In my post last week about Transferable Skills, I briefly mentioned my favorite career planning book of all time, “What Color Is Your Parachute.” This perennial best-seller has been around for decades and it’s updated yearly, making it both a classic and a timeless work of genius! The nod to “What Color Is Your Parachute” […]
Last week, I talked with you about the emerging market of green sector employment. Well, ever since that post, I can’t seem to log into my email without a news story about the green industry arriving in my inbox. I wanted to share some of these recent articles with you, because no matter what kind […]
Your resume is stunning and you aced your interview. The job offer seems like it’s a shoe-in. But wait, before plying you with a great salary and stellar benefits, a future employer has one more I to dot: Checking references. Here are six tips to ensure that your references help you to seal the deal: […]
My apologies for not getting these up on Wednesday, but after the Thanksgiving holiday, our system wasn’t quite updated with current listings. Today, I am ready to bring you three great opportunities, all of which were uploaded to the JobMonkey free job database yesterday — so these gigs are fresh and ready for you to […]
Fairly often we all get caught up in our favorite pastime of complaining about work. Maybe it’s the office itself, the boss, the company, the co-workers – doesn’t matter, it feels good to vent! All of us unite under the one rule of work-related ranting: The grass in greener on other side. So how do […]
Technology has become one of those funny double edged swords. On the one hand, everything these days is accessible over the internet. We have infinite power of information in our tiny fingertips. On the other hand, all of our personal information is also on the Internet. Which means we are just as vulnerable to potential […]
Some people have a natural gift behind a camera, capturing beautiful scenes on film that would otherwise only exist in memory. Are you one of those people? (I wish I was! I do okay with still… but video? That’s another beast entirely!) In any case, the number of job opportunities for freelance videographers looking to […]
At times it can be hard to feel like you have control over your own life – your own destiny. Many times we would just like to be our own boss, live the American Dream, and start our own business. At the same time, the many downsides of owning a business, and fear of failure […]
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