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How Does Hollywood See Your Career?
If you watch movies, you’ve surely noticed that some professions turn up a lot more often than others. Some fields (detectives, journalists, and prostitutes, for instance) are over-represented, while others are nowhere to be seen. When was the last t
How Does Hollywood See Your Career?
If you watch movies, you’ve surely noticed that some professions turn up a lot more often than others. Some fields (detectives, journalists, and prostitutes, for instance) are over-represented, while others are nowhere to be seen. When was the last t
How Does Hollywood See Your Career?
If you watch movies, you’ve surely noticed that some professions turn up a lot more often than others. Some fields (detectives, journalists, and prostitutes, for instance) are over-represented, while others are nowhere to be seen. When was the last t
Recovery? Great, but where are the jobs?
We’re a year into a so-called economic recovery–but private employment rose by only 71,000 in July, and the anemic June gain was revised downward. That’s much better than the six-figure monthly losses in 2008 and 2009 but also less than what’s neede
How to Tell If a Layoff Is Coming
Almost all mature companies have shed employees at some point–and in most cases the pink slips rarely come as a surprise. “Very often senior management will delay a decision to cut headcount, so unless there is a quick catastrophic event, layoffs ha
How to Tell If a Layoff Is Coming
Almost all mature companies have shed employees at some point–and in most cases the pink slips rarely come as a surprise. “Very often senior management will delay a decision to cut headcount, so unless there is a quick catastrophic event, layoffs ha
Career Networking Tips: Get Started on LinkedIn
LinkedIn is fast becoming an important part of the modern “Job Search 2.0″–a powerful way to build your network and your professional brand, according to Neal Schaffer, the author of “Windmill Networking: Maximizing LinkedIn.”"Re
Career Networking Tips: Get Started on LinkedIn
LinkedIn is fast becoming an important part of the modern “Job Search 2.0″–a powerful way to build your network and your professional brand, according to Neal Schaffer, the author of “Windmill Networking: Maximizing LinkedIn.”"Re
What Your Workspace Says About You
If you spend a lot of time at a desk, personalizing the space makes sense–whether it’s a private corner office or a shared cubicle. But just as your clothes and body language make an impression on others, your workspace gives coworkers and clients a
What Your Workspace Says About You
If you spend a lot of time at a desk, personalizing the space makes sense–whether it’s a private corner office or a shared cubicle. But just as your clothes and body language make an impression on others, your workspace gives coworkers and clients a
