What You Cant Ask a Job Candidate is as Important as What You Can Ask
As a human resources professional or business owner, you face many challenges during the hiring process, from sorting through stacks of job applicant résumés to making an attractive offer to the one person you believe best matches the specifications of your open position's job description. The whole procedure is more... Read More
Nuts and Bolts of Effective Cover Letters
As a job seeker, you shouldn't overlook the importance of a cover letter. If written strategically, a cover letter increases your chances for consideration, and provides an opportunity to highlight your individuality.A cover letter is much more than just a letter stating, "I read the job announcement in Sunday's classified,... Read More
Are You In A Groove Or A Rut?
Ruts: the routines in our work and lives that have become uninteresting and bothersome.Everyone has a favorite rut or two. They are comfortable, familiar and undemanding. If you stay in them long enough you begin to equate them with who you are and buy in to the belief that remaining... Read More
Q & A How to Find a Great Search Firm
Q & AQ: Are people sometimes cautious of 'headhunters'?A. Yes. However the industry has evolved over the last decade and steadily gained more respect. Now recruiters go to the same lengths that other professionals do to be certified by obtaining a Certified Personnel Consultant (CPC) designation.Q: Is it appropriate to... Read More
Hiring the OverQualified Employee or Mining for Gold
I am having a hard time understanding why a valuable resource such as the "over qualified employee is having such a hard time getting a job. Something seems to be out of whack here. How is that as a society we deplore people who live on welfare and rape our... Read More
Taking Your Words Seriously
When we ordered the stained glass window as an accent piece for our home, the artist-proprietor told us he was a bit behind. "So," he said, "to be on safe side, plan on six months." That was two years ago. We still don't have the window. Each time... Read More
Why Human Resources Are The Real Key To Success In This Information Age
The rapid changes that have mainly been brought about by the information age are numerous and irreversible. They have affected our way of life on virtually every front and have left many old companies in ruins while causing other new ones to swiftly emerge and grow to great unprecedented profitability,... Read More
Occupational Health and Safety - Stress and Workaholism at Work
There has been a lot of hullabaloo recently about the problems facing Australia in retaining talented workers and the subsequent pressure placed on those remaining behind in the workplace.The incidence in stress claims is rising and is having an impact on the economy and enterprises in general.The incidences of people... Read More
How To Get Promoted - Take Control Of Your Destiny!
It Is Up To YouSo, you want to get promoted. The possibility really lies in your own hands. Remember the trite but true saying, "If it is to be, it is up to me!" Don't wait for things to happen. Set yourself apart from the crowd and make things happen.... Read More
Dont Let Difficult People Derail Your Career
Unless you are among the luckiest people in the world, or you are totally free of all relationships in the real world, you have to cope with difficult people in the course of your work.Difficult people are everywhere. Some are habitually late for work. Customers are often rude. Co-workers can... Read More
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Working with Recruiters: 5 Critical Words for Candidates
As professional recruiters working both retained and contingency search assignments,... Read More
Is Your Resume Doing ITS Job?
Is it opening doors to new opportunities? Does it compel... Read More
Applying for a Job in China
Working in ChinaWorking in China is very common now. Either... Read More
10 Tips For Writing A Winning Resume
Your resume (or curriculum vitae), combined with the cover letter,... Read More
Creating Your Own Luck
Losing my job in the last recession of... Read More
Moving From A Weekend Hobby To Career In The Arts
Building a career as an artist takes hard work. Because... Read More
Networking - A Key Factor in a Successful Job Search
In today's economy, job seekers need an edge beyond their... Read More
Seven Myths You Must Challenge Now To Begin Your Second Career Today
* Has it been awhile since you explored career options?*... Read More
Learn How to Throw a Boomerang
Actually, "the boomerang effect" is a relatively new trend of... Read More
Resume Tips To Take You From SAHM to WAHM
When looking for a telecommuting position, it is very important... Read More
How to Give Job-Winning Answers at Interviews
Human Resources personnel, professional recruiters and various other career experts... Read More
12 Steps to Targeting Success in Your Career or Job Search
Is your job search sagging? Are you still looking for... Read More
Benefits of Maintaining a Career Portfolio
Have you ever tried to contact a past employer only... Read More
Fear of Being Outsourced? Fight Back
Me, outsourced? Impossible. How could they replace a business-humor columnist?... Read More
Surviving Corporate Politics Part 2: Keeping Up Appearances
Never a 2nd chance to make a 1st impression, or... Read More
Where Did All The Farmers Go?
Several times a year, I hear someone complain about the... Read More
Adapting To Change In A Changing World
Have you learnt a new skill or improved upon your... Read More
Should You Make A Career Decision Based Upon A Career Quiz?
