Career Planning
Favorable Job Forecast For 2011 Announced
Tweet The headwinds for job seekers may begin to ease in 2011, at least that is what the online career site, CareerBuilder.com, is forecasting in their annual job forecast released
7 Steps to a New Job in 2011
Tweet 2010 is fading into oblivion, yet another year for the history books. This year marks the third consecutive tough one for many people who have had to weather an
Manage Expectations When Looking For Work At Year End
Tweet People who are looking for work as the year comes to a close are facing a harsh reality: unemployment is nearing 10 percent and the job opportunities are scarce.
Top Five Tax Deductibles for Contractors
Tweet By Alex Simmonds Around the world more and more people are making the change to freelance, contract or consulting work, swayed by the freedom and flexibility of self-employment and
22 Ways to Blow Your Next Interview
Tweet Unemployment remains high which means when candidates finally snag an interview, they need to be mindful that lots of other people may be applying for the same job. These
Realistic Home Based Businesses You Can Do
Tweet Working at home, 21st century style. Forget licking envelopes or giving out fliers on behalf of a business. Thanks to the web, there are many more opportunities for you
Turned Down For a Raise? Seek These Instead.
Tweet It has been more than two years since your last raise, your company having frozen all salaries in the face of tough economic times. You’re grateful for your job,
4 Talents of the Successful Headhunter
Tweet Princeton University’s lexical database defines a headhunter as, “a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies.” But the word also has another meaning, “
Survey Says Retirement Is A Dream For Some
Tweet Putting off retirement for valid reasons Some employees long for the day when the shackles of work have finally been removed from them. For most people that event comes
Will You Still Be Able To Retire On Schedule?
Tweet Over the past few years, millions of Americans have come to the realization that their retirement plans may have to change. With pensions and retirement accounts decimated, housing values
7 Job Hunting Tips For The Newly Unemployed
Tweet Have you recently lost your job? If so, you’re part of a large group of Americans who are out of work. Unemployment is around 10 percent while the number
7 Tips To Help You Overcome The Job Loss Blues
Tweet With unemployment hanging around ten percent, chances are you know someone, somewhere who is without a job. Maybe that someone is you. Even if you’re not unemployed, there is
7 Ways To Prepare For Retirement
Tweet Tens of millions of Americans received some very bad news within the past year: their retirement plans were likely to be altered, in some cases drastically so. No, I’m
Age Discrimination And Your Job Search
Tweet For someone going through a career transition who is in their forties or above, one very real challenge they may be facing is ageism or age discrimination. Impacting men
Handling Workplace Change During Tough Times
Tweet Make no mistake about it: we’re in an economic recession, one of the toughest ones most people have faced in their lifetimes. For anyone who has yet to reach
