9 Understandable Reasons to Quit a Job
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Alternatives to a Permanent Full Time Job
The New Year might see more layoffs and less employers hiring, which sure equates to more people out of job and permanent positions would be hard to come by for sometime at least. The alternatives to a permanent full time job include [...]
How is the Job Outlook for 2009?
According to CNNMoney.com, "the prediction that this recession may end around the middle of 2009 is not unreasonable, but even if accurate it disguises the critical question: What kind of a recovery is likely to follow? The answer is: probably a gradual [...]
Workplace Violence – Will we see more of it as the Layoffs become Widespread?
Emotions are at its worst within the first few hours of receiving the news of a layoff or on the news of being fired. It is at this point that some violent or self-destructive emotions can arise in a person. Many people [...]
How to Find a Job when there are none around
If you cannot see something it does not mean it is not there; it only means that you have to try harder and perhaps with a different vision to find the unseen. If you were in a layoff as a result of [...]
What to do after a Layoff
Once you are done with accepting and dealing with the layoff in the initial phases it is time to plan on how to make the most and best of this period. Some recent articles also suggest that people who are unemployed are [...]
Is the Bleak Economic Scenario affecting our Lives at Work?
Yes of course we see it now, the economy is very much down there in the dumps and not much good news coming around either to boost spirits at work or home; how is it all affecting your workplace life? Are we [...]
Recreate and Diversify in a Recession
If you want to live and thrive through a recession and not just survive as a either a fence-sitter or blanket sulker, then your best bets today lie in being creative and in your knack to diversify quickly in the areas that [...]
Do Recruiters Accelerate the Job Search Process?
Well, the answer is - it depends. Many recruiting agencies have a had a wonderful track record of having many satisfied customers over and over again whereas some who have had a not-so-good experience would always say “beware of the recruiting agencies”. [...]
Leaving Wall Street – The Major Job Losses that follow Bankruptcies
The depressing news of the market crashing and the investment giants wiped off the charts has increased the anxiety of the impending job losses and where will it all finally end. How many job losses could result of such bankruptcies is yet [...]
Careerbright’s own JobBoard – Work Flexible
Careerbright launches it's first online job board. Powered by SimplyHired's job search engine, search for jobs right here from the blog. Visit CAREERBRIGHT'S job board and start your job search today. If you are looking for flexible jobs in your area, then [...]
Going Back to College – A Good Move during Recession
Your skills are the invaluable wealth and the only possession that you can truly call your own. Whatever be your next step in this recession or even when the hiring resumes to normal - your skills will take you places. Never underestimate [...]
Your First Interview Fresh out of College – How to Volley the Behavioral Questions
During their face to face interviews or even before in the screening interviews the Millennials can expect a volley of behavioral questions. Asked mainly to assess how you act in a particular situation, it is best to be prepared for the many [...]
In a Tough Economy will Freelance Thrive
Freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond. ~Jeffrey Borenstein And that to me is what freelancing is all about.A freelancer, freelance worker, or freelance is a person who pursues [...]
I Can Work from Anywhere – Virtual Technology at the Service of the Global Workforce
Working virtually and with teams from around the world is the norm of the 21st century workforce and with the world getting smaller and technology enabling the global workforce to collaborate from one end of a globe to another, the global workforce [...]
Learning from a Layoff – is it the Right Time to Innovate and be Independent?
One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out. This is what Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos recently said in an interview with Business Week. He says, “I think frugality drives innovation, just like [...]
Green Jobs and Careers
Green Jobs and Careers are to the rescue of our fragile environment. But what are the green jobs and careers and how can you be part of these to contribute to the health of our planet? All those jobs that support energy [...]
US Recession and the Global Economy – Snapshots from the Media
Job Cuts Maximum in last 2 Years in the US - recession fears are evident on the present US economy and global repercussions are not far behind, though already visible in some countries. According to a recent report in the San Jose [...]
Post Layoff 5 Steps to a Successful Comeback
1. Conquer Negative Thoughts Post Layoff Identify the mental blocks that are holding you back and fight them. To be a winner, think like a winner. To be successful, imagine your success. Fight your fears and apprehensions and defeat them. Develop a [...]
Interview Etiquette, the Preparation and Presentation Before and During the Interview
BEFORE THE INTERVIEW Take time to prepare well for an interview, nothing beats a good preparation and practice. And of course the little details which matter a lot: Dressing up for an Interview, and of course you must be ready to Sustain [...]
Dealing with Rejection after an Interview
It is true that you have spent many months, weeks and hours over preparation and managing the interview process and you feel dejected and withdrawn when not getting a favorable response but time spent mourning is the previous time spent wasted. Use [...]
Part-time Workers Face Promotion Discrimination
Telecommuters are less likely to get promoted than peers who head into the office every day, according to a global survey of 1,300 executives by Los Angeles-based executive search firm Korn/Ferry International, released January 2007. Almost everywhere part-time employees have the [...]
On the Way to Reentering Workforce – Lack of Confidence
This post is in the series of strength builders when re-entering the workforce. The previous ones were: On the Way to Reentering Workforce - Conquering FEAR and On the Way to Reentering Workforce - Time Management. For a baby boomer or post [...]
The Right Way to Follow-up after an Interview
You sustained that long interview and aced it too.. now is the waiting period, anxious for the phone to ring informing you of the news of getting that job you have worked hard for? Don't just wait, it is the right time [...]
Reentering the Job Market – Making your Way Back to the Previous Company
If you have had a great working experience in your previous company and have contacts and friends, there is always a possibility of rejoining them. Many employers understand the advantage of re-hiring ex-employees. In a Harvard Business Review article in 2002 titled [...]