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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Is YouTube your new ‘Hire-Me’ Launch Pad
Zee Avi originally posted a video of her first song on YouTube because one of her friends had missed her first performance in Kuala Lumpur, so she created a video on YouTube for him to watch. He convinced Avi to leave the [...]
Beware – Bogus Job and Career Websites may be an Identity Theft Trap
With the U.S. unemployment rate approaching double digits, it is not surprising that many Americans are prepared to do whatever it takes to gain employment. In fact, data security experts at Kroll Fraud Solutions have seen some consumers resort to a “desperate [...]
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Where do you see yourself in your present job say 6 years from now? Where are you at present in regards to your career aspirations? If you are planning a career change what would you rather do – Join another company in similar field [...]
The Jobs of the Future – Got Robots?
I wish I knew what the jobs of tomorrow would be like, want to go on a prediction trail with me? Here is how I start on thinking about what the jobs of the future would be like- how about thinking robotics? [...]
Searching for Local Jobs? OLX is one Website you must know about
OLX offers a wide range of services, from education and jobs as well as the buying and selling of all type of products. If you have not tried it yet, it is time you know about this website to search for local jobs or to [...]
Thinking Green Business? Now is the Time
If you have the entrepreneurial inclination and insight, now is the best time to invest or seek investment in a green or clean-tech business. There are many other small businesses that are getting the blessings from the VCs and yes despite the [...]
The World Rides the Recession Wave
The news of recession and job losses is all over the world and there would be very few countries not affected by one of the worst unemployment rates ever seen by the Generation Xers and the Millennials. The global economy is intertwined [...]
3 Right Ways to make your Skills Marketable
I recently talked about how to manage your schedule post layoff and one of the main topics there was to focus on to make your skills marketable or acquiring a new skill set. In an article in Daily Times PA, an uneasy [...]
The Job Market has still not seen the Bottom
It’s bleak out there and the news on the job scenario going more dismal before going up takes one further on the depression trail. According to a recent report, the path to an economic comeback may be a long way from now: [...]
How Twitter can help during Job Search
For those not familiar with Twitter – it is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? (Source: Twitter ) Read recently somewhere [...]
Where to find Free Career and Job Search Advice
Of course, the internet being one of the largest retarget for the free information on everything, count on it for your job search and career advice as well. Here are some others which you might or might be aware of: Internet, Of [...]
Stay Clear of the Internet Marketing Scams and the Phishing Emails
"Reports of Internet-based crimes jumped 33 percent in 2008, according to a group that monitors Web-based frauds. " An article in Mercury News wire services section says, "The Internet Crime Complaint Center said it received more than 275,000 complaints last year, up [...]
Online Job Boards can Help during Recession
Online job boards might be most viewed websites these days. With mass layoffs and not much employment in sight there are hundreds and thousands on these job boards scouring through the few jobs and sending resumes to even those with remote possibilities [...]
Give and you shall get
Our true wealth is the good we do in this world. None of us has faith unless we desire for our neighbors what we desire for ourselves. - Muhammad I am inspired today and also deeply appreciate Arianna Huffington’s recent post on [...]
NFL Director of Fandemonium Search Contest
In a nod to cubicle daydreams everywhere, Monster.com launched the kick-off of an unprecedented NFL Director of Fandemonium search contest. The search is underway, with Monster accepting applications into a pool that will be narrowed down to 32 candidates who will vie [...]
How to Generate Income and stay Positive when you have no Job – Part 2
In part 1 of this article you have read about how to remain positive in these negative economic times; here I carry on the next step –towards generating income when you have no job. Here are some ideas: (Your ideas are also [...]
How to Generate Income and stay Positive when you have no Job – Part 1
“’With no job and 5 kids, 'better to end our lives’, man wrote”.. with such horrendous stories making headlines in recession, it is time we thought in-depth on the topic – How to generate income post layoff / or during job search [...]
What a week – Close to 50,000 Jobs will be wiped out soon
This week's reports say it all - in the newspapers and the online business editions; it has been a terrible week in terms of job loss in the US. According to the leading newspapers and reports the job market scenario is looking [...]
What would you do to land an Interview?
Every new idea looks crazy at first. ~~ Robert Olson Today I was reading in the newspaper an article from Mike Cassidy titled "Will Work for Interview", how one man turns to a marketing gimmick to lure prospective employers. It is a [...]
To Beat Recession we should use less of the ‘R’ word
Maybe to beat recession we must use less of the "r" word in the media these days. The newspapers are depressing, the news online on tech and business is overflowing with the news on layoffs and recession. I know that they are [...]
Would you leave your Job in a Recession if you are a new mom?
If you ask anyone on leaving your job now, the answer would be a vehement “No”; of course, you do not leave your job in recession and a very bad job market as we are seeing this year. But the dilemma on [...]
Pay Raise in 2009 – Are you Expecting one?
Recently there has been some “outrage” in the press (Fox News, Rocky Mountain News to name a few), on the automatic pay raise for the members of congress. An article in The Hill rightfully says: A crumbling economy, more than 2 million [...]
5 Essential Tips on Thriving after a Layoff
Economic downturn and recession presents hardships to many around the world; with no jobs to pay for their mortgages or support their current lifestyles frustration and loss of working towards a goal can bring down self-esteem. And what is troubling is that [...]
2009 Graduates – Tips on getting Hired this year
The economy has been predicted to be at a low point this year; recovery in the job market is always slow after a recession; most definitely this is the time for the new graduates of 2009 to be prepared for the slow [...]