Oh, happy job hunter, your search has ended! Your tenacity, ingenuity, professionally written resume and cover letter, and savvy interviewing techniques have paid off. After what seemed an interminable search, and despite stiff competition, you have landed the job and are about to let your breath out. Our advice is: “Don’t!” Don’t take for granted […]
As God is my witness, I once dated a man who admitted on our first (and consequently, last) date that his goal in life was to become a professional student. When I asked him to clarify this oxymoron, he explained that he’d hoped to achieve the highest level of education and continue to pile on […]
 To be perfectly blunt, the economy looks bleak.  American manufacturing jobs sold to foreign corporations, a flailing stock market, and companies paring staff down to the bare minimum: none of this paints a rosy future for job seekers. Those who are pragmatic will craft alternate plans as their idealistic counterparts search desperately for employment […]
It may take a village to raise a child, but it takes only one individual to land a job — and that individual is the job seeker. If this concept seems elementary, as the old song goes, “It ain’t necessarily so.”  Recently downsized job candidates as well as those who have been pounding the pavement […]
Whether you serve as consultant in the field of IT, Healthcare, or myriad other industries, your status as a consultant can prove to be a conundrum during the interview process. As any consultant knows, one of his/her greatest hurdles is employers’ prevailing perceptions that: a) the consultant’s skills sets are not worthy of permanent employment, […]
A tightfisted economy is a strange place to find yourself if you are one of the lucky ones still gainfully employed.  A downsized workforce and increasing competition could very well mean that you are shouldering the responsibilities of two or more employees — and expected to do all of them on time and to perfection. […]
