Interviews
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10 Clues to Decoding the Interview "Wonder whether you nailed that interview? While you
won't truly know until you get "the call," there are many signs throughout the process that can
help you determine whether or not you'll make the first cut. Following are questions and clues
to help you decode the interview..."
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Career Decisions
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10 Flex-Friendly Jobs "Not everyone is available to work the 9-to-5 banker's hours. Whether
it's responsibilities at home, class schedules or the necessity of working a second job, flexible
hours can be a crucial employee benefit. Here are some positions which offer the flexibility
you may be craving..."
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Career Decisions
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10-Step Plan To Career Change "How does it happen? Perhaps you just begin to lose
interest. Perhaps you find something that interests you more. Perhaps your company is
downsizing. These are just some of the numerous reasons people find themselves on that
precipitous cliff looking back on their career just as the dirt begins to crumble beneath them..."
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Resumes and Cover
Letters
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12 Step Resume Writing "Before you can begin to design your resume on paper, you need
to have the words. Use the following twelve-step writing process to help you clarify your
experience, accomplishments, skills, edu- cation, and other background information, which will
make the job of condensing your life onto a sheet of paper a little easier."
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Career Locations
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15 Great Cities for Job Seekers "The harsh truth of job-hunting is that in some cities, no
matter how hard you look, there just aren't enough jobs to go around. "
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Job Search
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20 Oddest Jobs "If you've ever daydreamed about finding a job that lets you play with legos,
crack safes or ride around in the Weinermobile, you don't need to wake up, you just need to
look in the right places."
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Resumes and Cover
Letters
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25 Words That Can Hurt Your Résumé "So, you're experienced? Before you advertise this
in your résumé, be sure you can prove it. Often, when job seekers try to sell themselves to
potential employers, they load their résumés with vague claims..."
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Career Decisions
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A CAREER WHAT DO YOU GET OUT OF IT? "That is the million-dollar question and one you
should think about and consider very carefully. Whether you have just left one of the
educational facilities to start your working career, or decided to change your career. There is
a very important question that you must ask yourself and that question is. ‘What do I get out of
a career?’..."
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Career Decisions
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A Detour on the Road to Success "If you are like most people, you are often confronted
with fears that hold you back - consciously or subconsciously. Although you weren’t born with
them, you are under the strong influence of the environment that implanted them..."
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Career Decisions
CNNMoney.com
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America's most dangerous jobs "Survey: Loggers and fisherman still take the most risk;
roofers record sharp increase in fatalities..."
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Interviews
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Answer Job Interview Questions "At one time or another most of us will have to go through
a formal interview with a company that has a job opportunity we are interested in. The
interview is probably the most difficult part for most people because there is always
apprehension about what questions will be asked and how they should respond. The way in
which applicants answer job interview questions will greatly determine if they get the job or
not..."
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Interviews
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Are job interviews obsolete? "...the entire effort is a waste of time. At least half the
interview finds the interviewer giving an unplanned and not very good overview of what the
applicant should expect from this job..."
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Career Decisions
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Are you happy? "The old saw "money can't buy happiness" apparently holds true when it
comes to work. Highly-paid professionals like doctors and lawyers didn't make the cut when
researchers set out to find the most satisfied workers..."
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Career Decisions
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Are you happy with your job? "The most satisfying jobs are mostly professions, especially
those involving caring for, teaching and protecting others and creative pursuits,” said Tom
Smith, director of the General Social Survey (GSS) at the National Opinion Research Center
at the University of Chicago..."
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Resumes and Cover
Letters
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Art of the Letter "The first rule of cover letters: Never use a generic cover letter with only:
"To Whom It May Concern." With tons of work on your desk, would you be interested in such a
mass mailing? You would probably consider it junk mail, right? You would be much more likely
to read a letter that was directed to you personally and so would human resources
professionals."
