Published: 11/17/2011
By Kaitlin Madden on Nov 15, 2011 in Companies hiring, Featured, Job Search It’s only Tuesday, and already we’ve seen some good signs for economic growth this week. Today the Commerce Department reported that consumer sales rose .5 percent in October, the fifth consecutive monthly increase and the largest sales gain since March. Retail giant [...]Keep Reading »
Published: 11/09/2011
We’re starting to hear bits and pieces of good news on the job front these days. Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the number of job openings in September was 3.4 million, up from 3.1 million in August. Last week, we learned that the unemployment rate dropped from 9.1 percent to 9 percent. [...]Keep Reading »
Published: 11/03/2011
By Kaitlin Madden on Nov 1, 2011 in Companies hiring, Featured, Job Search inShare 10 The fourth quarter gets a bum rap when it comes to hiring, but if you’re a job seeker, you shouldn’t completely discount the final months of the year. Though it is true that some industries put the brakes on hiring [...]Keep Reading »
Published: 10/18/2011
Is it just me or is October flying by like a witch on a broom (note the Halloween reference)? Speaking of Halloween, have you started thinking about your costume yet? If not, you might want to get on that; it is Oct. 18 already! Want to procrastinate about All Hallows Eve a little bit longer? [...]Keep Reading »
Published: 10/11/2011
Happy Tuesday, Oct. 11! I thought I’d start off the day with some fun facts about what happened today in history. The first manned Apollo mission,Apollo 7, launched into space on Oct. 11, 1968. In 1975, Saturday Night Live debuted, featuring comedians including Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd and Gilda Radner. And in 2002, former President [...]Keep Reading »
Published: 10/06/2011
We at TheWorkBuzz love to give job search advice (you might have noticed). In the last few days, for example, we’ve told you how to turn around a thankless job search, how to job search in a new industryand how volunteering can boost your job search. While we like to think it’s our quality counsel that keeps you [...]Keep Reading »
Published: 09/27/2011
By Debra Auerbach on Sep 22, 2011 Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve had an artistic side. Growing up, on any given day you might have caught me in a dance costume singing “Born Free” to my sisters (I’m the youngest of three), writing a poem about some worldly injustice like the demolition of forests [...]Keep Reading »
Published: 09/22/2011
We’ve all been there. It’s Friday afternoon and work is winding down. You’re sitting in your cube, watching a YouTube video of a bunny kissing a squirrel and jamming to your “Friday Fun” iTunes playlist. Just as you’re about to press “share” on that cute/creepy bunny video, your boss stops by and asks you for [...]Keep Reading »
Published: 05/31/2011
Dressing for summer in the office can be tough. Ninety-degree weather and a suit jacket don’t exactly mix, but neither do guys in shorts and corporate boardrooms. Not to mention the fact that, at any given point during the summer, it’s about 40 degrees cooler in the average office building than it is outside. But [...]Keep Reading »
Published: 05/20/2011
By this time in May, many new graduates have already thrown their mortar boards and tassels in the air, and many soon-to-be graduates are counting down the days to do the same. It’s graduation time! This means long, boring ceremonies, relatives asking what you plan to do with your life, you not knowing how to [...]Keep Reading »
