Telecommuter's Guide to Safe Job Hunting
Once you spend some time browsing for home-based job openings you soon discover there are gobs and gobs of 'jobs' that are... well, not really jobs. In fact, work-from-home scams are so prevalent that many people simply give up searching. More ...
The Importance of Pre-Employment Background Checks
Research shows that there is an alarming increase of job applicants that are fabricating credentials. Most employers are conducting pre-employment background checks to assess the accuracy of the applicant's claims. If an employee is involved in a crime while conducting company business, their employer may be found liable for damages for negligent hiring. More ...
Job Hunting After 50
Among the long-term unemployed are many people over the age of 50. Older adults face unique challenges when seeking employment. Following are highlights to help jumpstart your job search as a mature worker. More ...
Creating and Self-Marketing Yourself to Find a Job During Tough Times
A career brand is an image that portrays you as an expert in your field, attracts your ideal employer, and reveals how you can help their business. This article shows you how to promote your careerbrand effectively, to stand out among increasing competition in the workforce. More ...
Can't find a job? Learn How to Crack Into the Hidden Job Market
When a company advertises a job opening, they receive tens of thousands of resumes, and thousands of people looking for work show up at their door step. Is it any wonder that they keep their job opening a secret. The key to finding a job is breaking through to the hidden job market. More ...
How to Get a Job With a Criminal Record
Depending on the severity of your offense, your criminal record may not affect your employment prospects at all, or it may make finding a job nearly impossible. While you may face some hurdles, you will eventually be able to find employment, regardless of your record. More ...
Getting from College to Career - 90 Things to Do Before You Join the Real World
Every page of this book provides a way for you to move forward, no matter where you are in the career planning process. The book includes convenient checkboxes to mark once each task is accomplished. This book gives you the essential information and guidance you need to get your foot in the door of the real world. Don't start your first job search without it! More ...
How to Prepare for a Behavioral Interview
If you're in the market for a new job, it's probably wise to prepare for behavioral interviews. Some 30 percent of organizations, including many of America's biggest corporations, now use behavioral interviewing - and the number is growing. More ...
Top 10 Job Strategies for Recent College Graduates
When the graduation celebrations have ended, many recent graduates must consider what they are going to do with their lives. Surprisingly, the majority of the graduating seniors did not have any idea of what they were going to do. More ...
How to Network
When you're networking, you're going to have to sift through the people you don't want to know to get to the people you do want to know. That's just an essential part of networking, but the good news is that with practice, you'll get better at spotting the people worth knowing. More ...
Applying for a Job? - Run a Background Check on Yourself
Over 90 percent of companies run background checks on applicants. Running a background check on yourself enables you to find out if any erroneous information is being reported about you. For example, a State may be erroneously reporting that you have a criminal record. Running your own background check will alert you to this problem so you can take steps to correct it before an employer sees it. More ...
Your Resume Format Guide
A winning career starts with a winning resume. It is the jobseeker's responsibility to grab the employers attention and entice enough interest to earn an interview, and hopefully; land the job. To do this, the applicant must understand just how important it is to create a comprehensive and interesting resume. More ...
How to Succeed at a Job Interview
Going to job interviews is uncomfortable and stressful for everyone because the people giving the interviewing are judging you. I've gone to many job interviews. Eventually I became a manager. I've been on both sides, so I'm in a position to advise you about how to succeed at job interviewing. More ...
Are Headhunters calling you... or ignoring you?
In my former life as a recruiter (also affectionately referred to as 'headhunter') I received hundreds of resumes a week from all parts of the country. The statement that a person's resume gets a 15 second read is not far from the truth. More ...
