To date, my posts have been about job search advice. This time I’m going to switch gears and share my top ten rules about how to be successful once you’ve landed that job. Too often, I see young, inexperienced new employees get started on the wrong foot. It’s typically not because they don’t try hard…
Leaving a job in a down-spiraling economy is not only scary, it requires a leap of faith. But knowing you have something else waiting for you makes the jump a little easier. If you don’t have a degree but you want to travel the world, do it — and get paid while you are at…
The working world is promising and exciting for some, but stifling for many. When people get caught up in careers that don’t suit them, they become dissatisfied and restless in their positions. Nothing is worse than getting out of bed every to trek to a job that you hate. Consider a career in the hospitality…
Competition is fierce for marketing jobs. If you want to work for an ad agency in Utah, you have to set yourself apart from the competition. Here are five of the top skills ad agencies are looking for today. 1. Creativity Marketing team members need to be able to look at a product from an…
The job market is finally starting to turn around, and it’s just in the nick of time for many people out there who have struggled for countless months now. Positions are opening up with more frequency, as companies across every industry relax their hiring freeze and start searching for their next high quality employee. Many…
Ever since you can remember, you’ve had a way with hair. As a matter of fact, without any professional training, you would have family members and friends rely on you to do some styling for certain special occasions and they always told you that you had what it took to be a pro.
There are few careers as tough to attain but as respected and financially rewarding as that of the attorney. It takes years of schooling to become a lawyer, and a slow, challenging climb up the ladder. Students decide to become lawyers for any number of reasons. Some people have a deep respect for the history…
If you have considered a career in social work but have a passion for children and families, you might want to look into a career as an adoption specialist. Millions of couples struggle with conception every year, but there are countless more children all around the world who need a consistent, loving home. The adoption…
Out of all the careers, custodial work can be meaningful and rewarding. It’s also a demanding job as there are a lot of hospitals, schools and office buildings that might need your services. The best part about being a custodian is that anyone can do it, making it a perfect job for someone with not…
Social networking may have started out as a faster, easier way to keep in touch with your vast network of personal contacts than relying on snail mail and phone calls, but it didn’t take long for professionals to usurp the power of mass connectivity offered by online and mobile platforms. This is not to say…
We live in a much more public world today, thanks to the Internet, and there are many more landmines that job applicants can step on. One of the biggest ones is the easy availability and wide use of social media sites. I’d like to specifically talk about the two that hiring managers most commonly use…
Studies show that if a company experiences a computer outage that lasts for more than 10 days, it will never completely recover financially. In addition, it has a 50 percent chance of surviving within 5 years. Because of this, it’s safe to say that data recovery services, high-quality laptop repair, and dependable technical assistance for…