By David E. Perry,  As you can probably tell I‘m pretty practical. A block & tackle kind of just get at it guy. I know you know that looking for job is a sales and marketing activity. I also know that the loneliness of prospecting whether for a job or new business will eventually get […]
Recommendation Letters May Be Costing Women Jobs
By Barbara Safani According to a recent study at Rice University, qualities mentioned in recommendation letters for women differ greatly from those for men, and those differences may be costing women jobs and promotions in academia and medicine. After reviewing 624 letters of recommendation for 194 applicants for eight junior faculty positions at a U.S. […]
How To Be A Leader At Hello
by Camille Noe Pagan  Coming off as a leader can help you get ahead–whether you’re vying for a job, trying to make business connections or looking for love. You meet someone new–a potential employer, an important contact or even just an attractive guy in a coffee shop–and you’re sure you nailed it … until you […]
Breaking Into the Finance Field .
By ELIZABETH GARONE Q: My husband recently graduated from the University of Chicago with an M.B.A. He originally planned to move into a research or analysis role in investment banking or private equity. He is currently in compliance for a major investment bank, which he finds extremely dull. When he started the part-time M.B.A. program […]
Career Moves To Make Before Year-End
By: Caroline Ceniza Levine We have two months to go before 2011. You might be tempted to ease into the holidays and push into the New Year your work on landing a new job, starting a business, making a career change, or getting a promotion. But there are certain things you should do now to […]
5 Secrets of Successful Career Changers
 By Carolyn Bigda and Donna Rosato (Money Magazine) — Tolstoy wrote that unhappy people are each unhappy in their own way. The same can be said of American workers today. In a bleak survey out earlier this year, the Conference Board reported that job satisfaction was at its lowest level in more than two decades. […]
Best-Paying Jobs For Women
by Jenna Goudreau What happens when women make up half of the workforce and they are more likely than ever before to be primary or co-breadwinners in their families? It means it’s increasingly crucial for women to earn top dollar for their labor. To rank the 10 best-paying jobs for women we tabulated the median weekly […]
10 least stressful jobs
Feeling overworked and overwhelmed? Maybe it’s time for a career change to one of these 10 fields from Money and PayScale.com’s list of America’s best jobs. By Ryan Derousseau 1. Biomedical Engineer  Best Jobs rank: 10 % who say the job is low stress: 70% One would think developing products to detect cancer might […]
10 booming jobs and how to get them
Demand for biomedical engineers is projected to grow a whopping 72% between 2008 and 2018. What other careers on Money and PayScale.com’s list of America’s best jobs will see big opportunities, and what do hiring managers look for? By Jessica Dickler, CNNMoney.com staff writer Hyo’s Note:Â These lists are interesting but you most certainly need […]
Boost your odds of finding a job
By Jen Haley NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Jobs continue to be out of reach for unemployed Americans as the latest jobs report indicates. To compete in today’s tough job market, you may need to update your search habits. 1. Get the lowdown Look — sitting in front of your computer and e-mailing out resumes isn’t […]
An Angry Boss Might Bring Out the Best in You
By Leah Zerbe Workers with a certain trait become more creative when dealing with an angry boss, but it harms others.  RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—Got a boss that blows his or her lid every once in awhile? Depending on a factor called your “epistemic motivation”—that is, the motivation to have accurate perceptions of the […]
How to Supercharge Your Job Search in One Week
By Kevin Donlin, Back in the 1990s, when I worked for other people, one of my clients was a little company from Tennessee called Federal Express. Since its founding in 1973, FedEx has grown from literally a “fly-by-night” 14-plane operation into a multi-billion dollar corporation. And … what does this have to do with your […]
The Job Skills Employers Want
By Phil Baker Tired of looking for a job? What are your job skills? Even people with college degrees and years of experience can struggle to find the right job. So, what characteristics impress employers most? Here is a list of the top 10 resume skills and qualities employers look for: 1. Communication Skills Excellent […]
Lunch with Your Boss
Having flunked lunch on more than one occasion, I think that there is never such a thing a casual lunch with the boss. Of course, that would also depend on the boss. If your immediate supervisor says, “hey smeadlap, let’s go grab a dog;” it might be just that, going to grab a hotdog. But… […]
Fill a Need and Get Hired
by Kevin Donlin  Most entrepreneurs will tell you that the #1 rule for succeeding in business is, “Find a need and fill it.”  But you don’t have to be an entrepreneur to benefit from this advice.  The “Find a need and fill it” approach will help you write better resumes and cover […]
