9 Understandable Reasons to Quit a Job
Working is important, it teaches us responsibility, work ethic, and accountability. While we spend more time than we’d probably like at our jobs, it’s a necessity for our way of life. Our jobs provide us the means to build comfortable and secure lifestyles, unique to each of us.
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Moving to the Big Apple – How to Launch your Career in Acting and Singing in NY
New York City has always been one of the premier destinations for those looking for a chance to make it as an actor or singer. There are loads of shows and opportunities for fledgling artists to get a shot at performing. However, [...]
Top Interview Question – Why do you want to join this position?
How would you answer this question: Why do you want this job or why do you want to work for us? This for sure is one of the top interview questions at most job interviews and has a kind of ‘make-it’ or [...]
9 Tips for Acing the Job Interview for Returning Veterans
With high unemployment rate for returning veterans, here are nine tips that you can use to ace your next job interview Guest Post by Jim Camp There's bad news and good news for post 9/11 returning veterans, known as the Gulf War [...]
5 Steps to Landing a Job by Thanksgiving
This is a guest post by Vicky Oliver According to employment experts, our economy is enjoying "modest improvement." The BLS has the unemployment number hovering at 8.1 percent, which is better than this time last year, when it was at 9.1 percent, [...]
Sample Post Interview Thank You Letter
An interview is an opportunity to get your foot in the door and with a smart follow-up you open up the passage to establishing a positive rapport with your interviewer(s). Simply put - It just pays to follow-up the right way after [...]
5 Quick Tips to an Attention-getting Resume
"If you find that your resume isn't getting the results you want, change it! Your resume is a 'living document' that will be edited and updated through the course of your job search and your entire career," Ford R. Myers, career coach, [...]
How to Research a Company before a Job Interview
"Hiring managers are generally skeptical of millennials’ research skills, and 62% said it hurts them in an interview when they have not done enough research or preparation on the company and position." - Forbes article Top 5 Interview Mistakes Millennials Make [...]
An Insight into Social Networking Screening on Job Applicants
With people spending more and more time out of their day on social networking the amount of personal information that a person unravels on websites such as Facebook and Twitter is unprecedented. But how can social media serve a purpose in the [...]
A Grads Guide to Sincere Networking for a Faster #Jobsearch
Finding a job in a down economy is tough. According to recent statistics, roughly 53 percent of college grads are either unemployed or underemployed, and these are some of the highest rates in the past 11 years. Finding a job after college [...]
The ‘Bridge Job Strategy’ helps JobSeekers Earn money while in Career Transition
Part-time or flexible work can fill the gap until the next job is obtained. If you're out of work now, what part-time or flexible work could you do to fill the gap until you land the job you want? If you're fully-employed, [...]
Top Growth Industries that Offer Best Chances for Employment
During the Great Recession of the 21st Century, more than 12 million jobs were lost from the American economy, according to U.S. News and World Reports, citing a report from the Brookings Institution and the Hamilton Project. Job seekers who were able [...]
5 Tips for First Time Job Seekers for Finding a Great Career
While looking for a job in the current economy can be a bit more challenging than it used to be, if it seems like you're having no luck at all, it may be that you're not exhausting all the possible avenues. Here [...]
A Checklist for New Grads Entering the Workforce
The United States labor market is not as strong as it was prior to the recession, but according to Bloomberg’s Businessweek, those who graduated in 2011 saw better hiring results than those who graduated in 2010 and 2009. As the unemployment rate [...]
3 Reasons Why Working at a Start-up can be a Great Career Choice
Silicon Valley Bank, in a survey of startup companies nationwide, found that while the vast majority (87%) of startups are hiring, equal numbers are struggling to find enough people with the skills they need to grow. - Marketwatch.com Startups need intelligent people [...]
10 Tips for Summer Job Search
Summer is no time to abandon a job search. Career Coach Ford R. Myers offers the following 10 tips to keep your search on track during the heat of the summer. Every year as summer approaches, most job seekers and career changers [...]
Power your Hiring through Quality Employee Referrals
Recruitment: The Number-One Job For All Employees As an employee, one of the most important parts of your job may surprise you. You’re a star performer, hitting your targets and generally being the best at what you do. Beyond that, what’s the [...]
4 Great Ways to Stand out in your Video Resume
Ready For Your Close-up? This is the new age of resumes and now is the time to find something that will make you stand out among the competition. Video resumes are quickly gaining popularity and in fact, according to a Smallbusinesspool.net article, [...]
How to Give a Successful Video Interview
Video interviews are becoming an increasingly common way for companies to narrow down their list of candidates and perhaps even take things all the way to the hiring stage. Are you ready for your close up? If not, you should be, because [...]
How to use Pinterest to Snag Creative Jobs
Pinterest is best known for collecting home decorating ideas and new recipes, but it can also help you land a new job. Pinterest is one of the hottest new social networking sites, and many brands and companies are using it to reach [...]
The pros and cons of working for a Charity
Charity jobs can be highly rewarding. With opportunities to give back to a community, or to contribute to a broader national and international charity effort, charity work can represent challenging but beneficial employment. Whether as a voluntary or a paid worker, charity [...]
5 Ways You can Support a Job Seeker
Job search can be stressful and is almost to be treated a full-time job to reduce the search time. Job seekers can be more productive with some help from family and friends. A support system also hugely cuts down on the stress [...]
How Interviewees can use the Psychology of Empathy to their Advantage
This is a guest post by Andrianes Pinantoan. About 20 years ago, Ryan White, a young teenager of 13 years was diagnosed with HIV. He contracted HIV, not because he was a frivolous individual. Instead, he was born with a genetic disorder [...]
How to use your Experiences and Transferable Skills in your Resume
March 8th is the 101st celebration of International Women's Day (http://www.internationalwomensday.com). Each year, thousands of events occur around the world to mark the economic, political and social achievements of women. For female job seekers who have been out of the paid workforce [...]
Tactics for Multilingual Job Seekers
If you are multilingual then you can consider yourself to be in an advantageous position. I know this because I speak the Dutch, German and English language fluently and I believe that this has helped me with my job search significantly. I [...]