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Tips for Changing Careers -
Terry Mitchell (5,358)     
Terry Mitchell   
Back in the days of our grandparents and even for many of our parents, a career was something you did from the time you got out of college until you retired. Very few people even thought about switching careers, but these days, it`s far more common. In fact, as various industries drop in... ( added 1 day 4 hours ago.) |
What Does Your Boss Really Know About You? -
Andy Carloff (111)  
Andy Carloff
"...there is an understanding among all employers, and all of them resemble one another. All are almost equally irritating, unjust, and harsh." --Mikhail Bakunin, ~ 1870's "The Capitalist System" Your boss will never do the same work as you do. And if they do, it will never be as much or for as... ( added 4 days 22 hours ago.) |
Managing Up: How to Deal with a Bad Boss -
 - Andrea Davis (0) 
Consider yourself extremely lucky if you've never had to bear the wrath of a difficult boss. You may still want to read this article though. I hate to break it to you, but at one point or another in our careers, unfortunately most of us will have to deal with a boss that can make our lives a... ( added 7 days 2 hours ago.) |
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Managing: Don't Distinguish Leadership From Management -
- Andrea Davis (0)
Henry Mintzberg is stirring the pot again. For those of you who don't know who Mintzberg is, he's a professor at the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University in Montreal , Canada . He co-founded the International Masters Program in Practicing Management as an alternative to an MBA... ( added 7 days 4 hours ago.) |
Should You Respond to Online Job Postings and “Help-Wanted” Ads? -
- Ford Myers (24) 
Let's assume that you've just spent a lot of time preparing, strategizing and tooling-up for a job search. Now, you're finally ready to get into action. What's the first thing you're likely to do? Of course! Go online (or open a newspaper or trade publication), to start scanning the job postings... ( added 14 days 3 hours ago.) |
Lease Purchase Trucking: A Career With Pros and Cons -
- Lynda Lacroix (240)
A career as a truck driver is a nomadic one. A trucker will go to bed tonight several hundred miles from where he started this morning. Tomorrow he will deliver and pick up another load headed for another unknown destination. If you are a control freak, you will go crazy trying to be a truck... ( added 6 days 17 hours ago.) |
Assertiveness At Work: How To Be Assertive And Shift Your Career Into Overdrive -
- Michael Lee (27,403)  
People who show assertiveness at work are usually the ones who get noticed, get promoted and enjoy salary raises. Of course, assertiveness is different from aggressiveness. Superiors tend to get threatened or turned off by the latter.
But not everyone is born assertive. And not everyone is a... ( added 10 days 8 hours ago.) |
Why people (especially Oracle DBAs) changes job so frequently in I.T field? -
Gitesh Trivedi (24) 
Important reasons of why people (Specially Oracle DBA) change their job frequently in I.T field. Important factors and reasons behind jumping trend and frequent change job in I.T market.
Today's burning problem and unsolved mystery is that why oracle DBA changes job so frequently. HR people... ( added 13 days 23 hours ago.) |
Finding Your Dream Job in This Troubled Economy -
Dave Dozier (396) 
Dave Dozier
Finding your dream job in today's market is not impossible. You just need to apply some tried and true principles to your job search. This article will provide you with tools that you need in order to succeed.
Promote yourself . You have a lot to offer. Work up a "30 second commercial"... ( added 225 days ago.) |
A Career at Sea , a wife in every port! -
Ieuan Dolby (1,236)  
Ieuan Dolby
Is the Career the same today as yesterday?
Many seafarers are asked how they ended up at sea! Just like
somebody may ask a teacher or a bricklayer why he or she became one,
the answers tend to be varied and often without path to the end... ( added 2 years 253 days ago.) |
Further Your Education and Your Career: The Benefits of the Two-Year Degree -
Danny Davids (19,463)   
Danny Davids
The job market tends to work in cycles. When the economy is good and there are more
jobs to fill than people to fill them, employers look for workers with
experience in a particular industry.
When the economy is not so good, the number of available jobs decreases
as the number of... ( added 3 years 241 days ago.) |
“The Apprentice” and Work Ethics -
Danny Davids (19,463)
Danny Davids
As I’ve confessed in a previous article on SearchWarp
(“Reality TV – No It’s Not!”), I am a big fan of “The Apprentice”. There’s something about watching Donald
Trump point his finger every week and blurt out in his own inimitable way,
“You’re fired!” that appeals to me. My
interest in... ( added 3 years 262 days ago.) |
My Work in the Lab of English for Speakers of Other Languages -
Ken McCreless (1,681)  
Ken McCreless
Greetings Fellow Travelers ...
It was an especially difficult time in my life. Recently divorced with 4 children to take care of, no car, a hurt back, and making my way around using a cane, a back brace and a city bus.
