Would you consider your career path typical? Did you move step-by-step from an assistant to a senior director in the same company or same industry? Or did you zig-zag from salesperson to set designer to sea captain and beyond?Online salary database P
Archive for November, 2009
The recession may be over, but the job market recovery is lagging way behind. And experts say the situation may get worse before it gets better.”In the aftermath of recessions, there’s always a period of jobless recovery,” says John Challenger,
There are dozens of factors that affect whether or not you land a job: from your work and expertise to your education and your personality. In addition to these weighty factors, your appearance also counts, in particular good grooming. Fashion stylis
Are you interested in health care but don’t have the time, means, or background required to become a doctor? If so, you’ve got something in common with the majority of people working in health care today. In 2008, approximately 11 million Americans w
Would you consider your career path typical? Did you move step-by-step from an assistant to a senior director in the same company or same industry? Or did you zig-zag from salesperson to set designer to sea captain and beyond?Online salary database P
Old-school job-search advice is the worst. We read and hear it everywhere, yet no one can trace its source. Who made up the rule that we can’t use “I” in a resume, for instance? What’s worse is that most traditional job-seeking advice doesn’t wo
Ah, Thanksgiving — the mother of all meals and the gateway to the holiday season. What better way to ‘celebrate’ our health than to gorge on turkey, stuffing and more? And this year, on top of high unemployment rates, we…
October was another dark month for the American worker, as the unemployment rate rose from 9.8% to 10.2%, the highest level since April 1983. More than 15 million Americans are now out of work, and they remain unemployed for an average of 28 weeks. N
October was another dark month for the American worker, as the unemployment rate rose from 9.8% to 10.2%, the highest level since April 1983. More than 15 million Americans are now out of work, and they remain unemployed for an average of 28 weeks. N
At the age of 52, Josh Moritz, a successful entrepreneur who owns a small interactive ad agency in Westport, Connecticut, decided to make a change. Even though he’s beyond the traditional school age, Moritz headed back to the classroom to pursue an M
