As the holiday season approaches, many companies organize fun events to celebrate fall, winter holidays and year-end traditions. If your company has events in place, but would ...
Why should I hire Gen Y? Employers ask me this question every day. Then they start in with their stories about people my age. One of my recent favorites: "I know all about ...
This recession has been merciless to recruiters. I don’t have any statistics, but anecdotal evidence indicates that thousands of recruiters have been laid off and that hundreds of ...
LinkedIn Invitation Etiquette
Lately I have noticed a flurry of LinkedIn invitation activity. What bothers me is not the amount of invitations being sent or received but how ...
How many of you can honestly say you know exactly what you want to be when you grow up? Maybe you already have it figured out, and maybe you are already living and working it. ...
Would you go to an interview dressed in shorts and flip flops? I certainly hope not. If you are, seriously… STOP. My point is this, if you are worried about your first impression ...
Personal branding is the new trend—and I'm sure, if you've been in the job search market and done even minimal research about resume writing, then you've heard these terms: ...
Executive Resumes: Assuring You Offer Impressive ROI
As an executive, you are probably well aware of what the acronym ROI means: return on investment. In the world of business, ...
One of the most draining experiences one can endure is the job search. While it may seem like a piece of cake to draw up a few resumes and cover letters, search jobs and submit ...
Are you in a career that you dislike but you feel there is nothing you can do about it?
Many of us stay in our careers (and jobs) longer than we want because we are unsure ...
SAN FRANCISCO—With its proposed acquisition by Oracle Corp. being delayed by regulators, Sun Microsystems Inc. plans to cut 3,000 jobs across several regions over the next 12 ...
SAN FRANCISCO—NOR flash vendor Spansion Inc. acknowledged that the company cut an undisclosed number of jobs Monday (Oct. 26).
A Spansion spokesperson said through a prepared ...
Banks, Consulting firms, and Financial advisors top Finance hiring during October 2009, based on job advertisements open for 30 days from the top job boards.
Do you know who you are ... on paper?
Thanks to an amazing membership with Career Directors International, I had the distinct pleasure of hosting a booth at the most recent ...
While you might have been to job fairs when you were just starting out, you've probably tended to ignore them as your career has improved. But now, a job fair may have just popped ...
Most people are pretty nervous when preparing for an interview, whether it’s their first or 51st time. However there are some individuals who are beyond nervous when interview ...
Traditional interview questions are nerve-wracking enough to answer. When interviewers ask tough interview questions, you can be thrown off your game. To prepare for these ...
Who's Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity. Not only is this valuable for job seekers, but for business analysts, corporate strategists, ...
LONDON — The Americas region achieved actual sales of $3.22 billion in August 2009, up 7.6 percent from the same month a year before, according to "actual" data from the World ...
