December 2008

Happy New Year!  With 2009 right around the corner (29 hours and counting), it’s high time to give some thought to your New Year’s resolutions.  If you are looking for a job, no doubt finding gainful employment is right up there on your list.  But are you doing everything you can to maximize your job [...]

I’ll be back next week with the final segment in my series on Online Learning Programs.  This week, however, we’re taking a short break to look at the educational requirements of a career in the gas and oil industry.  The field offers a number of high paying opportunities, and even with the current economic crisis, [...]

There is not much happening on the blogs this week.  I think most bloggers are taking a well-deserved holiday break, which you hopefully managed to do as well.  I’ve got just two links for you today, with a little bad news-good news. >> US likely to lose another 1 million jobs in 2009 The Boston [...]

Seasons Greetings

by Mara Strom

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Happy holidays to all the Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, and Festivus (okay, just kidding about that one) celebrators among our readers.  May your coming year be filled with joy, prosperity and hope.  I hope all your dreams come true, especially your career ones!  Peace.

I’m not sure how many of you are even checking in for hot jobs today.  But for those very dedicated job-seekers among you, I’ve got three great jobs for you fresh off JobMonkey’s free job center.    There is a marketing job with ABC Radio Networks, in Dallas; a news director job with CBS Radio, [...]

Last week, I talked about the importance of keeping the course during your holiday time job search. And while that advice is true, it does not take into account just how hard it is to follow.  ‘Tis the season for joy and light, but when you are in the middle of a protracted job search, [...]

As promised in last week’s post, Is An Online Degree Right For You?, I am back this Monday still talking about distance learning.  Specifically, we are going to take a look today at the accreditation of online programs — what is it and whether it’s important.  Let’s dive right in. What is accreditation? According to [...]

Winter break seems to be in full swing and the start of Chanukah and Christmas is just days away.  No doubt that the last thing you want to do right now is slave over your resume and worry about networking.  BUT… don’t let the temptation of holiday sweets and that punch bowl full of eggnog [...]