Market Watch - May 24, 2012
Since September 11, 2001, there´s been an explosion in criminal background checks for job applicants by employers, yet many reports are riddled with errors. Broken Records: How Errors by Criminal Background Checking Companies Harm Workers and...
Kansas City Star - May 21, 2012
I went in for an interview with the assistant controller and finance manager and was offered the job about two weeks later. What helped the most in the job search? Going to local job clubs. These groups are great support systems and methods of...
Flex Jobs - May 21, 2012
Most of us experienced workers can always use a few new technology tips and techniques. Here are some ways you can brush up your tech skills and incorporate them into your job search....
Huffington Post - May 20, 2012
My friend Diana and I were leading a job-search workshop when the subject of blind job ads came up. You know those things -- they´re the job ads that say "A growing organization in the northern suburbs seeks a yada yada something or other....
Record Online - May 19, 2012
How long should a job search take to find the right opportunity? The easy answer is "as long as it takes," but that isn´t the entire story. There are variables that you can control that can help ensure your job search doesn´t take any ...
SF Gate - May 18, 2012
There are several factors to keep in mind, including the state of your family finances and the time it may take to land a good job. Studies have shown that balancing your job-search efforts with relaxation helps you keep a positive outlook,...
MSNBC Bottom Line - May 18, 2012
And, while it took a long time to teach you to be brief and not repeat yourself in the cover letter and résumé, in this day and age of machine-scanned résumés, repeating your professional skills two or three times farther down the résumé, where you you...
CBS News - May 17, 2012
Top 10 job search blunders The 10 stages of a nightmare job search Still, I feel the need to set the record straight on some of this crazy controversy, if only so 30-year-old kids don´t have to sleep in their childhood beds with pop star posters...
AJC.com - May 17, 2012
Time for every job seeker´s favorite topic: networking. Or, as some of my clients so succinctly put it, “notworking.” As in, “This is not working -- why am I bothering?” Good question, actually. Any job search process that isn´t...
Huffington Post - May 16, 2012
1) We clear-cut Alaska´s grizzly bears. They´re ferocious, and they´re angry because we´re wiping out their habitat. I say cut ´em all off at the ankles. And that will create jobs -- you´ll need trackers, bear experts, samurais with samurai swords....
Flex Jobs - May 15, 2012
A panel of experts discusses their best tips for creating and updating your professional image as an older worker and job seeker....
Los Angeles Times - May 13, 2012
Close to 100000 jobless Californians will lose as many as 20 weeks of federal unemployment insurance benefits by the end of May, state officials warned. The extra benefits of as much as $450 a week are...
The Republic - May 11, 2012
The US unemployment system arose to address short-term unemployment and continues to reflect that approach. "We built our unemployment system so that if someone gets laid off, they get benefits for 26 weeks, and that´s covered the vast majority," said...
NorthJersey.com - May 11, 2012
So this guy calls me at my office, and before I can finish introducing myself and say "How can I help you?" he´s giving me some serious what-for about the fact that, at my "Smart Job Search Strategies" workshop he attended about six months...
- May 7, 2012
Here are their tips on how to avoid making a fool of yourself the next time you send out a résumé. Details you can leave out, according to Nancy Shuman, chief marketing officer at Lloyd Staffing, include multiple phone numbers (one is good,...
