Job Search Techniques: Smashing The Gray Ceiling The labor market bias against older workers is addressed by providing techniques to confront the issue in interviews and how to deomolish such negative perceptions and turn them into a positive attitude which may lead to a job offer.
7 Steps to Effective Communication The success of any business or organization depends largely on how effectively the members communicate. Successful businesses have employees who have mastered the art of effective communication.
What Do Employees Wish for Most (And How To Get It) What do many employees wish for at work? A bonus or raise.But that wish probably doesn't surprise those of us who already
feel overworked and underpaid or are in need of just a bit more
money for personal financial reasons. But is that wish based in
reality and if so, why isn't it happening for some of us?
Phone Interviews: Prepare to Ace Them! More companies are saving time and effort by doing initial telephone interviews before committing themselves to hours of time assessing and evaluating applicants. Jeff Altman, CPC and MSW offers many pointers that will help you develop your skill and ace your phone interviews
Spiritual Practices Offer Peace and Acceptance Summary-How do we deal with the financial and emotional stress of having a home, a car, work (or no work), kids and a spouse in this too-busy world? Spiritual practices can help us navigate through lifework transitions with more peace and acceptance.
Tackling Your Unemployment Creatively The pain of running out money, ideas, contacts and even life itself is too intense. However you have a choice. You can either look into an empty future or you can believe that a bright future is just around the corner and you will turn that corner soon.
Nine Career Zappers Professionals are constantly looking to avoid these 'career zappers". Read and see if any of these behaviors are impacting your career in a negative way.
What A Former Stay At Home Mom Knows About Creating A Stunning Resume That You Dont During my job search I read dozens of books and articles took programs and even sat at the feet of two of the most experienced Human Resource professionals. In a few moments, you will learn the real keys to making your resume stand out and cause you to rising above the norm. Pay careful attention to this one, in fact you may want to print this article for your records.
Why Do Interviews Die: That Sinking Feeling and How to Prevent it! Have you ever found yourself in an interview that you knew was collapsing around you? Jeff Altman, MSW and CPC, a search professional for more than 30 years, offers several suggestions for how to avoid interview hell. For more tips, go to www.newyorkmetrotechnologyjobs.com
Words. Words. Words. Columnist Nan Russell shares career insights learned over 20 years in the corporate world, including as a Vice President at QVC.
How to Be Prepared for a Layoff If you are concerned that your company might be planning a layoff, your best course of action is to be prepared. Employees often see warning signs that their jobs may be at risk. Such signs could include poor company performance, earlier rounds of layoffs, conflicts with their manager, increased manager intervention and involvement, and poor performance reviews. Employees see the signs, but aren't as proactive as they should be in looking out for their future. Here are steps you can take to be prepared for a layoff.
What is Mystery Shopping, and Can You Really Get Paid to Shop? Mystery shoppers visit businesses "disguised as normal customers," and do the things other customers do—ask questions, make a purchase, make a return—but with a twist. These undercover customers evaluate the businesses get paid to shop in their favorite stores, eat in their favorite restaurants and more.
Career Search from Within Finding work that is meaningful and fulfilling is not something we 'figure-out,' abdicate to external forces, nor something we push ourselves to do. Coming to know our right livelihood involves our whole being. Career search from within suggests ways to approach finding work in a less stressful way.
18 Career Enhancement Caveats In your career, as well as in your life, to achieve full capacity and happiness, all of you must be going in the same direction. For career and personal success to achieve its fullest potential, the inside and the outside must match: strength, motivation, passion, strategies and goals must be consistent with who you are and be an extension of who you are -- not to define yourself, but to be defined by you.
Ode to a Spoon I am offering, I suppose, a slightly different view of materialism. It's a different way of looking at the objects in your world, one where you have a mutually beneficial relationship with them.
