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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On the Way to Reentering Workforce – Time Management
A mother needs more hours in a day. "I don’t have enough time to research the companies and network. My life is busy with three kids and shuttling from home to school and their evening activities. Where is the time?" Some tips [...]
On the Way to Reentering Workforce – Conquering FEAR
I am scared of the thought of being in an interview again. Sweaty palms and stuttering voice- that’s so me! For some of the re-entrants it is a similar experience as if stepping in the job market for the fist time. Fear, [...]
Business Cards – Do you have your Glass Slipper?
Cinderella left behind a glass slipper that helped the prince trace her whereabouts; what are you leaving behind, after an interview? Though Cinderella’s slipper slip was unintentional, but can you imagine how the story would have been without that slippery incident? Yes [...]
SAMPLE RESUME – Career Change and Re-entering the Workforce
The example here is a sample resume of an event planner who is a re-entrant to the job market (with an employment gap in her resume and a career change in plans) in career transition from a teaching job to an event planner. Learn [...]
A Part-time Job with Full-time Income – The Possibilities
Who all are looking for part-time jobs? Teenagers College Students Retirees Young Mothers People with Medical Problems or Disabilities Single Parents in Need of More Cash – A Second Job Someone in Search for a Good Life-Work Balance Why do you want [...]
Career Options for Baby Boomers or Post-Retirement
According to the Thomas C. Nelson, Chief Operating Officer, AARP (2006), by 2012 nearly 20 percent of the U.S. workforce will be age 55 or older, up from 14 percent in 2002. As the baby boom(er) generation nears retirement age, and the [...]
Entrepreneurship for Baby Boomers or Post Retirement
Baby Boomers as Entrepreneurs According to Going Your Own Way, an article in USnews.com a CGC analysis of government data shows that those 55 to 64 and older represent one of the fastest-growing groups of self-employed workers. Some 1.8 million American workers [...]
Strengthening the Pillars of Self-Confidence on the Comeback Path
In a previous post (Women Need Support to Reenter the Workforce) someone had rightly commented that when reentering the workforce the woman faces the major roadblock of conquering her shaken self-confidence. The doubts and fear of whether she would be able to [...]
How to be Optimistic during the Job Search Process
Build a Support System Being in a job search for long can be mentally draining and physically taxing, seek support in friends, family or professional help and support with career coaches or counselors. Volunteer - Do Something you Like/Love If the job [...]
Women Need Support to Reenter the Workforce – This is a Demand and Requirement for a well Balanced Society
15,000 women marched through New York City in 1908 demanding shorter hours, better pay and voting rights. On this International Women's Day, 100 years later, still the working woman is struggling for a good work-life balance. Shorter hours or flexible work schedule [...]
Entrepreneurship for Women Re-entering Workforce
Why being self-employed could work for you now more than ever before? With work experience not featuring in your resume, or your resume highlights a conspicuous gap from when you last had a full-time job, it is time to think of a [...]
Reentering the Workforce – 50 Plus and Baby Boomers
Age No Bar Are you planning on re-starting your career after age 50 or post-retirement? Though it might take a longer time and a concentrated effort, there has never been a better time for the baby boomer generation to think about reentering [...]
The Choice and Freedom to Work on a Flexible Schedule
A society that puts equality... ahead of freedom will end up with neither. -- Milton Friedman (US economist) The same is perhaps true for equality between men and women at work. The struggle should not be focused towards equality of pay or [...]
Who all to Contact when Looking for a Job
Are you looking for a new job or just after the layoff the first worries are to get a permanent job as soon as possible? Once you have gathered yourself and planned an optimized schedule which enables you to make the best [...]
Blogging as a Career
A few years before no one would have even thought that blogging could be a full-time career but as the Internet evolves and the recent news in business magazines Entrepreneur and Inc. often citing success stories from not one or two but [...]
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. The best advice we have is not to brood on what [...]
Best Jobs to have during Recession
What is recession? According to Wiki definition, a recession is a decline in a country's gross domestic product (GDP), or negative real economic growth, for two or more successive quarters of a year. We fear recession since it could result in more [...]
Countering Recession the Tax Relief Way – How are you going to Use the extra Bucks?
A slightly off-track blog post not focused on the career advice but definitely related to the present discussions on the US economy in recession. In a recent announcement to help the “suffering” US economy, the US government is ready to shell out [...]
Creating more Jobs can help Abate Recession
Create more Jobs Whether it is the creation of the green collar jobs or the blue collar jobs, the point is to create and keep those jobs here to help abate recession. The government contingency plan must be to allocate money for [...]
How to Handle Work-Life Balance Questions during an Interview
If you have some priorities in life regarding flexible working or part-time work, it is good to inform of your expectations during an interview, because if you are unable to convey to the recruiters/hiring managers to what you truly want, a few [...]
Career Rediscovery for a Grandma – Back to College in her 40s
"The man who is too old to learn was probably always too old to learn." ~Henry S. Haskins I got to know Susan at a women’s discussion forum and was impressed when she informed us that after working for around 15 years [...]
Women Leaving the IT Workforce – On the Rise
“Women accounted for 16.6 percent of all network and computer systems administrator positions in 2006, down from 23.4 percent in 2000. At the management level, the imbalance persists. Among computer and IS managers, for example, 27.2 percent were women in 2006.” (Source [...]
Feeling Stuck – Are you in a Job you would rather not be in?
Any of these statements resonates with your thoughts? Ah Monday morning, another day, another start to a week, the 9-5 that I would rather not be in! I am just not performing to the best of my abilities at work? I could [...]
Résumé Tips – for Women Re-entering Work
First thing you must know when writing your resume - It is alright if you have a conspicuous employment gap in your resume. Your resume must focus on how best you would serve the requirements for the job you aspire for. Your [...]