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Staying In The Game


The message came from Human Resources. There's nothing to worry about with the newly announced organizational changes and pending merger, it reassured.

Should I leave My Job?


Most of us have to work for a living. Since we spend so many hours each week at our jobs, it's very important that there is a good fit.

Recovering From a Career Crisis


If you have ever experienced any of the following, you have had a career crisis:? Losing your job? Being fired? Burning out? Not wanting to do your job for one more dayA career crisis can be caused either by someone else (being laid off) or by your own feelings (burning out).Common Causes of Career CrisesThere are many reasons why people experience career crises.

Leaders Meet Challenge Heads-UP With Confidence --


Maybe "buck" is better referred to as the Boss' Challenge. Business owners are faced with making lots of decisions - some quickly made - others take more time with greater consequences.

Formal Business Attire is Making a Comeback


The dot com boom of 1990s brought with it a laissez-faire attitude to dress code. Business casual was not a word that was part of our daily vocabulary.

Beat the Crowd with Winning Resume Cover Letters


Far too many people underestimate the importance of resume cover letters. In a sense, a well written cover letter works like an agent on your behalf.

The Perfect Fit: Women & Franchising


An interesting combination of factors at this time in history may be the reason so many women are turning to franchising to fulfill their entrepreneurial desires. Women's increased financial power, better education, and corporate experience, combined with their desire for more autonomy and desire to connect with others who share their values make franchising a great fit for many women.

How To Start Your Own House Cleaning Business


If you are thinking about starting your own house cleaning business, begin by evaluating your present circumstances. There are no right or wrong answers to these questions, but how you reply will affect what you do.

Cleaning Houses for a Living Has Some Unexpected Benefits


If you're looking for a way to earn a living or just to make some extra money on the side, cleaning houses for a living is probably not the first thing that comes to mind.Cleaning houses? Doesn't that sound like a lot of unpleasant, grungy work?Yes, it does sound pretty unpleasant, and that is exactly why there is very good profit in it.

Create A Rappin' Resume


(Percussion sounds emanating from who knows where while you listen to the cadence of the words below.)It's time to sell yourself.

Get Your Dream Job!


Anyone who is a jobseeker knows that looking for a new job or career is a job in itself. Once you have completed the laborious task of writing your resume and submitting it to various companies, you now have to pass the screen test to get the job.

Career Development - When Its Time for a Change


There's a certain courage required to hear your gut. To really be true to how you are feeling.

So you want to work at home


There are several ways to work from home. Some of the more popular ways are affiliate programs, direct marketing and starting your own business.

5 Ways to Profit From No Child Left Behind (NCLB)


The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (No Child Left Behind) is designed to reform and improve student achievement and change the culture of America's schools. According to this reform act each state must measure every public school student's progress in reading and math in each of grades 3 through 8 and at least once during grades 10 through 12.

The Importance of Background Verification


Today's society has created an environment that requires business owners to be armed with numerous tools. Many employers currently spend little time verifying the accuracy of employment applications and the cost of not doing normal due diligence can be staggering.

What You Cant Ask a Job Candidate is as Important as What You Can Ask


As a human resources professional or business owner, you face many challenges during the hiring process, from sorting through stacks of job applicant résumés to making an attractive offer to the one person you believe best matches the specifications of your open position's job description. The whole procedure is more than time-consuming; it can be stressful as well.

Should You Telework/Telecommute


"WOW! I can work from home and make money? I can sit around in my PJ's and work whenever I want? How great, I want to be a Teleworker!"There is much more to being a teleworker then working in your PJ's or working when you want to. Yes, those are nice benefits to teleworking, but you'd be surprised by how much work goes into working from home.

Using Keywords to Find Legitimate Telecommuting Job Leads


Many people are choosing telecommuting as an option to bring in an income while being at home. Whatever the reasons that we choose to work at home, the one thing we all have in common is the problem of locating legitimate jobs online.

Opportunities in Automotive Services Industries - How To Cash In


I believe it would be safe to say that the transportation industry is one of the highest revenue producers in today's modern economies.Millions upon millions of private passenger vehicles rule the highways and rural roads in countries around the world.

How To Find Your Dream Job


Here's the bottom line: many people work in jobs that aren't what they want or are less than they deserve.It's partly the pull of inertia (better the devil you know.

Image and Style Count


When I was a child, there was a pool nearby and every year my parents bought us season tickets. My brother and I swam there everyday.

What is My Calling?


"What is my calling?" Do any of us really have complete clarity about our life calling? Even those of us with the knowingness we must teach, write or sing may often ask, "What direction am I to go, now?" How do we answer these soulful questions?Richard Bolles, author of "What Color is My Parachute?" and the granddaddy of the employment industry says, when people are asked what they would like to do they often respond with "I don't know." Bolles maintains this is because people interpret the question to be "What am I going to do with the rest of my life?"This question is too big, too daunting, immobilizing people.

Online Business: The Underground Railroad for Corporate Escapees


Millions of people everyday spend eight hours or more in a small padded cubicle. The curious thing about it is they choose to do that.

Recruiting on the Web Requires Special Record Keeping for Legal Purposes


With the age of the Internet upon us, recruiting methods have expanded dramatically. Staffing companies now regularly use the Web to locate qualified candidates for their open positions.

How To Establish Trust, Credibility and Enthusiasm To Your Interviewer


If you use your voice to get attention, you use your eyes to hold attention. People tend to believe you, trust you, and listen to what you say if you are looking at them.

Bartending School Online- Earn Your Bartender Training From Home


Many young adults flock to bars, lounges and clubs on a weekly basis. They spend hundreds sometimes thousands of dollars on entertaining themselves and their friends.

