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Looking for Work During the Holidays: Why it Works
It’s the holidays! Time for great food; enjoying the red, green, yellow, blue, and white lights; listening to noels as well as goofy old-fashioned holiday songs (which still make you a tad weepy in a good way because they remind you of your grandmother); watching...
Why – Oh, Why! – is Organizational Change So Hard?
If you work in HR or in some management or leadership capacity at your company and if you’ve ever been part of a committee charged with some form of “organizational change management” at your firm, we don’t have to tell you plain fraught such a task can be. Few of us...
4 Reasons Why You’re Unhappy at Work
It’s unfortunate but it happens to all of us at least once in our working lives: we really dislike our job. As in, we really, really, REALLY dislike it! Hate is not a too-forceful description of how we feel about our job. In fact, if at least one of the following four...
Busting Freelancer Myths
Do you think freelancers/independent contractors are good just for “quick fix” projects? You may want to think again because these types of professionals can be a great way to take advantage of their skills without committing to them full time. What’s more, it’s not...
Are You Really Overqualified or is it Age Discrimination?
You’re 43. You’ve been laid off or you’ve decided to look for another position. You start networking and even applying for opportunities you find interesting. You get a few interviews (but it feels as if they are fewer in number than they were when you last looked for...
Why Working in Staffing is a GREAT Career
Arguably some of the best kept secrets when it comes to careers are working as a recruiter, manager and/or sales professional in the staffing industry. If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve worked with us either as a temporary associate or client so you know what...
In Your Job Search, Focus on What You Can Control
Famous UCLA basketball coach John Wooden used to tell his players to focus only on those things they could control. His wisdom applies to your job search: you can’t control how many job interviews you receive but you can control how many people you reach out to. You...
Attracting the Attention of Top Talent: 5 Tactics
How hard is it to attract top talent in today’s hot candidate’s market? Really tough. With unemployment at a 16-year low, with just 1.17 unemployed job seekers for every open position (compared to almost 7 unemployed job hunters to vacancies in mid-2009) it’s mighty...
When You Get Caught in a Lie
It happens: you’re feeling great and there’s a ball game you’d love to see playing downtown that afternoon. So you call your boss in the morning, giving the best “I have a bad cold” impersonation you can muster, telling her you’re not feeling well. She buys it and you...