Q. I'm about to graduate High School and I don't... Read More
Handing in Your Resignation and Serving Notice
Have you made the right choice? Before deciding to resign... Read More
How To Find A Job As A Copy Editor
Jobs for copy editors may seem like they are hard... Read More
Surprise! Accounting is the Hot New Major
There was a time when accounting was the boring college... Read More
Job Interviews -- What Your Pre-Interview Research Should Cover
When you go in for a job interview, you're not... Read More
Successful Job Search: 10 Steps To Quickly Acquire Your Dream Job And Put More Money In Your Pocket
Do you want to continue your costly, time-consuming and exhausting... Read More
Getting Started: 5 Things You Need to Decide When You Get Started with a Job Search
There are few things more frustrating for a headhunter than... Read More
How To Take The Pain Out Of Performance Reviews
The Painful ApproachFor many years, "performance management" was of an... Read More
Difficult Relationships at Work - Dealing with Workplace Conflict
Difficult Relationships at Work - How to Influence the UncooperativeWe... Read More
A Cover Letter Tip Guaranteed To Land You More Job Interviews!
Looking for a new job?I'm about to reveal one of... Read More
Salary, Raises, & Perks: Negotiate to Get Paid What Youre Worth!
Salary negotiation requires preparation and good timing. It's important to... Read More
Networking Masterclass - Part 1 - Practicing Empathy
Practicing Empathy A vital part of your networking skills is... Read More
Consultants - If We Cant Laugh At Ourselves?
There are hundreds of varieties of Consultants these days. We... Read More
Reactions to Job Loss; Getting Past the Emotions
Without doubt, job loss through downsizing or redundancy, is a... Read More
Cross Cultural Interviews
At this moment in time, the increase in cross border... Read More
Learning a Foreign Language
Many people love learning languages or would like to learn... Read More
9 Secrets to Career Success
Are you miserable at your job (or what you are... Read More
Showing Appreciation to Workplace Un-Sung Heroes
Millions of Un-Sung Heroes are born every minute! They are... Read More
Avoid Mistakes and Gaffes in Your Job Resume
Having mistakes and gaffes in your job resume spell disaster... Read More
Simple Tips to Move Forward on the Job, Part II
After establishing a trusting relationship with the safety officer, it... Read More
Resurrecting the Perfect Resume, Part One
Is your resume dead? Don't be so quick to say,... Read More
Job or no Job: The Certainty of Uncertainty
Headline from AP via Yahoo News! January 11, 2005: "Chrysler... Read More
Cracking the Connection Code: Networking for the Introverted
We've all heard it before: "Just get out there and... Read More
Wake Up and Learn Something New
The US Government has just released last month's job creation... Read More
3 Secrets to Landing a Home-Based Position
Landing a telecommute position isn't easy. Finding them in the... Read More
CDL Practice Test ? Offers Practice Tests To Prepare For The CDL Exam
As you take CDL practice test, you do become more... Read More
Should You Telework/Telecommute
"WOW! I can work from home and make money? I... Read More
Phone Interviews: Prepare to Ace Them!
More companies are saving time and effort by doing initial... Read More
Retirement: Is It A Career Change Option?
Retirement might be the answer when you ask yourself "why... Read More
Managing Emotions During Career Change and Job Search, Part Two
Half the battle in successfully managing your emotions during a... Read More
Career Job Satisfaction - Get Off the Treadmill - Exit Your Rat Race!
Get Off the Treadmill - Exit Your Rat Race!We can... Read More
Using Freelance Websites to Telecommute
How is your job hunting going? Have you had problems... Read More
Avoiding 10 Deadly Interview Mistakes
Too many job seekers set themselves up for failure before... Read More
How to Pick the Best Career for You: Part 3
Marketing-with-Intent precisely drives you to your target and with greater... Read More
Consultants - If We Cant Laugh At Ourselves?
There are hundreds of varieties of Consultants these days. We... Read More
Your Next Performance Appraisal: Make It Work For You
In the rush of everyday work, it can be difficult... Read More
Are You Making These Common Job Interview Mistakes?
Going to an interview without a plan of action is... Read More
Job Interviews -- How to Follow Up Effectively
Getting a job is not just about your performance in... Read More
Job Interviews: Plan Your Appearance to Make a Great First Impression
Your personal appearance is a critical component of that all-important... Read More
How to Reach Outside Yourself to Advance Your Career
When flipping the channels of your TV, you are bound... Read More
TMI: The Resume Destroyer
"They say my résumé should be only one page long.... Read More
How To Resign Gracefully
Once a new job has been accepted, you need to... Read More
Job Hunting Tips: Organizing Your Attack
Looking for work is an energy-devouring ordeal, often leading to... Read More
Marketing You and Your Career
Imagine if a business invested years into the research, design,... Read More
Skills Make Labor More Valuable
As you know by now, if you have been a... Read More
Does Your Resume Lack Vision?
You're just getting over the shock of having become unemployed.... Read More
Are Your Intentions Clear in Your Job Search?
1. Do you REALLY know what you want?2. Do you... Read More
Networking is the Key to Star Performance in Everything You Do.
Many people's idea of networking relates to the 'size of... Read More
You?re Ready for a Career Change - Is Your Resume?
You finally did it. You made the decision to leave... Read More
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