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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The Ultimate Guide To Accepting A Job Offer
This is a guest post by Sara Drake. Accepting a job goes beyond simply saying yes. Leaving a current employer on good terms and researching the kind of workplace you’d thrive in takes time. However, acing the application process is an opportunity [...]
How Is a Cover Letter Different From a Resume?
Applying for a job can be a more difficult task than many of us give it credit for. There's a lot of work that goes into crafting a perfect application, especially if you are new to the modern job market as a whole. [...]
What to Expect When Working With a Recruiter
Recruitment agencies have helped those from a variety of industry backgrounds land their dream jobs. Because a recruiter has the inside scoop
Amazon Flex revealed as the best gig company to work for in the US
A new study by DirectlyApply reveals the best companies and US cities to be a gig worker following a boom in the industry. The rise of gig work has only increased since the coronavirus pandemic hit, with many choosing to take up independent [...]
9 Understandable Reasons to Quit a Job
We spend as much as one-third of our lives at work. Do you really want to spend that time at a job that isn't right for you? Working is important, it teaches us responsibility, work ethic, and accountability. While we spend more time [...]
7 Questions to Ask Before Accepting a Job Offer
Did you get a job offer? It looks like congratulations are in order! Receiving a job offer never fails to be an exciting affair. It gives the impression that out of the hundreds, or even thousands of applicants that got interviewed, they [...]
Finding a Job You Love in Virginia
The coronavirus pandemic has forced many people to halt or at least hit pause on their job search. But finding a job you love is possible even in the midst of an economic slowdown. Virginia is a good example of this. While [...]
3 Essential Steps to Consider when Making a Career Switch
It often happens, whether you are a few years or a few decades into your working life, that you decide what you are doing today is not what you want to do for the rest of your life. This is normal, and [...]
Want to Make a Difference? Try These Jobs Where You Help People
Many people choose career paths based on the potential financial gain, such as advertising or the law. Others seek career paths that can provide them with benefits like personal fulfillment and well-being. Pursuing this second path often means choosing jobs where you [...]
Five Tips for Making the Most of Choosing a Career Based on Money
A lot of career advice centers around following your passion. That doesn’t always pay the bills. Don’t feel bad if you chose your career based on how much money you can make instead. It’s a perfectly smart reason to choose a job. [...]
7 Ways To Impress Potential Employers
Starting a career is a tedious process that will require a lot of your time and effort. Before you can land one, you have to try your luck in applying to several companies, ace your job interviews and convince the recruiter that [...]
eBay, Apple and Facebook named the highest paying brands for employees
Small Business Prices has analysed the world’s 100 most renowned brands to reveal which offer the best average salary, how big they are on different social media platforms and how often they’ve been reviewed by their employees and customers. June 2020: Small [...]
How To Interview Your Employer To See If You’ll Be A Good Fit
Among the employees who indicate they are looking to leave their current employer, they cite culture as the main reason for leaving. Cultural fit is now deemed as a crucial part of hiring. Many employers are now sharing personality assessment tests to candidates [...]
To Land a Job Now and Post Pandemic, be Different than your Peers
This is a guest post by Stan Silverman Due to the economic uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many employers have put a freeze on hiring unless they are searching for individuals with the skills to fill infrastructure or other critical positions. [...]
Types of Resume to Keep in Mind When Choosing Your Professional Resume Template
Did you know that the average corporate job opening attracts about 250 resumes? Yet, only 25 are seen by hiring managers. In fact, most recruiters spend a mere six seconds checking a resume. This document can make or break your chances of [...]
Acing the IT Job Interview – Navigating the Top 10 Interview Questions
This is a guest post by Charles Eaton. You’ve set your sights on a new career in IT. You’ve studied, trained and passed the necessary certifications. You’re excited and prepared to start this new career journey. All you need is your foot [...]
Interview Insights: How to Impress a Potential Employer
Preparing for an interview with a potential employer can be daunting. You’ve scrolled through job listings, completed your application and finally landed yourself an interview. They, now, hold the key to your future so it's easy to understand why the pressure can [...]
Moving For a New Job: 7 Things You Should Know
As you navigate the twists and turns of your career path new opportunities will present themselves on a regular basis. And some are simply too good to pass up, even if they cause disruption to your lifestyle or take you outside of [...]
Tips to Get Your Resume Noticed Immediately
15 seconds or less. That's the average amount of time that hiring managers spend on each resume during the hiring process. While your resume may take hours to put together, it's going to take a few seconds for the hiring manager to [...]
Finding a Job in the US: 5 Tips for Foreign Applicants
The United States is known around the world as the land of opportunity, and with its current booming economy, there are plenty of employment opportunities to go around. While this might be of interest to foreigners looking to find a job in [...]
Relevancy is key: How far back should your resumé go?
This is a guest post by Andrew Fennell. Recruiters don't dedicate much time to each resumé they review, and they certainly won’t be flicking through five pages of information - no matter how skilled you are! For this reason, it’s best to [...]
Making the Most of Time While You are Unemployed
Unemployment can be a stressful period of time when it is unwanted. Research by the American Psychological Association has shown, for instance, that being out of the workforce has psychological implications, including the potential to affect one’s openness to new people and experiences. If [...]
Interview Question – What are your long term career goals?
How honest can you be with the answer when you are confronted with this question either in an interview or during the annual performance review? What are your long term career goals? I have come across some Millennial newcomers to the workplace [...]
Common Resume Mistakes
There are a number of resume mistakes that are depressingly common. Here are some of the most common resume mistakes along with the reasons they are mistakes and how to avoid making them yourself. Poor Formatting Poor formatting will hurt even a [...]