As a career coach for restaurant managers I spend more time shaking my head, and biting my tongue, than I spend actually helping people. There are so many people who love the idea of being a restaurant manager. They want the prestige, and the challenge. They want to ‘be’ seen as someone who can handle…
This article includes an interview with Richard Blazevich, recruiter for a Fortune 100 company and author of the new book Amazing Interview Answers. Tell us about your book? Amazing Interview Answers is a guide to help people be amazing in job interviews. It’s full of questions that recruiters typically ask along with examples of winning…
There are not many pros to being unemployed. Staying in bed longer may be one benefit, but there aren’t many others. Having no money sucks, and the lack of focus in your day can ruin your self-esteem. Then there are the endless hours standing in the unemployment line. Sound familiar? Many of us find ourselves…
By Christine H. One of the most nerve-wracking experiences anyone can go through is a job interview. Unfortunately, if you’re in the job-searching process right now, you might be in for quite a few interviews before you land the right job. What’s nice to know is that you can get better and better at job…
If you’re stuck in a career that you truly hate, then a change in career really can change your life. You often don’t realise how much it gets you down to be stuck somewhere you’re hating until you actually leave. But a job doesn’t just affect you mentally, it can affect you in all walks…
When you’re heading to college, it’s often a really good idea to have some kind of thought of what you’d like to do for a career. Of course, this isn’t going to be the case for everyone. Because there is a vast range of choice when it comes to the working world, and that can…
When it comes to court cases, there is no guarantee to how long it could take to reach a conclusion. Hence, when you find a lawyer, it is important for you to have a good relationship with him and plenty of patience. If this is the first time you have or will be working with…
In case you are looking for a new career or position in the new year, and you have made a resolution to improve your employability, you need to get started as soon as possible. There are several ways you can get yourself ready for the job market and attract modern employers with your CV and…
If you believe you have been working the same job for too long, it can be a challenge to find that motivation to drag you out of bed every morning and continue this routine of monotony you have become so accustomed to. So why not change things up? The world is not as it once…
Once you reach working age, you will spend over a third of your life working towards your career and making money for you and your family. But considering we spend this much time in work, shouldn’t we all learn what our rights are as employees? It is surprising how many of us go through working…
All of us want to have a better future for ourselves and our families. When we search for a new job, we might be looking locally, or we might be ready to pick up and move–make a huge change in our lives to accommodate a new career. When you’re determining what moves you need to…
When you apply for a job so do hundreds of other people. You may have spent hours creating your CV but it isn’t going to get more than a minute’s attention from a recruiter. If the first glance at our CV fails to impress, you’re not going to even get a chance to state your…