Finally Revealed: The Top 7 Resume Killers?


During my job search I read dozens of books and articles took programs and evensat at the feet of two of the most experienced Human Resource professionals. In afew moments, you will learn the real keys to standing out and rising above thenorm.

3 Questions No Job Seeker Ever Wants To Be Asked?


Employer and interviewers expect you to answer tough question during interviews. Take a few minutes to brainstorm on how you might elaborate on the following answers.

Why Are 95% of Job Applicants Not Called Back?


Have you been desperately looking for a job and keep coming up short? Despite all that you do, does every attempt you make seem to fail? Are you at that point of quitting? Ever wonder why you have not been called back? Not long ago, I was right where you are. I was all over the place, running here and there looking for the magic pill to help me.

Are You Making These Common Job Interview Mistakes?


Going to an interview without a plan of action is like going out on a football field without a game plan. Total disaster! Suppose I were to ask you right now.

The Top Ten Strategies of A Great Interview


You've just received a call to interview with your dream company. Do you know how to prepare for the interview so that you'll feel confident, have a good experience and set yourself apart from others? Try following the steps below and you'll not only be well prepared, you'll present yourself as a true professional.

Top 10 Super Job Interview Tips


Use these interview tips for job hunting success!It's a tough job market out there today. And gettingthe job you want requires more than just a killerresume.

Pair Your Powerful Resume with a Great Cover Letter


Every great resume deserves a great cover letter.A cover letter is crucial because it's the first thingthe hiring manager sees.

Top 10 Resume Writing Tips to Get You the Interview


There are many reasons why you could be in the marketfor a new job right now. Perhaps.

Writing a Resume: To Template or Not To Template?


Are free resume templates a viable answer to preparing akiller resume?It's a fact that if your resume doesn't stand out--both interms of content AND appearance-- you'll find it verydifficult to get the job you seek.Hiring managers get hundreds of resumes for every openposition, but usually have time to interview only a handfulof applicants.

Resume Objectives: How Do You Know if Resume Objectives Are Right for You?


Some experts say NEVER bother with resume objectives.While others say they should be an essential element onevery resume.

What Do Employees Wish for Most (And How To Get It)


What do many employees wish for at work? A bonus or raise. At least that's so according to results from a recent survey developed by OfficeTeam, a global staffing service that specializes in placing administrative professionals.

What Do You Want From Life?


The tragedy for millions of people is that they never decidewhat they want from life and make plans for it. Life will provide whatever we demand.

7 Steps to Effective Communication


The success of any business or organization depends largely on how effectively the members communicate. The ability to speak well is a minimum requirement of some businesses when hiring.

Resume Writing Service Website


Promote Your Resume Business Website!While we make our websites to be search engine friendly and easy to navigate, you need to do your share. Resume Businesses on the net are becoming popular, but there is no particular market dominator.

Job Search Techniques: Smashing The Gray Ceiling


For decades, women have chaffed at the invisible glass ceiling which prevents their moving into the high executive brackets that their competence, knowledge and skills have earned. The same amorphous barrier confronts older workers both in terms of advancement within a company and, most especially, when a job change is required.

Job Search: Age-Proofing Your Resume


Older job hunters fear interviews where their age cannot be concealed and where an initial response of dismay on an interviewer's face, quickly hidden, confirms their anticipation of discrimination. The mature job seeker often prefers the anonymity of mailed resumes, e-mailed inquiries, internet applications, and telephone contacts.

Unemployment Survival: Taking Back Control


One of the most emotionally crippling aspects of unemployment is the sense of powerlessness it engenders. Job layoff triggers financial pressures, emotional distress, family turmoil, and dashed career hopes.

Unemployment Survival: Creating a Sense of Security


In a time of economic downturn, international turmoil, company restructuring and corporate mergers run amok, thousands of people are either out of work or fearful of losing their jobs.Is there, then, such a thing as job security?No job, in itself, is totally secure.

Tackling Your Unemployment Creatively


Are you unemployed or been laid off? You are not alone if that is any comfort to you. Worldwide millions of people are in the same predicament as you are.

Spiritual Practices Offer Peace and Acceptance


Facing career transitions and daily life challenges can leave us feeling lonely, stressed and anxious. How do we manage to deal with the financial and emotional stress of having a home, a car, work (or no work), kids and a spouse in this too-busy world?Spiritual practices can help us navigate through the turmoil of work and life transitions with more acceptance and peace.

Resumes That Work: 3 Steps to More and Better Interviews


All of us involved with helping you get a new job, whether as third party recruiters or as representatives of a company, are evaluating you for employment are all receiving hundreds of emailed resumes a day. Having done professional search work for more than thirty years, I have seen both resumes change and how they are delivered change.

Phone Interviews: Prepare to Ace Them!


More companies are saving time and effort by doing initial telephone interviews before committing themselves to hours of time assessing and evaluating applicants. They are doing this because, frankly, it's a good way to save a team's time from interviewing obviously unqualified people.

The Squirrel Effect


An industrious black-tailed ground squirrel has his home beneath a stump not far from my office window. I've been watching him squirrel away provisions for winter.

Lets Talk About Trust


I agree with Brooker T. Washington, "Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.


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Why Do Interviews Die: That Sinking Feeling and How to Prevent it!
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Networking is the Key to Star Performance in Everything You Do.
Many people's idea of networking relates to the 'size of their Christmas Card List, rather than the quality of their relationship with each person on that list. Similarly those people network, but few reap the rewards of zeroing in on their potential.
Rekindling Passion for Work
Passion comes in many forms. I'm focused on the version of passion that is "boundless enthusiasm".
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