I had made the decision to go to school and get trained to be a... ( added 66 days 16 hours ago.) |
CNC Programming—No Longer A Man’s World -
Sandra E. Graham (10,088) 
Sandra E. Graham
The tiny metal trucks came down the conveyor belt at an alarming rate. My job was to press the tiny axles with two tiny rubber wheels into the slots on each end of the toy trucks. At eighteen years old-straight out of the green fields of Arkansas to the hustle and bustle city of Rockford... ( added 1 year 120 days ago.) |
Are You Damaging Your Career? What Not to Discuss with Co-Workers -
Danny Davids (19,463)
Danny Davids
"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." That may have been true years ago (I doubt it), but in the 21st century, that children's rhyme needs to be tossed into the nearest recycle bin. Words can't be taken back once they've been released, and they can wound for years... ( added 1 year 312 days ago.) |
Are We Having Fun Yet? -
Avis Ward (11,248) 
Avis Ward
"Time flies whether you're having fun or not. It's best to have fun!" - Avis Ward
The U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released their Work and Employment Findings from a 2006 survey. The results, stated below, may or may not surprise you.
Employed persons... ( added 1 year 347 days ago.) |
Did You Hear? Three Surefire Steps to Minimize Gossip at the Office -
Kate Zabriskie (9)
It starts out innocently enough with someone in the break room saying, “Isn’t it a shame about Jack?” Clueless, you reply, “What about Jack?” “Don’t you know about his wife?” When you answer in the negative, your colleague seizes the moment to fill you in on all the gory details of Jack’s wife’s... ( added 3 years 235 days ago.) |
How to Give Deserved Recognition -
Patricia Morgan (148)
Joanne had stayed late to finish the report. When she left the file on her manager’s desk, the workplace was empty and the night was dark. The next morning her boss called her into his office. He immediately pointed out a number of errors, “Your data is off by 5%. Your conclusion cannot be... ( added 4 years 184 days ago.) |
Facebook Resumes -
Ronyae (4,476)  
Ronyae
This article submission is pointed to people who have the strangest desire to put "all" of their personal information on Facebook. Of course the friend site is a great way to stay in touch with your friends, family, co-workers, and classmates. But, it's also a way for employers to research job... ( added 23 days 4 hours ago.) |
Dress Code for an Interview: Casual Friday Doesnt Apply -
- Lynn Ste. Marie (172)
Fashion trends come and go but the tried and true formulas for interviewing never go out of style.
With the economy and business declining, unemployment at levels we haven't seen for many years, and insecurity and uncertainty prevalent, companies have become less inclined to take risks when... ( added 164 days 19 hours ago.) |
Layoff? After The Despair, Prepare -
- Helen Ewing (29) 
Helen Ewing
After being laid off four times in 22 years, I know what it is like first hand. The first time was by far the most devastating. Thoughts of, "What am I going to do now?" come flooding through. Questions of, "What did I do wrong to deserve this?" dominate our minds. That unanswered question leads... ( added 170 days 3 hours ago.) |
Changing Jobs in an Unstable Economy---Is This a Bad Move? -
Sandra E. Graham (10,088)
Sandra E. Graham
Starting a new job can be scary in the best of times; but what about right now when the economy is on its last leg and jobs are becoming as scarce as hen's teeth? Do you dare give up a position that you have worked at for several years, a job that furnishes security, comfort, stability; and step... ( added 249 days 15 hours ago.) |
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Lawyer Layoffs Launched -
Joel Hirschhorn (2,872) 
Joel Hirschhorn
Except when you get in trouble and need one, a favorite American pastime is to condemn and ridicule lawyers. Not only have we witnessed a cancerous proliferation of lawyers in our nation, now over 1.1 million, but for a long time all we have heard is how much incredible money most lawyers make.... ( added 256 days 1 hour ago.) |
Can You Believe I Lost 13.5 Million Dollars? It's Incredible! -
Gary W. Halsey Sr. (4,460) 
Gary W. Halsey Sr.
I asked myself, why me? What did I do to deserve this? Of course I am talking about a opportunity that I had receiving 13.5 Million dollars! The beauty of it was, I didn't even know the person...how good is that? I had received a letter from a generous soul in Nigeria, and they had informed me... ( added 291 days 2 hours ago.) |
Budget? I'm Unemployed - What Budget? -
Ben Ramsey (59) 
Ben Ramsey
Maintaining a budget is difficult under normal circumstances, but trying to balance your checkbook, compute your finances, and make ends meet when you're unemployed is definitely a challenge. If you were financially savvy when you had a job (that leaves me out) you might already have a budget in... ( added 298 days 1 hour ago.) |
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