The Limbo of Underemployment

Many job seekers are looking for work because they are underemployed. Not unemployed but underemployed. The meaning of underemployment depends on who you ask.

What Does it Mean When Management Starts Neglecting Employees?

What does it mean when management starts neglecting employees? Coming to work on a Monday morning to find upper management tight-lipped is an uneasy feeling. Some say it could be a sign of impending layoffs or bad things to come but should you start packing up, or speak up?

Your Online Job Search & Personal Brand

One of the caveats of online job searching is that sometimes you can’t control what the rest of the world sees about you.

Find a Job You Love

We’ve all had dreams of growing up and becoming a fireman, a ballet dancer, a fairy princess or superhero. And while those dreams usually give way to more practical job decisions there is something to be said for aspiring to be a rock star or a professional wrestler. Choosing a job that interests you can be the difference between a job and a career.

Indiana Unemployment On the Rise

Indiana’s Department of Workforce Development released unemployment figures earlier this month showing that Indiana has reached the 10 percent unemployed mark, according to the Indianapolis Unemployment Examiner.
Naturally Indianans are searching for jobs,  possibly in better areas.
Relocating for a better job opportunity has many job seekers scouring the map.
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Overcome Your Resistance to Changing Careers

Change is hard. Most people will agree with this statement. But changing careers doesn’t have to be hard. It’s all a matter of a positive outlook.

How to Look Younger for Your Job Search

“It’s no secret that we live in an age-obsessed society,” writes Career Advice columnist, Stephen Viscusi in Take 10 Years Off Your Image. “Like it or not, “interviewing younger” is the new catchphrase.”

Help! I Exaggerated Employment Dates

Should you exaggerate employment dates? Experts say no–a small lie can cost you a potential job. If your resume reads like a work of fiction maybe its time for a resume makeover.

Chief Financial Officers See Economic Optimism, Pessimism on Jobs

Executives responsible for a company’s financial outlook–CFOs and Controllers– are bullish on company profits and revenue growth in 2010, but do not expect to fill many new jobs, according to a newly released quarterly economic study from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Of the 998 [...]

Confessions of a Job Seeker (and Recruiter)

Recruiter Chris Brablc fresh off his own job search shared the highlights of what he learned from the process for both sides of the job-search fence.

Cover letters still matter. They were a differentiator for him on several occassions.
Stalk a company. More and more advice says to target a company then break into the social networks [...]