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Don’t Be a Tailgater
By Alexandra Levit on Jan. 05, 2009 Comments?
When I lived in the east, I thought tailgating was a Big Apple thing. After all, that gelled with everything I’d ever heard about New Yorkers. Imagine my surprise when I moved to Chicago and discovered that tailgating is just as bad here. Read...
WARNING: This may rock your world*
By Silvana Avinami on Dec. 30, 2008 Comments?
This time last year I was in the middle of making an important decision for my career and life. I had to decide whether or not I would resign from a corporate job that looked fabulous on the outside to write on a full time basis. Read...
Is Our Quest To Accumulate More Stuff Destroying Us?
By Alex Fisher on Dec. 29, 2008 Comments?
Do I stay content with what I have or do I try to get more? This is the question that confuses me in the pursuit of money, success, knowledge, status, image, etc. Read...
What are Temp Agencies, and Why Should You Sign Up With One?
By Amy Fontinelle on Dec. 17, 2008 Comments?
In my experience, temp agencies are a great resource for simplifying your job search. Read...
Anticipating the Dreaded Layoff
By Alexandra Levit on Dec. 12, 2008 Comments?
I admit it. Other than my training business being a bit slow, I thought that this so-called recession wouldn’t really affect me or the people I love. Then, two of my good friends got laid off in one week and I was forced to remove my head from the sand. Read...
Working with your family: a privilege or a curse? (part 2 of 2)
By Silvana Avinami on Dec. 10, 2008 Comments?
In an earlier post I shared with you my positive experiences while working in my mom’s business. To give you the full story, here are some of the major downsides of working with your family: Read...
Working with your family: a privilege or a curse? (part 1 of 2)
By Silvana Avinami on Dec. 08, 2008 Comments?
Here I share with you the major perks that I lived in my first job out of college while working as the assistant manager of my mom’s restaurant group. (In my next post you’ll hear the other side of the story) Read...
Don’t Be Desperate – Lying on Your Resume is a Bad Idea
By Miriam Salpeter on Dec. 05, 2008 Comments?
Desperate people do foolish things. We’ve all watched the movies where the main character, anxious to achieve some goal, takes paths that lead away from the target instead of toward it…Viewers feel like shouting at the screen - NO - STOP! Don’t do it! If you were a character in a movie, what would you say to yourself? Read...
A Long List of Résumé Don'ts
By Working Girl on Dec. 03, 2008 Comments?
In Working Girl's humble opinion, job hunters spend too much time working on their résumés and not enough time out looking for a job. She suspects it may be because people can work on a résumé in the privacy and safety of their own homes. Read...
Economy got you down? Move to Australia (seriously!)
By Lindsey Pollak on Dec. 01, 2008 Comments?
Looking for an alternative to job hunting in the U.S.? It’s now easier than ever to work, study and travel in Australia. Read...
Paycheck Considerations
By Alex Brodd on Dec. 01, 2008 Comments?
The job you just applied for may offer $38,000 a year, but what you take home is going to be much less. Read...
Why Bother With a Day Job When You Want to Be an Entrepreneur?
By Silvana Avinami on Nov. 26, 2008 Comments?
I grant you that the idea of not having a boss to report to, of working on your own terms and schedule, and of wearing whatever you please to the office (or only your boxer shorts) would tempt the best of us. The question is, as an entrepreneur-in-the-making, would you be choosing immediate comfort over what you stand to learn from working within an organization – which in the long run could play to your advantage? Read...
Top Ten Ways to Help Your Job Search This Holiday Season
By Courtney Pike on Nov. 24, 2008 Comments?
It's holiday time, and you may have the urge to forget about your job search until the new year. Contrary to popular belief, not all companies put their hiring on hold during the holidays. Read...
Careers are like relationships, so ask your mom for advice
By Rebecca Thorman on Nov. 21, 2008 Comments?
Careers are like this. Maybe you have an idea, or you really want something, or all of your dreams are suddenly within reach. But you make up excuses of why you can’t get there. You prove every hypothesis on why it won’t work. You extrapolate the worst. You don’t call people when you should. You think less of yourself than you used to. You ask others to comfort your decisions. You trip over your own accomplishments just to see – are you on the right path? Read...
Free “extra help” for your job hunt: Forte Foundation Virtual Campus
By Lindsey Pollak on Nov. 19, 2008 Comments?
If you’re feeling overwhelmed by your job hunt or career management (particularly in this very challenging economy), there are places you can turn for extra help after hours. I’ve written before about the fact that university career services offices provide free job search and career help to all students and alumni, but I’m aware that these offices can be overbooked and, of course, only open during the day. If you need more help, more resources and more advice, and you need all of this late at night or on the weekends (and, let’s be honest, it’s hard to fit in a job search when you have classes and/or a full-time job) , here is a new resource I recommend. Read...
