Aside from having a boss that makes you feel chronically depressed on a regular basis and a gnawing acknowledgement that after 20 years, you may have chosen the wrong vocation, dealing with irritating co-workers is the next worst thing about working for an organization. According to psychologists, once a group of people are placed in…
With the unemployment rate hovering around the 10% mark, millions of Americans are looking for work online. The question is: Do online job searches really work? There is no doubt that in theory, looking for work on a social media site positively impacts your chances of getting a job. Tens of thousands of organizations are…
There are many great resources on the internet today and you are at a real advantage over those applying for jobs even just 20 years ago. From writing your resume, applying for jobs, or even deciding what career to go into, look to the internet for help. Here are just a sampling of great resources…
Telecommunications has come a long way since Samuel Morse and the telegraph in 1837, Bell patented the telephone in 1876, Marconi won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1909 for his role in the advent of wireless radio communications and Baird demonstrated what was to become known as the television in 1925. Today, telecommunications is…
The number of people who hate their job seems to be on the increase. Whether it is the unsatisfactory nature of the job, a belligerent, unreasonable boss or co-workers whose behavior you can’t even begin to fathom, job dissatisfaction appears to be at an all-time high. From a personal point of view, I always hated…
There are a variety of reasons that you might be looking for summer jobs. If you don’t take a moment to think about what you can gain from picking up a short term job, then you might end up losing out in the end. There are a number of different reasons that people choose one…
Choosing the best career path for yourself is very important and should be done with the utmost of care. The career you choose could ultimately be the only career or the last career you ever have so you should be sure that it is the perfect career for you. When choosing a career, there are…
When people talk about job trends they can be talking about one of two things. First, they could be talking about the way that the job market is trending towards the future. The other way they may be talking about job trends is how the job market is trending in the present. However, when you…
Resume sending services have become increasingly popular as the process of getting your resume noticed continues to evolve. The days of looking through the classified ads and dropping off your resume are gone. While there are still some situations where this possible, it is not nearly as effective as it used to be. Today every…
Everybody wants to work with a team player and the essential qualities of a team player are the reasons why. Being a team player means that you go above and beyond simply thinking about yourself and you instead focus on what is best for the team. While there is no blue-print to follow in order…
Quality online resume services are not all that hard to come by these days. What is important to know though is who the best of the best is. In the past few years, as with many other things online, there has been an explosion of online resume services and some are obviously going to be…
Resume writing is arguably a difficult skill to master. From a ‘sales’ point of view, when it comes to selling oneself, many people do not know where to begin. As opposed to selling a product or a service which can be hyped up effectively in order to enhance sales, applying similar methods to resume writing…