Archive for March, 2009

One Way to a Six-Figure Income: Higher Education

In today’s economy, it can feel as if there are few jobs to be had, much less ones with six-figure salaries attached. However, there are careers to be found in a range of fields that can boost your earning power. What’s more, you can achieve a high i


One Way to a Six-Figure Income: Higher Education

In today’s economy, it can feel as if there are few jobs to be had, much less ones with six-figure salaries attached. However, there are careers to be found in a range of fields that can boost your earning power. What’s more, you can achieve a high i


Six Steps to a Six-Figure Income

In today’s economy, it can feel as if there are few jobs to be had, much less ones with six-figure salaries attached. However, there are careers to be found in a range of fields that can boost your earning power. What’s more, you can achieve a high i


5 Threats to Your Job-Hunting Stamina

Marathon runners know that the key to crossing the finish line first isn’t brute strength but stamina. The same goes for the job hunt.”A job search is always a mind game,” says independent career counselor Cathy Severson of Santa Barbara, Califo


Six Steps to a Six-Figure Income

In today’s economy, it can feel as if there are few jobs to be had, much less ones with six-figure salaries attached. However, there are careers to be found in a range of fields that can boost your earning power. What’s more, you can achieve a high i


5 Threats to Your Job-Hunting Stamina

Marathon runners know that the key to crossing the finish line first isn’t brute strength but stamina. The same goes for the job hunt.”A job search is always a mind game,” says independent career counselor Cathy Severson of Santa Barbara, Califo


Best-Kept-Secret Careers

The world around us is changing, and our economy along with it. A challenging economy may usher in change a bit more quickly than we might like, but out of the ashes, new fields arise. Green energy, better health care — it seems there may be some si


5 Tips for Layoff Survivors

It’s no secret that a soft economy is forcing employers to cut their workforces. According to the U.S. government, in the first two months of 2009, there have been over 1 million job losses — on top of the 2.6 million losses in 2008. You may be amon


Education Is the Answer in the Obama Administration

President Obama has strong words for education in America today. “In a global economy, where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity. It is a prerequisite,” he said in a


Top 10 Reasons to Start a Business in a Recession

Do you have one good reason to start your business right now?How about 10?Regardless of what people around you (including the media) may say, right now is the best time to get into business. Just go back and look at the economic slowdowns throughout