When it comes to looking for a job, everyone understands the importance of having a resume. A resume is the only way to show your experience, education, and skills in one easy to read format to send directly to the positions which you are applying to. As an experienced job seeker, you may find yourself…
Whether you are a new college graduate, or are looking to make a career change, finding a job becomes a stressful time in anyone’s life. Endless hours of sending out resumes and waiting for phone calls is enough to frustrate any would-be job seeker and leave them running for the hills. When the future of…
Are you being beaten to the jobs post by youngsters who come complete with lower salary expectations and better qualifications? With so few decent job vacancies available, and with so many people chasing them, if you don’t ‘tick all the boxes’ for an employer, then your application is going to be dead in the water….
I’ve read in some advice articles that going for a job is like being an entrant in a sprint race. You do hours of tough preparation, turn up on the day of the race, and then run like the hounds of hell are baying at your heels until you (hopefully) are the one who breaks…
So says an old Persian proverb. In our clean-shaven society one could also say that a man might be ‘dopey’ if he wasn’t – until recently, that is. Confused? If I said that I’m referring to male Disneyland employees, maybe I’d make a bit more sense. It’d be clearer still if I used a capital…
You’re getting towards the end of an interview. The interviewer’s given you a lot of chat about the company which, in all probability, has bored the pants off both of you. Suddenly he or she stops, they look you straight in the eyes, and then ask that awful question, “Do you have any questions?” Go…
It’s 2012 in case you hadn’t noticed. Did you make your New Year’s resolutions and, more to the point perhaps, have you already broken them? That’s the trouble with good intentions – our actions (or inactions) often mean that we quickly start falling short of our lofty goals and then, frustrated with ourselves, we simply…
How often have you shaken hands with someone and ended up feeling: Unclean Creepy Depressed Irritated Desperate to get away In need of immediate physiotherapy Come on, be honest with me. I don’t know about you but a large proportion of the countless handshakes I’ve had over the years have left me feeling one or…
Gas prices rose to over $4 a gallon at the beginning of 2011 – making it double that of what it was just two years ago. Therefore I reckon it’s high time to reconsider the economics of your work and I’m not even debating the ethics of using up the planet’s resources. Even at $4…
Have you got your excuses nicely rehearsed and polished? Everyone else is doin’ it … Didn’t think they’d miss it … It was just the first time … Won’t happen again, I promise … Apart from the subject matter, they’ve all got one thing in common – none of them work. If you get caught…