A bad job interview – we’ve all been there. When things get off on a bad foot, it is possible to turn the interview around so that you still have a fighting chance at the job, but your time is limited. If you aren’t quick, the interviewer will write you off, not even listening to […]
There’s a lot of conversation these days about the “long-term unemployed” and discrimination by employers against people who have been out of work a while. If it were to be discovered to be true, one obvious question would be, “Why?” The answers range from the somewhat logical (I want the person with the freshest skills) […]
Here’s a question for you: If you’re currently working, is it in a field of your own choosing? If not, are you happy enough in your work to consider this a choice now? That is, even if you did not originally choose this work, are you continuing along this path as a choice, or from […]
There’s an old adage that it’s often not about what you know but who you know. That saying is definitely true, especially when it comes to hiring employees. It makes sense. Let’s say you are a business owner and you have an employee that puts in long hours, never complains, and does a fantastic job. […]
It can be frustrating to apply for job after job an never hear back. Lots of Americans are out of work, and if you live in a location where the job market is tough or work in an industry where every open position has hundreds of applications, it is common to send out tons of […]
I was talking to a job seeker not long ago who had been fired from his job as a sales representative. Bummer. Like zillions of sales reps before him, the firing meant that he had to turn in his company-owned smart phone and all of the data stored there. Double bummer. He had also been […]
Do you ever feel sheepish about not knowing other languages? And do you wonder how I can make the instant assumption that you only speak one language? Shame on me, except that the assumption turns out to be true: Speaking only one language fluently is an American hallmark. And so, shame on all of us. […]
You may dream of one day having that posh job with a fancy desk and your own company business cards to hand out to others…but the fact of the matter is that business cards shouldn’t be something in your future. You should have them right now. When used correctly, a business card can actually help […]
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