Oh my gosh, I can’t believe it’s Thursday already. Sometimes the weeks really seem to fly by and this is one of them! As you probably know by now, Wednesday is my usually Hot Jobs day. That’s when I post three hot new job openings from our job database at the JobMonkey Job Center . I’m getting a late jump on things this week due to some major Internet problems. My apologies! There are tons of great new job leads over at the Job Center right now, including many opportunities for working abroad. If you want to learn more about working internationally, check out JobMonk...

Hey college grads, I just came across this great article from Transitions Abroad on how to kickstart your resume by working. Given the rather soft job market in America, the time has never been better to live out your dreams to work, volunteer and travel abroad. Author Nora Dunn’s article includes tips for everything from getting a work visa, to finding work, to keeping the travel budget to the bare minimum. She also has plenty of words of encouragement, including my favorite: Critical capabilities, such as interpersonal and communication skills, managing finances, and problem solving ar...

According to Scotland’s The Herald newspaper, green jobs aren’t just on the rise in the U.S., but in the U.K. as well. The British company Centrica recently announced plans to create 1,500 new green jobs, from engineering positions to green collar assignments. Jobs will include energy efficiency advisers and wind farm installers. On Monday, I posted about four recession-proof careers and working for green industries definitely made the list. According to economic experts, as many as three to five million new green jobs will be created in the U.S. over the next decade. If you are in...

Today Americans are celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday, so I am — not surprisingly — thinking about dreams. I’m not talking about dreams of paying off the credit card and taking a vacation dream. I’m talking about long-term visions for yourself. What would you be doing and where would you be living if money were no object? If experience, education and those pesky credit card bills weren’t standing in your way? There is no doubt that a large part of our career decision-making is affected by the nitty gritty reality of life. Eating is obviously a...

Every Wednesday at the JobMonkey, I share a selection of three new job listings posted in our free database.  If you are in the market for a new job, JobMonkey’s free job database is a wonderful first stop.  It’s updated daily and contains a wide range of positions, professions and locations. This week, I have a mechanical engineering job in California, a slaes rep job in Florida, and an operations supervisor gig in Western Australia. If none of these jobs seem like a good fit for your experience, skills and education, then click on over to the free job database and see what you...

Every Thursday, I spotlight a different career path. Given the job crunch that so many of us are experiencing, I’m doing my best to pick areas that are and will continue to be in high demand. Nothing can be 100 percent recession proof, but our Thursday spotlights are areas that still offer a lot of promise — even in these trying economic times. This Thursday, the focus is on Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL). As far as recession-proof jobs, it doesn’t get much better than teaching, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.  ESL is a particularly promi...

Working abroad isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s an adventure of a lifetime, with opportunities and challenges unparalleled in the American workforce. Not only do you have to manage the learning curve of your profession, you have to content with cultural differences and possible language glitches. At the same time, the rewards are boundless; while earning a living, you can also earn an education in world culture, heritage and more. JobMonkey’s section on Work Abroad Jobs includes tips and trades for the secrets of living and working abroad. ...