If your elderly parents are ailing, then you know there is almost nothing as logistically challenging as managing their household while also running your own. Unless, that is, you add distance to the equation – and a job search for yourself. Job seekers with eldercare responsibilities face a number of difficult challenges. For most, it’s [...]
Job Search Questions
Maybe it’s a function of getting older and wiser, or maybe I’m just less interested in monkeying around these days, but I’m finding that being direct with people is better than beating around the bush. When someone invites me to dinner at a place I can’t stand I no longer offer excuses about my heavy [...]
I was talking with a college career counselor the other day and learned something I think will be useful to me: Tact. She was describing a common occurrence on her exuberantly Christian campus, which was a student’s penchant for ending job search letters with a religious sentiment. In this case, the student was saying something [...]
Have you noticed how much hype there is about starting a new year? Clean slate! Fresh start! Say goodbye to all your faults and hello to the slimmer, richer, smarter you! It would be easy to sneer at all this thinly-veiled optimism but I, for one, believe the hype and buy in with my whole [...]
Why, why, why do we do it? Why do we open our mouths, insert one or both feet and continue talking? What makes us talk too much, say the wrong things and then keep talking in a desperate attempt to distract attention from whatever awful thing we just said? More to the point, why do [...]
In this economy, every open position is extremely competitive. Did you know that a poor credit score could actually be the deciding factor between you and another candidate? It isn’t illegal to check credit scores as part of the hiring process. Employers do have to stick to Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) rules, though. The [...]
