How You Can Find Freelance Writing Employment
How can you find writing jobs? Do you have proven skills that can propel you in the right direction? If so, then why are you looking for fresh vacancies? The best tool to those who have employment histories is to look to the companies that you have already worked for.... Read More
Overcome Interview Nerves: Be Better Prepared than Your Interviewer
Although interview preparation is everything it's sad to say that perhaps as many as half of all interviewers you're going to meet will be unprepared or incompetent. It's not all their fault, it's just lack of interview preparation time or responsibility; some of them will be co-opted at the last... Read More
Handing in Your Resignation and Serving Notice
Have you made the right choice? Before deciding to resign from your current position and move to a new employer, you should weigh up as objectively as possible all the relevant factors: remuneration, working environment, location, travel demands, training and development opportunities, promotional prospects, and your future bosses.Consider also what... Read More
Who Do I Have To Kill To Get A Job?
I have had more than my amount of trouble in getting a job. I did everything I was supposed to do. I went to an Ivy League school, got a 3.75 grade average, and then graduated as president of his class. Then I entered the job market.I soon found out... Read More
Interviewing Over Lunch: Are You at Risk?
Sometimes a hiring process will include having lunch with the hiring manager. Despite anything said to the contrary (like "It'll just be an informal lunch so we can get to know each other."), this is a formal part of your interview!This can be a very tricky situation.Impressions made in a... Read More
Cracking the Connection Code: Networking for the Introverted
We've all heard it before: "Just get out there and network!" If it was that easy, we would already be doing it. So why is it so hard? Well, you're an introvert, aren't you? Enough said.However, unless the prospect of a really long job search excites you, you have to... Read More
We Rejected Your Résumé Today
Hi, I am Mr. Employer.Even though you think I can see you and how wonderful it would be for you to come to work for our company. I can't. I am not surprised; I get hundreds of résumé's from people just like you who forget to paint a good picture... Read More
Interview Tips, How to Get the Job You Want
Enter into a state of relaxed concentration. This is the state from which great basketball players or Olympic skaters operate. You'll need to quiet the negative self chatter in your head through meditation or visualization prior to sitting down in the meeting. You'll focus on the present moment and will... Read More
To All Managers: How Does ADD Affect Your Workplace?
Tent caterpillars create a cocoon for an entire colony. Within one colony there are two types of caterpillar. One type, pioneers, weave long threads forming the skeleton of the tent. The others, the workers, weave cross threads filling in the structure. If there are too many pioneers, the tent is... Read More
Work Is A Four-Letter Word
I can hear the jokes already and most of them are not politically correct. Let me throw out a word that we often don't attach to work and yet I think it is a word of redemption, of contribution, of achievement, of community, and ultimately, of legacy.Here it is: LOVE.Kahil... Read More
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Internships: Bonkers or Brilliant?
I have something to say that's driving me batty. It's... Read More
Five Facts You Must Know When Changing Careers
Too often in life, we fail. We fail not because... Read More
Day Trading ? The Ultimate Work-From-Home Job?
Ever dreamt of giving up the daily grind? Want to... Read More
Medical Billing And Coding Profession
Medical billers and coders are in high demand among the... Read More
Acing The Interview
It's no secret that there is a lot of competition... Read More
Why Do You Want This Job?
Why Do You Want This Job? Is it because any... Read More
Job Search - 6 Tips to Boost Your Campaign
Does your job search feel like a big weight on... Read More
The Big Mo : Momentum and the Hiring Process
Momentum as defined by Webster's is: strength or force gained... Read More
Negotiating Skills: How to Obtain the Salary You Want
Salary negotiating is an important topic that must be addressed... Read More
3 Reasons To Hire From Outside Your Industry
While at times it may prove comfortable and convenient to... Read More
Chicken Soup for Job Seekers
Do you want to change your job but don't know... Read More
How to Ask For a Salary Increase and Get Your Raise
Feeling overworked and underpaid? If you're starting to feel like... Read More
Why Do Interviews Die: That Sinking Feeling and How to Prevent it!
Interviews die because a mistake occurred. Sometimes, you've made a... Read More
When Your Job Goes Away: Seven Tips
Q. "What do I do after a job goes away?"A.... Read More
How to Manage Your Career Like a Business
Look upon yourself as a company with a product or... Read More
Surviving The Technical Interview
Ah, the technical interview. Nothing like it. Not only does... Read More
Resumes OR CV : Get That Job
Your resume is your sales document. It tells the world... Read More
Who Do I Have To Kill To Get A Job?
I have had more than my amount of trouble in... Read More
Are Online Degrees Valid to Prospective Employers?
