JOB SEARCH

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.

The Best Job Search Websites and Apps for New Graduates

New grads are facing one of the toughest time after graduation finding the right job. There are more fresh graduates and fewer jobs in market – and with more experienced workforce ready to take on the entry-level jobs, the competition has never [...]

How to Naturally Perform Better at Job Interviews

There's no shortage of tips on how to perform better during a job interview. Subsequently, come interview time you're thinking more about the advice itself than how to come off as a viable candidate. To avoid this, consider natural ways to perform [...]

3 Tips for Professional Networking When You Don’t Feel Like It

For some people, networking is a way of life. It’s a critical part of gaining new clients, marketing for a business, getting new ideas and keeping up with the competition. It is a key to surviving and thriving in an ever more [...]

6 Ways to Create A Memorable Resume

What makes a book memorable? The story, writing style, remarkable or instant human connection, a powerful message, just a serene simplicity, overall beneficial message or something unusual that keeps it a page turner and a book to remember for long. Can you [...]

Boy, I Really Messed Up That Interview

Guest contributor Dave Thomas shares his experiences on the various job interviews he has been to in the last 20 years or so and the lessons we all can use to ensure success at the next interview. Even though the national unemployment [...]

Essential Tips to Rise above the Competition in any Job Interview

The job market is tight these days, with fewer positions available and more demand than ever before. As a result, it takes much more for a candidate – even a qualified one – to rise above the masses and secure a desired [...]

Resumesimo – Creating Stand-Out Resumes for Free

Information on a free resume creating online tool - Resumesimo. Resumesimo is a fantastic online resume builder (www.resumesimo.com) that will help you create eye-catching resumes for free. A problem many job applicants have is writing their resumes in a way that will get [...]

Get the Scoop on Potential Employees before Hiring Them

In a day and age when the economy is struggling, identity theft is on the rise, and employers have more than a full plate on their hands, checking employee backgrounds prior to hiring becomes even more relevant. This is a guest post [...]

The Season for Career Growth

November, December Found to be a Fertile Period for Effective Job Searches Contrary to popular belief, the holiday months of November and December are actually an excellent time to develop and leverage new contacts for a job search. Ford R. Myers, career [...]

Students have no Experience – So Hire us to gives us the Experience – TARGETJOBS Survey

Engineering undergraduates demand more work experience, graduate schemes and graduate training. A thousand engineering undergraduates from the UK’s top universities were surveyed recently by the leading graduate jobs site, TARGETjobsengineering.co.uk, and their No 1 problem that the employers cited was the lack [...]

Seasonal Hiring to begin soon – Here’s how you should be Prepared

What is Seasonal Hiring? Demands peak for different retailers during holiday season and the need to hire part time or full time seasonal employees peaks during such months – this trend is referred to as seasonal hiring. However note that other than [...]

How to Find Networking Events

What are Networking Events Networking events are face to face meetings, online virtual meetings or social meeting places to bring together people or groups of specific areas of interest. A networking event can be for a group of business individuals and group, [...]

What to do if you find Networking Events Intimidating

Some people abhor networking events, some love it, some are often confused on exactly what should one do at such events. With networking featuring on the top of a job search priority list these days, it sure must feature high on your must-do [...]

A Job Seeker’s Guide to a Personal Business Card

Yes, Jobseekers must have their own business card; it does not matter if you’ve been out of job for some time now and don’t have a professional title to refer to. Smart business cards must be forward looking – not what you [...]

Are there Jobs for Green MBAs

Green MBA Online and Universities Programs Some green MBA programs introduced in recent years at many prestigious management institutes and equally popular online cover these titles: Sustainability MBA Organizational and Environmental Sustainability MBA MBA in Sustainable Management MBA in Sustainable Futures Business Strategies [...]

Cover Letters Rules that can get you that Job

Grab attention, tell them why they should hire you, be precise and clear – That’s exactly what a cover letter is about! Here’s why cover letters are important and a must-have in most situations: Cover letters are a must if you want [...]

Job Titles and Descriptions in Green Energy Employment

According to a report from the American Solar Energy Society the renewable energy and energy efficiency (RE&EE) would generate about 37 million jobs and $4,294 billion in annual revenue by 2030. There are quite a few new job titles pertaining specifically to [...]

How to Tackle Challenging and Tricky Interview Questions

Now that many interviewers are bored of asking the same old questions from the same old template expecting the same old answers from the candidates, don’t be surprised if you get a volley of challenging and tricky questions in your next interview. [...]

How to Answer Interview Question – What would you do in the First Week or Month at your New Job

With this question the interviewer wants to assess the candidate on his/her ability to visualize a practical workplace and to see how insightful the candidate can be depending on the responsibilities at stake. Usually such questions could be helpful in assessing an [...]