Facebook And The Great Recession Panic Index!
By Jason Simon on Nov. 17, 2008 Comments?
Track your daily economic panic level with the Qvisory Great Recession Panic Index, a new Facebook Application. Read...
Age Discrimination - Lessons Learned - Part IV of IV
By Jason Alba on Nov. 17, 2008 Comments?
This post, part IV of IV, wraps up age discrimination in the workplace (not necessarily in the job search). Today is lessons learned. Read...
Age Discrimination Strategies and Tactics - Parts II and III of IV
By Jason Alba on Nov. 14, 2008 Comments?
This is Part II and III in a four part series. Read the original story here. Our RIF’d (reduction in force - another way of saying “laid off”) friend shares three strategies and tactics he should have employed to be prepared for an age-discrimination-induced-termination. Read...
Age Discrimination Leads To Termination - Part I of IV
By Jason Alba on Nov. 12, 2008 Comments?
This blog post is your wake up call. You're maybe somewhere on the wrong side of an age that ends in a five or a zero. “It’s never going to happen to you” you think. You need to adjust your thinking so that when it does, you’re ready for it. I wasn’t. It’s happening to you, silently; every day you put foot to floor, it puts one more thread to your anchor. Read...
Don’t Panic After College
By Jenn Lahotski on Nov. 12, 2008 Comments?
It's a tough time of uncertainty. It sucks. But we've all been there. When you reach your goals, you'll realize how stupid it was to panic. Read...
What are you doing to shine? 5 ways to stand out in tough times
By Lindsey Pollak on Nov. 10, 2008 Comments?
I was struck by the last line of a recent article in BusinessWeek about career strategies for a recession. The line comes from an executive coach who says: “If you can shine at this moment, you’ll shine forever.” Read...
Connect With Young Professionals
By Alex Fisher on Nov. 10, 2008 Comments?
Get out and connect with young professionals in your area to improve both your work and financial lives. Read...
Top 5 Things to Do When Unemployed
By Erika Mitchell on Nov. 07, 2008 Comments?
The unemployment rate in our country has held steady at an alarming 6.1% since last month, which means thousands of people are hitting the streets looking for a job. Competition for the few jobs that are out there is fierce, and it’s a pretty hairy time to try to stay afloat. With that being said, we’ve come up with a list of things you can do to better weather the storm. Here are the top five ways you can spend your time if your job search is taking longer than you planned. Read...
What Does Obama Mean for Your Money?
By Anya Kamenetz on Nov. 07, 2008 Comments?
What Does Obama Mean for Your Money? Read...
Pinnacle-itis – How do you stay on top?
By Alexandra Levit on Nov. 05, 2008 Comments?
Have you ever noticed that most people who have reached the top of a profession only stay there for a little while? I call it “pinnacle-itis.” Here’s the problem with a brief period of major success. What do you do afterward? Read...
10 Ways You Shouldn't Brand Yourself in a Bad Economy
By Dan Schawbel on Nov. 03, 2008 Comments?
Everyone is writing posts on the economy and tips for beating it. I thought I would join in, but with a personal branding angle to it. Here is my top 10 list of ways you shouldn’t brand yourself during this economy, or at all really, but especially during this time. Read...
Secure Your Job in Uncertain Times
By Courtney Pike on Oct. 31, 2008 Comments?
The headlines have not been pretty lately. Job cuts. Lay offs. Terminations. In such a rocky market, even all-star employees need to take care to secure their job. Hopefully, you are one of the lucky ones who is still gainfully employed. You’ve got a great job, so how can you fire-proof your position? Read...
The Handshake Guide
By Erika Mitchell on Oct. 29, 2008 Comments?
In response to a veritable pandemic of poor handshakes, I have assembled a bit of a guide for how to administer a handshake that will add to, not detract from, that crucial first impression. Here are some guidelines to consider the next time you’re lining up all your ducks in preparation for an interview. Read...
Why Gen Y should talk about politics at work
By Rebecca Thorman on Oct. 27, 2008 Comments?
“Along with sex, money, and religion, politics is one of the most controversial topics of conversation that exists,” he states. “We talk about sex with our closest friends (with whom we probably would not even discuss our income), but this kind of conversation is wisely held after business hours. Neither your salary nor your sex life is anyone’s business at the office.” Except that Generation Y’s rituals fly in the face of Weinsten’s fearsome foursome. Read...
How to Choose Between Coming Clean and Flying Below the Radar
By Erika Mitchell on Oct. 22, 2008 Comments?
I don’t know about you, but there’s one thing that always gets me when I’m looking for a new job when I’m still employed: should I, or should I not, ask my current boss to be a job reference for me? You see, this is a tricky subject because, if you ask your current boss to be a reference for you, he or she will know you’re trying to get out. Hence the problem. Read...
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