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Companies Hiring This Month

Published: 11/19/2009
This month Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, which has become synonymous with spending time with relatives, eating too much food and napping at midday. Of course, the underlying purpose of the day is to be grateful for what you have. Accordingly, many families preface their Thanksgiving meals by asking each person at the table to say what [...] Keep Reading »

What is Diversity, Exactly?

Published: 11/03/2009
While researching topics for this week’s post, I came across an article regarding the importance of diversity in the workplace.  Harris Interactive conducted a survey of executives and asked their opinion on the importance of diversity and its relevancy to business.   95% of those surveyed said that management viewed creating a diverse workforce a major [...] Keep Reading »

50 jobs that pay $50,000

Published: 09/16/2009
While the unemployment rate edged up in August to 9.7 — the country’s highest in 27 years — the Labor Department has reported that fewer jobs were lost. While employment continued to drop, that decline appears to be slowing: -216,000 jobs in August compared to -463,000 in June and -276,000 in July. This latest report also [...] Keep Reading »

Using Your Diversity To Your Advantage

Published: 08/27/2009
I just finished reading a called called “Minority Rules, Turn your Ethnicity into a Competitive Edge”.  In it, the author Kenneth Roldan describes five common missteps that most minorities fall victim for when trying to set themselves apart that I thought were pretty interesting… Mistake #1: Denying Your Ethnic Background Mr. Roldan compares the denial of one’s diversity as [...] Keep Reading »

Women’s Equality Day and what’s left to attain

Published: 08/26/2009
Today’s Women’s Equality Day, which is a day most people probably don’t realize exists. It might seem like a weird day to observe, and maybe an even weirder topic to address on this blog. However, it’s pretty clear that equality affects people of all demographics, and until we’ve all reached an equal playing field, we [...] Keep Reading »

That pesky digital footprint

Published: 08/19/2009
One of the mantras to come from this glorious digital age we’re in is that there’s no such thing as online anonymity/privacy. I mean, you can pay your bills online and not be terrified that everyone’s watching your bank account. But in the broader sense, online privacy is a rarity. Between social networking sites, online [...] Keep Reading »

Are You an Environmentalist? Find a New Job on GoingGreenJobs.com

Published: 08/13/2009
Although “going green” may seem like it’s the cool thing to do these days, environmentalism has been around for … well, ever. Only now, everyone else is starting to catch on — thank goodness. CareerBuilder now makes it easier for employers with green jobs to connect with environmentally conscious job seekers. The site, www.goinggreenjobs.com, will allow [...] Keep Reading »

People are finding work. Thank goodness!

Published: 08/06/2009
A new CareerBuilder survey completed in June finds that 48 percent of workers who were laid off from full-time jobs in the last three months have found new full-time positions, an increase from 41 percent in March. An additional 3 percent found part-time positions; down from 8 percent in the previous survey. “Despite a challenging job [...] Keep Reading »

Watching what you say in an interview

Published: 07/31/2009
I was reading this article by a fellow writer and thought, “Surely some of these things can’t be true.” But they are, and it’s a bit shocking that any job seeker would let these answers slip through their teeth. Yet, if this article could come up with 43 outrageous things said during interviews, I’m willing [...] Keep Reading »

Dressing for the interview

Published: 07/24/2009
You know that saying, “Appearances aren’t everything?” It’s true, but when you’re interviewing for a job, appearances matter a lot. On the one hand, it may not seem fair. After all, you’ve given the employer a list of your credentials an experience. You’re more than a crisp suit. But we’ve said time and time again, [...] Keep Reading »