Many employers today perform what are called pre-screening interviews with job candidates. These often are shorter...
Acing the Pre-Screening Job Interview
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5 Tips to Help Your Career Thrive During COVID-19
These are uncertain times. The pandemic has disrupted many careers. But whether the pandemic is a career stumbling...
When it’s Time to Start Your “Plan B” Job Search
When the pandemic hit, and lockdowns proliferated, companies began furloughs and layoffs. You lost your job. Since...
Is 50 the New 65?
Why There's a Good Chance Your Career Could be Over in Your 50s If you’re nearing 50, older than 50 or plan on being 50 someday, you need to read this: ProPublica.org published a story in late December – one backed up by rigorous research with the...
Dealing with an Over-talkative Co-Worker
What’s by far the best thing about work? Engaging with colleagues! Several studies have found that the thing just about all of us like about work the most is the camaraderie and engagement going to work each day provides us as we interact with...
When it’s Time to “Settle Down”: No More Job Hopping
When, how and WHY it’s time to stop job-hopping Employers may be open to job-hopping in your early career, but eventually it becomes a red flag. Learn how to balance strategic pursuit of the right roles for your career and putting down roots. What...
The Signs Are There. Do You See Them? A Layoff Is Coming.
Did you not see it coming? Were you gobsmacked when your boss called you in to her office one Friday afternoon to let you know you were being pink-slipped? Did you walk out of the building in a daze as you held a small box with your personal items?...
Getting Your Job-Search Mojo Back
Looking for work is hard and it certainly isn’t a night out on the town with your friends. It’s hard and a slog whether you’re looking while employed or whether you’re unemployed, making it quite easy to lose your “passion” for the endeavor. But...
If You Don’t Know Where You Want to Go in Your Career, How Can You Get There?
If you don’t know where you want to go, going anywhere will do, right? But do you really want to “go anywhere” when it comes to something as important as your career? We know of a truly and genuinely nice man, nearing retirement, who has worked in...
So You Trashed Your Career When Young
Let’s say you were – like all of us – young and foolish. Let’s also say that you were so foolish that you trashed your career in some way: You told your boss you were sick so that you could take the day off to see a ball game, but who should you...
You Got the Job Offer! Should You Take It?
You applied for a job opportunity. You were called in for an interview. You aced it. You were called in for another interview. Ditto. The hiring manager tells you she’ll make her decision in a week and in that week you hear from her and she offers...
Hacking the College Job Fair
Yep, it’s February. If you’re a college senior, you’re busy. And one of the things your busy with is getting ready for your campus’ college job fair this spring. What? It’s not on your radar!!! Why not!? College job fairs are a terrific way for you...
