Career Success: Don?t Be Caught With Your Pants Down
Do you want to know how to jump-start your professional career? Or, are you already in the trenches trying to be a high performer and wanting to make a quantum lead to the next stage of your career? Or, because of downsizings or reorganizations, you feel like you are paddling... Read More
How to Negotiate The Best Salary and Benefit Packages
Salary and Benefits NegotiationOne of the most difficult aspects of job searching for many people, especially those who are just starting out or who are making a mid-career change, is actually the salary and benefits negotiation aspect. This is true partly because some people are just naturally uncomfortable with negotiation... 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
Make a Great First Impression
Searching for employment is one of the most nerve-racking activities to engage in. As if the direct need for income is not stressful enough, the process of writing a résumé, networking in your industry, and applying for jobs can leave anyone shaking in their tracks. Once you have hit the... Read More
Learn How to Throw a Boomerang
Actually, "the boomerang effect" is a relatively new trend of inviting back talented former employees into the fold.Surveys indicate 12% of employers cautiously admit they would re-hire ex-employees (alumni). An additional 21% say they welcome back alumni without hesitation because of the time and dollar savings. In fact, the Gartner... Read More
Out Recruit The Competition
We hear from our clients that they "hope the candidate takes the job." Hiring a candidate shouldn't be a guessing game. After you interview a candidate thoroughly, and spend a great deal of time and money getting them through the process, you should not have to worry about "landing them."Donald... Read More
Theres No Need to Pad Your Resume
It seems like a good idea, harmless in fact. Your friends assure you that everybody does it and that employers rarely check resume facts. Going on blind faith and convinced the truth hasn't been helpful so far, you seriously consider fabricating information on your resume. You adapt the school of... Read More
How To Deal With A Difficult Boss
Most people at some point in their lives have to deal with a difficult boss. Difficult supervisors vary in personality from being a little pushy or rude, all the way to being downright abusive. Many people feel that an abusive boss has control of their personal life outside of work... Read More
Do You Need Help Writing A Winning Cover Letter?
Your cover letter is critical to your success. It sets the tone. It is read before your resume and includes vital information about you that every potential employer needs. If you don't have a cover letter, or if you have one that is poorly written, you're setting yourself up for... Read More
Job Search: The End of the Line
There is an end to the job search tunnel!It has been a long, hard road: layoff, unemployment, fear, depression, and occasionally panic or despair. Beyond the trauma of losing your job stretches the uncomfortable, stress filled nightmare of looking for work. Emotionally reeling from the blows of joblessness, you picked... Read More
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Find Those People
"The Emperor's New Clothes" was a favorite childhood story of... Read More
Powerful Phone Interviews
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Jesse And Al Should Read This!
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Yes, Ive Had Gaps In My Employment History--What To Do About It?
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Consulting: A Different World
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Should You Lie On Your Resume?
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The Fallibility of Psychological Testing
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You Are Lucky in Your Career!
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Your First Job
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Cross Cultural Interviews
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Multiple Skills for the 21st Century
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50 Things To Do To Your Boss That Are Fun For You, But Not For Them
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Reinventing Yourself for Multiple Careers
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Change Your Career, Change Your Life
Change Your Career,Change your Life!Lots of times I see and... Read More
The Big Mo : Momentum and the Hiring Process
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Using Keywords to Find Legitimate Telecommuting Job Leads
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Create a Network and Catapult Your Job Search
Networking is still known as a great job-search strategy, yet... Read More
Success at Work: Techniques: Computer Literacy
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10 Ways to Speed-Up Your Job Search Effort
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What Can I Do To Improve My Job-Interviewing Skills?
Whether you're a student job seeker or a polished and... 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
Sawbones
I was rushing through the white-tented terminal building at Denver... Read More
Ten Tips to a Job Winning Interview
These days, interviews don't come easily. When you get The... Read More
Resume Success Factors--What Exactly Is A Resume Anyway?
You know you're good...real good. The problem, though, is that... Read More
Interview Quicksand
How will you respond when you're asked the following two... Read More
Yesterdays Project Manager is Todays Project Engineer
The rapid growth of technology, greater exposure to knowledge, higher... Read More
5 Simple Rules for A Great Job Interview
Many years ago, when I was a young job-searching greenhorn,... Read More
Just a Series of Choices
Steve's a pretty regular guy ? wife, 4 kids in... 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
Have You Been Fired? Laid Off? No? You Will Be!
It's true. Things have changed. You need to know the... Read More
The Top 10 Reasons to have a Career Coach
Many people in the last decade have experienced for themselves... Read More
History Reports: When Your Resume Equals, I Did This, I Did This, I Did This
Do these sound familiar?"I worked for?" "My responsibilities were?"... Read More
What To Do When Your Boss Is a Butthead
I've never worked for a boss I didn't like or... Read More
Success at Work : People Skills : Networking
Getting along with your co-workers is critical to yourhappiness and... Read More
How to Receive Multiple Job Offers After You?re Fired
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Using Freelance Websites to Telecommute
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Finally The First Online Job Agency in Mauritius
Mauritius is a small island in the Indian Ocean with... Read More
Job Interviews: Use the Personal Touch to Get a Job
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Seriously Impress at Your Interview With These 7 Hot Tips
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Avoiding 10 Deadly Interview Mistakes
Too many job seekers set themselves up for failure before... Read More
Youre Fired!
One-day you're minding your own business and your boss comes... Read More
Employment Under A Microscope
A certain amount of oversight is involved in almost any... Read More
Dont Quit Your Day Job! Convincing Your Boss To Let You Telecommute (Part 2 of 2)
Ok, so you've determined that you have the right skills... Read More
Mastering the Job Interview - 5 Tips to Make Yourself Irresistible to the Interviewer
So you've figured out, more or less what you want... Read More
Should You Seek Temporary Or Contractual Employment While Searching?
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The Top 10 Ways to Achieve Balance in Your Life
1. Define Success for YourselfClarify and write down what success... Read More
What Is Your Greatest Weakness?
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Reinvent Your Career In Five Simple Steps
The phrase "reinventing yourself" seems to be popping up all... Read More
Getting Started: 5 Things You Need to Decide When You Get Started with a Job Search
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How Can Qualifications Help Your Proof Reading Career?
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Back to School for a Career Change
Q. I hate my job as a computer consultant. I... Read More
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone in the Job Search
Most everyone these days knows what a comfort zone is.... Read More
Love What You Do!
"To love what you do and feel that it matters,... Read More
How to Change Careers and Still Pay the Bills - 5 Key Steps
Studies show that more than 50% of people are unhappy... Read More
Aptitude Tests Reveal the Difference Between Your Aptitude & Ability
Aptitude tests measure your skills, abilities, values, interests and personality... Read More
Dissatisfied With Your Job? Stop Putting Your Attention on What You Dont Want!
If I were to ask you the percentage of time... Read More
The Top Ten Ways to Jump Start Your Career
1. Do What You Love.Have you ever noticed we usually... Read More
Searching for an Executive Job
A job search for executives is far less complicated today... Read More
Unemployment Blues: Mind Over Mood
Our lives are tranquil and smooth so seldom, it seems.... Read More
Free Resume Examples: More Is Better
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How to Get Hired by Being Obvious
If you want a drink of water, do you hire... Read More
Ten Questions For Entrepreneurs To Ask Themselves
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Don?t Discount the Temporary Position Interview
If you think, 'it's just an interview for a temp... Read More
Managing Emotions During Career Change and Job Search, Part Two
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A Career in Image Consulting
You might have seen them while watching TV shows such... Read More
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