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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 12 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 6 days 16 hours ago.) |
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 6 days 17 hours ago.) |
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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 13 days 16 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 224 days 14 hours 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.) |
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.) |
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 9 hours ago.) |
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 255 days 15 hours ago.) |
Moving the Career from Ship to Shore -
Ieuan Dolby (1,236)  
Ieuan Dolby
Seafarers are sometimes required to move ashore, maybe to take their skills into a shipping company's office, to give up the roaming life due to poor and deteriorating health, to appease the nagging wife or to simply climb to the next rung of the ladder. Whatever the reason that provokes the move... ( added 1 year 11 days ago.) |
The Most Frequently Asked Questions About Resumes and CVs -
Hannah Quinn (18,293)  
Hannah Quinn
Answers to common questions which can make your Resume more competitive
As a Professional Resume Editor, I receive many enquiries
about how to go about writing a Resume or CV. Here is an abbreviated list of
the most common. They are areas most people are unsure about, especially as to
what... ( added 1 year 185 days ago.) |
The Attributes To Success In This Modern Age. -
- Robert Melaccio, Sr. (5,156)  
Robert Melaccio, Sr.
Herein I have given my opinion only for the attributes one must implement to be successful in this modern age. In fact if you truly search for them in persons of position and power in my opinion you will, in many cases, find them all present in one or multiple ways. That certainly is not to say... ( added 1 year 313 days ago.) |
Your Own Cleaning Business May Be Right For Fulltime Moms -
Susan Thom (12,048) 
Susan Thom
When my kids were young, we needed more money, period. I had an infant, a three year old, and a five year old. Their father was away two weeks and home two weeks. I tried to think of something I could do to bring some money in.
With his schedule, and their demands, I was coming up blank.... ( added 2 years 109 days ago.) |
Hanging up the Discharge Book -
Ieuan Dolby (1,236)
Ieuan Dolby
The Discharge Book
Photo Copyright © Ieuan Dolby, 2007
Seafaring is a career, one that many may have simply fallen into,
been forced into through the lack of options or something that was
planned and dreamed about ever since 'daddy' took the belt out of the
top... ( added 2 years 111 days ago.) |
The Art of Conferencing -
Deirdre Reilly (436) 
Deirdre Reilly
A few weeks ago, I went to the National Society of Newspaper Columnist ’s annual conference, where journalists and columnists from all over the country join together as colleagues and wonder what time the hospitality suite is open. This year the convention was held in Philadelphia , a city... ( added 2 years 126 days ago.) |
Employee Recognition: Have You Said Your “Thank Yous” Today? -
Eugenia Tripputi (214) 
Eugenia Tripputi
In a busy work world, where deadlines seem tighter, resources are less each day, and the bottom line appears to take priority over people, we put aside the fact that those very same individuals we forget to acknowledge are the ones who make things happen. Oftentimes, perhaps more frequently than... ( added 2 years 266 days ago.) |
Have You Ever Been Fired From a Job? -
Corrie Petersen (200)
If you’ve ever been fired, this question is probably the one interview question you dread the most. Not only have you had a bad experience, but you have to talk about it – again and again. How you deal with this question in your interviews will depend a lot on how you have resolved the issue with... ( added 2 years 274 days ago.) |
Fired? The Interview Solution -
- Judi Perkins (865) 
Judi Perkins
So you were fired? Now what? How will you explain it when you interview?
There are many questions that plague job seekers. “What salary are you looking for?" is a big one. “Why should we hire you?" is another. And “Why did you leave your last job?" can leave you spluttering if you... ( added 3 years 38 days ago.) |
Survival Techniques for a Workplace that Just Won't Stop Changing -
Eugenia Tripputi (214)
Eugenia Tripputi
“Change is inevitable," we have all heard, “and it is the only constant we can count on." What a true statement that is! Yet someone along the way forgot to acknowledge and tell us how hard change is for those of us called “humans." There seems to be a disconnect between the outdated equipment we... ( added 3 years 41 days ago.) |
First Impressions: What's Your Image Saying? -
Brandon Iurato (32) 
Brandon Iurato
A great first impression opens the door so you can make a second impression…and then a third. Consider this: Your physical appearance is your visual resume. What signals are you sending? Positive first impressions are tough to pull off for many of us. What are you doing…or saying to make sure... ( added 3 years 49 days ago.) |
5 Effective Work Habits For Fresh Graduates -
Long Yun Siang (36) 
Long Yun Siang
Being new in the working world, I am sure you are eager to show off your newfound skills and knowledge. However, out there in the working world some basic work effective habits can increase your productivity. By being consistently effective at your work increases your chances of success in your... ( added 3 years 91 days ago.) |
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Your Next Job: Is the Company "Growth Oriented"? -
- Judi Perkins (865)
Judi Perkins
Probably 95% of all job seekers (perhaps a conservative estimate) are looking for a company that is growth oriented. As opposed to one that is shrinking? Or going out of business? Small start-ups are growth oriented, and so are $50B corporations, but there is a great deal of difference between... ( added 3 years 115 days ago.) |
Your Next Job: You Want A "People Oriented" Company? -
- Judi Perkins (865)
Judi Perkins
Let's face it - while we go to work to WORK, no one is expected to keep their head down the entire time they're at the office, not speak to anyone else, and forego the occasional cigarette break if they're a smoker. Yet companies expect, and have a right to expect, productivity out of their... ( added 3 years 115 days ago.) |
Your Next Job: Looking For The "Right Opportunity?" -
- Judi Perkins (865)
Judi Perkins
During interviews it's often the little things that disqualify a candidate from consideration - and they don't even realize it. One of those is the use of phrases that are trite and ambiguous. Because people go to interviews without searching inside themselves for why they're changing and what... ( added 3 years 115 days ago.) |
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