July 2012

What to Do When Your Dream Job Becomes a Nightmare

By Jen Hubley Luckwaldt, PayScale.com How is a job like a romantic relationship? Well, sometimes the ideal doesn't match the reality. And then, the breakup can be messy. …

- 11 months, 2 weeks, 1 day, 5 hours, 53 minutes ago

Job Search Checklist: Get a plan

An excerpt from reCareered’s 7/31/12 newsletter discusses why your job search planning (or lack of it) is hurting your chances … Do you have a written job search project plan? For almost…

- 11 months, 2 weeks, 1 day, 6 hours, 5 minutes ago

Choosing The Perfect Avatar For Branding Success

They say a picture speaks a thousand words. The same holds true for your online avatar, the one snapshot you have to illustrate your personal brand. For those of you envisioning the 3D…

- 11 months, 2 weeks, 1 day, 6 hours, 22 minutes ago

Investment in career is not an option if you want results

Dont sing The Lazy Song (by Bruno Mars) and expect results. Today I dont feel like doing anything, I just wanna lay in my bed, dont feel like picking up my phone, so leave…

- 11 months, 2 weeks, 1 day, 6 hours, 36 minutes ago

Investment in career is not an option if you want results

Dont sing The Lazy Song (by Bruno Mars) and expect results. Today I dont feel like doing anything, I just wanna lay in my bed, dont feel like picking up my phone, so leave…

- 11 months, 2 weeks, 1 day, 6 hours, 36 minutes ago

Human Connection: The Power of Vulnerability

Human Beings have an instinctive desire to connect giving our lives meaning and purpose.  Human connection is our ability to empathise, belong and love. I and over 5 million others…

- 11 months, 2 weeks, 1 day, 6 hours, 43 minutes ago

Is Self-Employment Less Risky Than Getting a Job?

By Marissa Brassfield, PayScale.com Does self-employment pose less risk than getting a traditional job? In a column for Lateral Action, Joel D. Canfield proffers four compelling reasons…

- 11 months, 2 weeks, 1 day, 7 hours, 53 minutes ago

New Grads: Considering Video to Augment Your Resume

Continuing a series of posts excerpting portions of the resume-and-cover-letter chapter of Calling All Grads! Turn a Degree into a Job… This post was excerpted from the new eBook…

- 11 months, 2 weeks, 1 day, 9 hours, 5 minutes ago

The Media (and other distribution channels) are liers and are for sale – how that affects your job search

I have learned, over the years, that media is a distribution channel that is easily persuaded. PR companies make gazillions from companies and people who want us, the stupid public, to…

- 11 months, 2 weeks, 1 day, 10 hours, 55 minutes ago

Never job hunt alone!

Job hunting need not be a lonely isolating ordeal.  It can actually be a little fun [yup I'm serious here].  IMHO everyone should have a job-search buddy.  The main…

- 11 months, 2 weeks, 1 day, 12 hours, 9 minutes ago

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