Building a successful career after college requires time and persistence. Most graduates must start at the bottom and work upwards. The exact path towards a successful career is not always obvious. Graduates can take several steps in order to help jump start a career after college. Develop Interview Skills One of the best…
Many people today are looking for a job. You might have been laid off at work, or you just might need something different. When you are searching for employment, you need to find a way to manage your everyday expenses, so you can have money to pay your bills. Therefore, here are a few tips…
High school and college students who finish school for the year in the spring will likely have a lot of extra time on their hands. One way to fill the time productively would be to get a summer job. There are five different summer jobs which can be both high paying and personally rewarding. Pest…
If it was up to you, work would be a constant collaboration void of cubicles and personal space. Work takes up around half of your waking hours during the week, so it might as well be spent connecting with those around you. Not only do social jobs spark our passions, many of them also make…
Losing your job can be one of the most frightening experiences of your life. If you’re like a lot of people, you probably don’t have a tremendous amount of savings stored away for a crisis like this. However, if you keep your wits about you and follow a few simple steps, you can navigate these…
Today, employers have developed an increasing concern over the subject of criminal history and records when it comes to hiring their workforce. More employers are making pre-employment background checks a staple of their hiring program. This safeguards them in cases where negligent hiring has lead to suits against them, where an employee who has not…
When you’re in between jobs, it can be very easy to accumulate debt. Without a steady income, it’s next to impossible to live within your means, mostly because you have no means to live within. Unfortunately, entering into this period without a plan can be a financial disaster and a phone call to a Chapter…
Searching for a job today requires plenty of effort and time regardless of the industry you want to work in. When you begin a job search of any kind there are a few resources available to help you land the position you truly desire. Making your job search easier is possible with enough understanding of…
For many people, having a job with a flexible schedule is important. It means you can schedule your work hours around the demands of parenting or health concerns, or, if you want, you can simply schedule it so that you have more freedom as to when and how often you work. Not every career means…
With many people still feeling the effects of the banking and housing crises of a few years ago, debt is still one of the most important topics around the dinner table. Unemployment is tentatively decreasing; however, most of the new jobs that are being created are not full time nor do they pay a living…
Once you graduate high school, the questions about what you are going to do with your life will start coming fast and furious from all angles. There’s no way to get around it. Grabbing that diploma is now just seen as the first step, and today’s young people are expected to have it all figured…
While the national unemployment rate rose slightly to 7.6% during May, this figure represents a significant improvement in comparison with last year. That said, however, there is concern that the U.S. economy is continuing to churn out low paid jobs that fail to deliver a genuine living wage in 2013. Although some experts may link…