If you’re up on job-search and career-development advice, you’ve likely been hearing the term “personal brand” used more and more. By all accounts, developing and maintaining a consistent, effective personal brand is as important to the modern worker (in just…
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The Power of Persuasion
Oct 21
I recently had the pleasure of speaking to Chris St. Hilaire, the author of “27 Powers of Persuasion: Simple Strategies to Seduce Audiences & Win Allies,” for a new article on Monster+HotJobs, “The Art of Persuasion in Your Job Search.”…
What Not to Wear to Work
Oct 5
We recently engaged in a lively discussion, via Twitter, about the worst workplace style faux pas our followers had ever seen. And what was the most common “worst,” according to our tweeps? Skin–that is, too much of it. It seems…
What Not to Wear to Work
Oct 5
We recently engaged in a lively discussion, via Twitter, about the worst workplace style faux pas our followers had ever seen. And what was the most common “worst,” according to our tweeps? Skin–that is, too much of it. It seems…
Work Wisdom for Women
Sep 20
Jones New York has recently posted an online book you’ve got to check out. Called “The Little Black Book of Career Advice,” it’s a collection of career advice, wisdom, and humor from more than 100 of the world’s most influential…
Sure, social media enthusiasts like to think of themselves as “rock stars,” but as the MTV Video Music Awards proved, there’s still a long way to go before they’re the real thing. In typical fashion, Lady Gaga was the talk of the night with her “meat dress”. While we can’t think of many other offices other than the MTV stage where this qualifies as “work appropriate” attire, we’re hoping this casual Friday comes and goes without any similar choices. No matter what you’re wearing to the office or to interviews, here are the top 5 stories from the world of work you might have missed this week:
Here’s a look at Monster.com’s top 5 stories from the world of job seeking you might have missed.
The top 5 stories from the world of job seeking you might have missed by Monster.com.
We recently posted an article by Monster Senior Contributing Writer John Rossheim offering insight into a question we get from job seekers all the time — why am I getting interviews, but never the job? With five applicants for every…
About 10 days ago, I began a second and final round of interviewing, and everything went swimmingly. I was thrilled when the recruiter called to say there was a job offer in the making. But sealing the deal with this…
