference Board report, the results are strikingly similar -- workers are becoming more and more dissatisfied with their work.While the majority of "reasons" for... Read More
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When Your Job Goes Away: Seven Tips
Q. "What do I do after a job goes away?"A.... Read More
Bullseye Interviewing
An interview is much like a blind date. You have... Read More
Are You an Ex-career Woman Living In a New Country?
Were you once a successful, professional woman who had a... Read More
Independent RN Contractors Are Taking The Nursing Profession
Nurses wake up and take advantage of this extraordinary opportunity.... Read More
I Just Lost My Job: How Am I Going To Tell My Kids?
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Make Your Résumé Sizzle with Success Stories
In today's competitive job market you can't afford a résumé... Read More
Women Who Quit Work Abrubtly After Childbirth - Are You the Type?
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Are You Making These Common Job Interview Mistakes?
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Are You Taking Your Inner Brat to Work?
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When Should You Update Your Job Skills?
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Rich Career, Poor Career
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Three Myths About Resume Writing
Your perspective on resumes ? what they are and how... Read More
How To Survive A Job Loss
Has this ever happened to you: You have been working... Read More
The Myths of Career Change
Chances are you already have many ideas about what it... Read More
Intuition: The Secret To Your Career Success
For far too long, we moderns have relied on our... Read More
An RX For Your Résumé
Whether you are an accountant, virtual assistant, or a corporate... Read More
Wanted: A Diva for the Job of a Lifetime!
"When I was a child, I always thought the world... Read More
Get Off Your Butt and Out of the Rut
It's amazing to see so many people who are prepared... Read More
Feedback: Take It or Leave It ... But Get It
The expense was substantial. An immersion workshop with twelve participants... Read More
Job Interviews: Succeeding with Panel Interviews
These days, job interviews often consist of a panel of... Read More
Get A New Job - Career Choices
Career change is tough but rewardingThere are a number of... Read More
Using Freelance Websites to Telecommute
How is your job hunting going? Have you had problems... Read More
Is Your Career Your Calling or Just a 9 to 5?
Do you remember your parents asking you what you want... Read More
Who Do I Have To Kill To Get A Job?
I have had more than my amount of trouble in... Read More
Think About a Nursing Degree
If you decide to get a degree in nursing, there... Read More
4 Tips for Making Successful Job Offers
The interviews are completed, the paperwork is all filled out... Read More
Relocation Myths and Stereotypes
You've probably been taught not to stereotype people based on... Read More
Ten Tips to a Powerful Resume
A new resume can jump-start your career. Your network contacts... Read More
Why a Professional Resume?
As a job search tool your Resume is your main... Read More
Career Success: Take Charge of Your Career
People react very differently to the waves of change that... Read More
Self-Knowledge: The Key To Finding The Right Career Direction
Your career, like any journey, has a beginning, an end... Read More
The Squirrel Effect
An industrious black-tailed ground squirrel has his home beneath a... Read More
What is Mystery Shopping, and Can You Really Get Paid to Shop?
Mystery shoppers visit businesses "disguised as normal customers," and do... Read More
Blogging for Candidates 101: Nuts and Bolts
A "blog" is simply an internet (web) log. Blogs are... Read More
Preparing For An Interview
When preparing for an interview, you need to know your... Read More
5 Ways to Combat Job Burnout
Job burnout happens when the stress or prolonged frustration of... Read More
Do You Need A Mentor? And How Do You Find One?
Whether you're self-employed or you work for someone else, you're... Read More
Death By Workers Compensation
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Resumes Arent Important - They are Everything When it Comes to Getting an Interview
Employers and recruiters receive hundreds of resumes for every position... Read More
Fun At Work Leads to More Success
Common sense at work: Such qualities as loyalty, energy, intelligence... Read More
Recruiters for MSN or Data Miners?
Is Kenexa recruiting for Microsoft or just mining for data?I... Read More
Fear of Being Outsourced? Fight Back
Me, outsourced? Impossible. How could they replace a business-humor columnist?... Read More
What Students and Parents MUST Know about Student Loans
A student loan helps you get through college. Then you... Read More
3 Cover Letter Secrets Revealed
Writing a cover letter can be like cleaning your garage... Read More
Revitalize Your Recruiting for 2005
Happy New Year! The forecasts are in agreement: Hiring is... Read More
Seven Steps to Making a Successful Career Change
My first job was secretary to Moses. Having to transcribe... Read More
Managing The Boss Is Essential To Career Success
Your boss is the gatekeeper of your career. Unless you... Read More
Job Hunting: Its Still The First Impression Stupid!
In the 1992 USA Presidential election, political strategist James Carville... Read More
The Telecommuting Tightrope
For many of us, telecommuting seems like the ideal situation.... Read More
Seven Success Tips For Recent Graduates Entering the Professional World
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How to Deal With Workplace Inflexibility
You've been a model employee: responsible, industrious, creative and productive.... Read More
Showing Appreciation to Workplace Un-Sung Heroes
Millions of Un-Sung Heroes are born every minute! They are... Read More
How NOT to Write a Resume
You can learn a lot about how to do something... Read More
How to Pick the Best Career for You: Part 3
Marketing-with-Intent precisely drives you to your target and with greater... Read More
The Top 10 Ways to Manage Your Career
Many people in the last decade have experienced either a... Read More
Writing CVs and Resumes for Professionals with Examples
Tips on writing your Skills and Achievement Based CV (ABCV)... Read More
How to Write a Simple Job Description
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How ToTalk Your Boss Into Giving You A Salary Increase
* If you believe you deserve a salary increase, ask... Read More
How to Tell if You are Fired and Just Dont Know It
No one should be fired and be surprised about it.... Read More
The Changing Values Landscape of the U.S. and How It Impacts Midlife Job Searchers
Imagine a huge river that has been flowing for centuries:... Read More
Ten Resume Writing Tips You Can?t Live Without
For some job opening, employers receive hundreds and even thousands... Read More
Six of the Best for a Winning Resume
1. Be CompleteMake sure that your resume includes EVERYTHING your... Read More
Stacking The Deck In Your Favor
Many people do not bother to look at their own... Read More
Just a Series of Choices
Steve's a pretty regular guy ? wife, 4 kids in... Read More
Talented People
I was asked last week for an article about employment,... Read More
Interviewing Over Lunch: Are You at Risk?
Sometimes a hiring process will include having lunch with the... Read More
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