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Cover Letters
WetFeet
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Ask the Expert: Should You Send a Cover Letter with an E-Mail Resume?. "...Should I
send a cover letter with an e-mailed resume? What are your thoughts? If you endorse, can
you provide a sample?..."
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Interviews
QuintCareers.com
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Behavioral Interviewing Strategies for Job-Seekers "Behavioral interviewing is a
relatively new mode of job interviewing. Employers such as AT&T and Accenture (the former
Andersen Consulting) have been using behavioral interviewing for about 15 years now, and
because increasing numbers of employers are using behavior-based methods to screen job
candidates, understanding how to excel in this interview environment is becoming a crucial
job-hunting skill..."
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Personalities
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Before They Were Somebody: First Jobs of the Rich, Famous and Powerful "Paris
Hilton aside, most celebrities aren't born filthy rich."
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Architects
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Career: Architects: ""Architects take part in every phase of a building project. They help to
create the first designs and stay involved until all construction work is completed on the
project."
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Scopists
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CAREER COUNSELOR: Scopist "Question: I have been attending court reporting school, but
I can't get my typing speed up to 200 words per minute, which is required to pass the licensing
examination. Since money is tight, and the court reporter school is expensive, I was wondering
if could work as a scopist. What additional training would I need? How much do scopists earn?"
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Career Decisions
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Career Exploration " It's possible to quickly choose a career. But to find a career that's right
for you, it's helpful to slow down, give it some thought, and take the time to get it right. This is
useful whether you are choosing a career for the first time or changing careers for the
thirty-first time."
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Career Decisions
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Career Resolutions You Must Make For 2007 "Let's be honest. Getting a promotion at
work is probably easier than losing 15 pounds."
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Career Tools
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Career Resources Toolkit for Job-Seekers "Find the best free career development
resources -- on every major job-search and career topic -- to help job-seekers find a better
job or career..."
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Career Strategy
careerbuilder.com
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Chase Your Dream Job, Keep Your Day Job--Corporate America relaxing the rules to
let workers follow their passions "Meet Allen Sheffield. He has a lot of passions --
accounting, his family, helping disadvantaged kids..." 070816
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Career Guides
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Construction Career Guide "Explore careers in Carpentry and Construction with links to job
des- criptions, which include information such as daily activities, skill re- quirements, and
salary and training required."
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Career Tools
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Creating a Great Print Newsletter "The traditional print media newsletter is still useful even
in the rapidly changing age of the Internet and IT. Its uses are so multi-faceted that it can
cover just about anything from the company's profile to promotions, home-order system and
contests."
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Career Decisions
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Critical Condition "Nurses and health care institutions already are struggling with it and
searching for solutions. Experts say improving the workplace and polishing the image of
nursing are among the steps that must be taken to avert a potential catastrophe in health
care."
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Career Decisions
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Cue the Spotlight
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Interviews
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Dear Dan,
"I was laid off from my job a few weeks ago and I have an interview tomorrow. It's the first
interview I have been on in years, do you have any tips?"
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Career Decisions
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Define Your Goals "When defining your goal it is important to be SMART about it. Specific
goals are important; be careful to avoid being general."
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Career Decisions
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Employer Profiles by Name "Before applying to jobs or going out for job interviews, learn
about the employers who are hiring. Employer Profiles include helpful company research and
information about the working environment at hundreds of top employers and companies."
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Interviews
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Facing Down the Fear Factor When You're in a Job Interview " Question: I've been job
interviewing for three years without success."
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Interviews
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Fear-Free Job Interviews "...what’s the right thing to say to get what you want?"
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Scams
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Federal and Postal Job Scams Ads That Don't Add Up "Federal and postal job scams are
among the biggest rackets in employment, preying on consumers who are unemployed or
underemployed and can least afford to be taken."
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Success Techniques
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Feeding Success "By tapping into the psyches of their customers--mainly suburban,
working moms--she and Kuna have become media darlings and owners of a multimillion- dollar
business."
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