Troubleshooting Your Job Search So, you've posted your resume online, sent out dozens of them to answer classified ads, and told everyone in your network that you're looking for a job. And nothing has happened. Now what? Here are 4 tips to supercharge your job search.
Applying for a Job in China China has a booming economic that is on it's way to being the 2nd strongest world's economy in less than 10 years. There is now a lot of job interest in China. See if you qualify.
Benefits of Maintaining a Career Portfolio Have you ever tried to contact a past employer only to discover they are no longer in existence or your former manager has moved on and been replaced by someone else? Can't remember which issue of the trade magazine featured you after you received the Employee of the Year Award?
What Do Accountants And Doctors Have In Common? Freshly qualified accounting graduates when asked by the interviewer "Are there any questions you want to ask?" usually respond with "What are my duties and responsibilities"
Leave It All to Have It All Home based businesses are now recognized as a viable source of new jobs. If it continues as expected, "the new American workplace" will be located in the spare bedroom or converted garage.
Job Interviews: What to Wear It takes between seven and seventeen seconds for a person to make an impression of us and much of that impression is based on how we look. It stand to reason, then, that what we wear to job interviews will make a far greater impact on our success than anything we're likely to say once those first crucial seconds have passed.
Put Some Mystery in Your Life Mystery shoppers. For some it conjures up images of private eyes and undercover detectives. That's fair. In Nevada, a mystery shopper is required to register with a firm that is associated with the Private Investigative Licensing Board. Somewhat funny, but true. If you shop, and I'm sure you do, you have probably bumped into someone on a shopping assignment. Did you notice them? Doubtful. Or you may have found yourself on the receiving end of an evaluation by a mystery shopper. Did you realize it at the time? Probably not. But what is mystery shopping exactly? And can you really make money for shopping?
Is Your Career Your Calling or Just a 9 to 5? Do you remember your parents asking you what you want to be when you grow up? By the time I was in the 9th grade, my mother started asking me that same question until I graduated from high school. A...
What Not To Include In Your Resume Do you have a difficult time determining what does not go in your job resume? The rule of thumb is to only put enough information about your qualifications in your resume in order to get the employer interested enough to contact you about an interview.
Five Qualities Employers Want More than ever, employers want employees who can produce results! Here are five qualities employers seek in such employees.
How To Answer Your Call In Mid-Life Hank Bochenski's story proves it is never too late to walk away from a life you feel trapped in and do something that you really love. Hank spent 30 years in demanding senior positions at large high...
The Myths of Career Change Chances are you already have many ideas about what it takes to successfully transition into a new career, even if you have never done it before. Some of those ideas might be useful - most probably a...
Making Yourself More Relevant To The New Workplace Being a current job seeker can be quite a challenging prospect as there are many changes in the workplace. Life-long employment is no longer the norm and workers must also learn to adapt with the com...
Importance Of Your Job Search So that you can decide just how critical your job hunt is in your total life scheme, let's put a kind of frame around the importance of the effort ahead. Reflect on it. A job is not just a job. Half...