Online distance learning has gained rapid popularity with the advent... Read More
Working Abroad - Employment Advice In Spain
Jobs and employment on the Costa BlancaThe Council of Europe... Read More
Feedback: Take It or Leave It ... But Get It
The expense was substantial. An immersion workshop with twelve participants... Read More
Careers-Changing Jobs: The Fantasy of the Ideal Job
Most people would agree that the concept of a job... Read More
Turning the Table: Questions for Your Interviewer
(DES MOINES, Iowa ? January 26, 2005) The fateful final... Read More
Counter-Offers: Do They Merit Consideration?
You are one of the fortunate few who have not... Read More
Work Is A Four-Letter Word
I can hear the jokes already and most of them... Read More
Ideal Job and Handling Criticism
How many times have you been asked, "What is your... Read More
Negotiate Better Job Offers with This Twelve-Point Checklist
You've been through an employer's interview process successfully and have... Read More
Seeking A New Job While Currently Employed : Tiptoeing Through the Minefield
So, you currently have a job but you are looking... Read More
Working On A Farm In Kent
Being a student, a person needs to look for summer... Read More
Loving What You Do
Man is a social animal and survival is his major... Read More
Dont Stop! Your Transition is Still Moving!
Q. I'm looking for a new job and plan to... Read More
Ode to a Spoon
"Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what... Read More
An Unexpected Career Direction
My starting point was how to draw on 25 years... Read More
Strange Jobs Still Pay The Bills
Strange jobs? How do we define that? Years ago I... Read More
What You Should Know About A Medical Billing Specialist
Whether you are a person who is thinking about becoming... 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
We Rejected Your Résumé Today
Hi, I am Mr. Employer.Even though you think I can... Read More
Closing the Gap on Your Career Goals
If you still picture a steady progression up the ladder... Read More
Salary, Raises, & Perks: Negotiate to Get Paid What Youre Worth!
Salary negotiation requires preparation and good timing. It's important to... Read More
TMI: The Resume Destroyer
"They say my résumé should be only one page long.... Read More
Experience Hear-See-Do
Research indicates that we retain only 10% of what we... Read More
Integrity At Work - How Do You Show Up?
As the business sections of today's papers and magazines read... Read More
Why Human Resources Are The Real Key To Success In This Information Age
The rapid changes that have mainly been brought about by... Read More
Before You Begin, Know What To Expect - How You Can Make a Living Proof Reading From Home
Proof reading from home is an excellent way to make... Read More
What Is Your Greatest Weakness?
The fastest way to make a good interview go bad... Read More
Pebbles in Your Shoe Dont Only Hurt your Foot But Cause Back and Hip Problems!
CIO Magazine ran an article entitled, "Ten Mistakes CIO's Too... Read More
Stop Searching for A Job and Start Attracting Professional Success!
1. Assess ? Evaluate your skills, interests and abilities. Understand... Read More
Do Dream Jobs Really Exist?
More than four out of ten thirtysomething professionals want to... Read More
Acing The Interview
It's no secret that there is a lot of competition... Read More
The Changing Values Landscape of the U.S. and How It Impacts Midlife Job Searchers, Part Two
The values landscape of our nation is changing, and with... Read More
Children At Work: Looking at Child Labor in the Victorian Age
Today, it isn't that uncommon for some children and teenagers... Read More
Tales From the Corporate Frontlines: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
This article relates to the Job Security competency, commonly evaluated... Read More
Does Your Resume Have What It Takes To Survive The First Cut?
Qualifications" or "Personal Profile") uses bullets and succinct wording to... Read More
Choose Your References Wisely!
So, you need to submit employment references. A simple task,... Read More
Skills Make Labor More Valuable
As you know by now, if you have been a... Read More
Job Interviews: Use the Personal Touch to Get a Job
A study conducted by the Journal of Consumer Research in... Read More
Whats Stopping You from Getting Your Next, Good Job?
This question comes up often when I'm working with someone... Read More
Self-Preservation Techniques For The Unemployed
Looking for work can be difficult, frustrating, anxiety-provoking, and demeaning.There... Read More
Job! Money! Career!
Feel somehow your life is stuck in MS-OFFICE ? The... Read More
Resurgence of the Time Sheet: Why You Should Write Down Your Workday Activities
One day I walked into my boss's office and said,... Read More
The Interviewable Resume
It is rumored that the only word William Shakespeare wrote... Read More
Get a Life Why Dont Ya?!
It's okay to take your job seriously, to be a... Read More
Thank-You Notes: An Integral Part of Your Career Design
There is one little practice that is vital to generating... Read More
Your Resume Format - What Is The First Thing You Need To Do?
The first thing you need to do before you write... Read More
Phone Interviews: Prepare to Ace Them!
More companies are saving time and effort by doing initial... Read More
CV Writing ? How to Write a CV
A winning CV has 2 objectives: To illustrate... Read More
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