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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 Right Way to Reach Recruiters on Social Media

This is a guest post by Robyn Melhuish. You think you’re using social media like a networking boss. You’re tweeting at recruiters left and right, making connections on LinkedIn, and sending Facebook messages. But it’s not working. Why not? Because you’re probably doing [...]

3 Things to Remember as You Approach Your Exit Interview

This is a guest post by Brandi Britton. When you’re about to quit a job and begin working somewhere else, it’s natural to want to focus on the future. But making sure your exit is a smooth one is equally important to [...]

8 Ways You Can Get A Job With Little Or No Experience

You need experience to get a job. The first thing you see in an advertisement is that the employer wants a candidate with years of experience. The problem is that you need a job before you can gain experience, which leaves you [...]

4 Ways to Fight Interview Jitters

Job interviews have often been termed as one of the most nerve-racking experiences. No matter how prepared you are, there is always a panic button just under the surface that can accidentally turn on. The mind is anxious and the heart races [...]

4 Data-Backed Ways to Make the Most of Your Job Search

This is a guest post by Robyn Melhuish. You want to look for a new job, but you can’t bring yourself to do it -- you’re dreading the long and frustrating process. Just the thought of updating your resume makes you want [...]

This Is The Right Way To Follow Up After The Interview

This is a guest post by Val Matta. The silence is killing you. Sure it’s only been a few days, but you still haven't heard any news on your interview. You left the hiring manager a message thanking them for their time, [...]

Commonsense Conversational Tips for the Job Contestant

This is a guest post by Vicky Oliver. The job interview is the most nerve-racking exchange of dialogue any of us will undertake. Those 45 minutes of intense scrutiny are pivotal. Your career, and your livelihood, depends on whether you can remain [...]

How to Turn Your Seasonal Position Into Year-Round Employment

If you’re among the nation’s 550,000+ seasonal workers, you may have started your seasonal holiday position and love it so much that you hope it turns into long-term employment. Or, you may have accepted a seasonal position to get your foot in [...]

4 Negative Thoughts That Will Leave You Unemployed

It’s tough out there -- especially when you feel like you’re the only one who can’t get a job. Day-to-day, you might battle feelings of hopelessness as you submit resume after resume with no reply. The negative thoughts creep in. You begin [...]

Hottest Jobs of 2014 in US [Infographic]

Job growth has been on the positive this year and promises to be on the upswing. Tech companies are hiring but so are others. Healthcare, retail and eCommerce are also driving the U.S. job market to a stable level. If you are looking [...]

Tips for Interviewing While Pregnant

Interviewing during pregnancy - should I tell or not? The company that you are interviewing with has no right to ask about your pregnancy status and you are in no obligation to tell them about it. As someone rightly mentioned in one [...]

Job Interviews – Ace the Most Common Questions

Advice for job interviews is everywhere, and a lot of it tends to cover the same basic range of information: look polished, be confident but humble, be on time, have questions to ask about the company or position, and so forth. But [...]

5 Tips for Writing an Effective Cover Letter

It is not enough to write a great CV and hope to get the job. There's a lot that goes before your CV might read. An impressive cover letter is one of them. These days there is so much competition for jobs that [...]

Starting a Job Search: 5 Questions to Ask Yourself First

This is a guest post by Diane Nicholas of WK Advisors When faced with the prospect of looking for a new job, most people update their resume and send it to a few job postings that look interesting.  Then they sit back [...]

The Evolution of the Job Interview [Infographic]

Job interviews have undergone a major transformation since the days of inherited careers and apprenticeships turned full-time jobs. As the work world continues to grow and change with the latest technologies and innovations, so must the job interview. Long gone are the [...]

Can Online Training Courses Give Your CV the Edge?

In such a highly competitive jobs market, finding your dream job (or even just getting that initial step on the ladder) can prove difficult; especially for most graduates. As a result, many graduates are now thinking about how they can make their [...]

Things to Consider Before Accepting a Job Offer

Receiving a job offer is an exciting occasion. With today’s tough market, accepting the position could be a knee-jerk reaction. But before committing yourself to the new company, think long and hard about a number of work-related aspects. Sometimes these aspects are [...]

The New Job Search: How to Make Twitter Work for You

This is guest post by Val Matta. Social media has changed the way job seekers search for jobs. Recent research shows that 93 percent of recruitersuse, or will use social media to find hires in the coming year. Increasingly, those recruiters are [...]

3 Out of the Box Career Planning Tips for Fresh Grads

When you leave school, it can sometimes feel like there is so much pressure on you to choose a career. Although our education carves our career path, but not in entirety. There would be many you know who have had degrees in [...]

Making Every Interview Great

Guest post by Marina Christopher It doesn’t matter how creatively formatted or well-written a resume and cover letters may be. When it comes to deciding whether a prospective candidate is the right fit or not for a given position, interviews are essential. [...]