emailprint photo credit: o5com With the current climate of unemployment (8.6% inNovember 2011, although it’s expected to rise closer to 9% once holiday retail workers are no longer needed), many workers are taking jobs for which they are overqualified. Whether it’s the young college graduate with a master’s degree taking a part-time retail job to… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Job Search
4 Job Search Lessons Learned from Our Favorite Video Games
Last year, Jane McGonigal, a game designer and researcher gave a TED Talk about the gaming industry’s contributions to the world. McGonigal speculated that committed gamers are equipped with an “epic win” passion that gives them a sense of purpose and focus. McGonigal’s theory can be extended to job seekers. After all, if job seekers… Continue Reading
Dice.com – 5 tips for video interviews
photo credit: sevgi.k Video interviews will become more prevalent as we move forward. But video interviews are not like face-to-face interviews and as part of my work on Dice.com, I give you five tips to succeed at video interviews. Check it out by clicking here.
Can You Get Around a Firing When Interviewing for Work?
photo credit: muffytyrone When you used to look around the cubicles at work, did you ever stop and wonder if this co-worker or that co-worker had ever been fired? For many workers, the pink slip has come in an unceremonious way all too often, leading them down a trip to the unemployment line. Whether it… Continue Reading
How to get a job at a startup
photo credit: modelxing This is a guest post from Evan Thomas. =========================== If your hoodie is your best friend, you survive on ramen and coffee, and The Social Network is top watched on your Netflix account, you’re getting there. But the hallmarks of a would-be Silicon Valley star alone don’t necessarily mean you’ll have a… Continue Reading
Unemployment hurts your confidence – and how to get it back
photo credit: topshampatti Losing your job due to a layoff is tough business. No matter how much you expect a layoff to happen and no matter how well prepared, the layoff is a shock. Then, on top of it, getting your money out of the company turns into a big project right when you have… Continue Reading
The Top 3 Reasons Having a Blog Can Help Your Job Search
This is a guest post from Gerrit Hall, the CEO of RezScore. —————————————— Today, it seems like just about everyone has a blog. Darth Vader has a blog, Spiderman has a blog, even I have a blog! With this blog-craze going around, you might be wondering if a blog is the right thing for you…. Continue Reading
The ultimate job offer rule
photo credit: sashafatcat You can taste the job offer right after the job interview — sweet! Your company research, practicing interview questions, and designing interview questions for the hiring manager worked beautifully. And the best part? The perfect job! Just the one you were looking for and one where you think the manager’s working style… Continue Reading
5 reasons to update a resume while still employed
photo credit: SOCIALisBETTER photo credit: SOCIALisBETTER This is a guest post by Gerrit Hall from RezScore…Scot ============================ You’re one of the lucky ones (or a Cubicle Warrior…Scot): You have a job and are not actively looking for a new one. You’ve filed away your resume, and your cover letter, in the hopes that you won’t… Continue Reading
The dirty little secret about job search advice
photo credit: malloreigh Looking for advice on how to land your next job? Want to know how to break out of long-term unemployment? Do a little searching with your favorite search engine and you’ll get hundreds of thousands of articles on the ten best ways to get your next job. Or how to answer the… Continue Reading
