Archive for August, 2009

Practice Makes Perfect: How to Rehearse for Your Next Job Interview

There are a lot of steps that usually happen before you get to the interview portion of your job search: resume, networking, references. Most folks are able to put a lot of effort into getting the interview, but many fall apart during the actual inte


How to Avoid Sabotaging Your Job

In today’s workplace, there are more ways to damage your career than ever before. An errant tweet. An erroneous Facebook post. A heated email exchange. All of these can sully an otherwise impeccable reputation, as can a litany of faux pas in front of


The Secret to Success: Your Personality

If you are looking for the perfect career, consider your personality type. What do you love to do? What are you good at doing? And, just as importantly, what bugs the heck out of you? Working eight hours a day at a job you’re ill-suited for is draini


Practice Makes Perfect: How to Rehearse for Your Next Job Interview

There are a lot of steps that usually happen before you get to the interview portion of your job search: resume, networking, references. Most folks are able to put a lot of effort into getting the interview, but many fall apart during the actual inte


How to Avoid Sabotaging Your Job

In today’s workplace, there are more ways to damage your career than ever before. An errant tweet. An erroneous Facebook post. A heated email exchange. All of these can sully an otherwise impeccable reputation, as can a litany of faux pas in front of


The Secret to Success: Your Personality

If you are looking for the perfect career, consider your personality type. What do you love to do? What are you good at doing? And, just as importantly, what bugs the heck out of you? Working eight hours a day at a job you’re ill-suited for is draini


America’s Deadliest Jobs

You may have read news reports saying that America’s Main Streeters want revenge on Wall Street for the financial meltdown and recession and mortgage foreclosures and lost life savings. That hardly makes fields like finance and insurance hazardous to


Medical Jobs Without the MD

You don’t have to be a doctor to break into the often lucrative and growing health-care field. With the average medical student taking on $140,000 in educational debt, according to the American Medical Association, an increasing number of would-be do


The Power of the Pen: Writing Careers for English Majors

Experts agree that writing skills are in demand across a range of industries, which means that English majors may hold the key that unlocks a host of job opportunities. According to Mary Titus, professor of English and director of the Center For Inte


America’s Deadliest Jobs

You may have read news reports saying that America’s Main Streeters want revenge on Wall Street for the financial meltdown and recession and mortgage foreclosures and lost life savings. That hardly makes fields like finance and insurance hazardous to