Do you really have to follow your career passion?
Sat Oct 3, 2009 | | Posted in Careers Jobs
In these economic times, fewer of us are worried about being fulfilled and more of us are concerned about simply putting food on the table. But as switching jobs and careers becomes increasingly common, as a matter of fact, whole professions are disappearing, we are more frequently forced to ask ourselves if it’s our passion … Continue Reading »
In job searches, exhaust free options before paying for a pro
Tue Sep 29, 2009 | | Posted in Careers Jobs
With job searches now averaging 25 weeks, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, who doesn’t want help marketing themselves? You can do that yourself. You would know it, one way or another, in a few weeks whether the free path to get a job is working or not. I personally don’t like the … Continue Reading »
Have flexibility and make good money in these jobs
Thu Sep 24, 2009 | | Posted in Careers Jobs
I know it doesn’t sound good. The unemployed can’t get a job whether the job environment is flexible or not. They just want a job. However, juggling kids, caring for aging parents, making visits to the dentist, enjoying a week of sanity at a beach resort, and rounding up the troops for a holiday meal … Continue Reading »
If you can write well, you can be successful Web freelancing
Fri Aug 28, 2009 | | Posted in Careers Jobs
Many folks have been laid off in a variety of industries including media and advertising companies. It’s a bad time to get a job in any discipline. However, there is one source of writing projects that is actually growing. Hundreds of online sites, especially bogs, are popping up every week. Many of them are created … Continue Reading »
Write resume with your bag full of experience in mind
Thu Aug 13, 2009 | | Posted in Careers Jobs
According to research from the University of Kent, from age 55, people worldwide are nearly twice as likely to have experienced age barriers than any other discrimination. If you have a number of years of experience that fingers on your hands and feet are not enough to count them – to put it bluntly, you … Continue Reading »
6 important tasks you should do as a freelancer
Tue Aug 4, 2009 | | Posted in Careers Jobs
We all know it’s hard to get a job these days whether you have lots of experience under your belt or just right out of college. However, some recent college graduates are finding that it’s easier to get freelance or temporary assignments. They must do certain tasks above and beyond their specific employment duties as … Continue Reading »
Breaking into a new field of employment
Mon Jul 20, 2009 | | Posted in Careers Jobs
If you can’t get a job in your field that you have been so used to, you can break into another field that is somewhat related to what you have been working in. However, breaking into any field is always tough, and this is not an easy time for job seekers. Don’t send resume through … Continue Reading »
6 Big jobs remain recession-resistant
Wed Jul 8, 2009 | | Posted in Careers Jobs
Because of this lousy market and the deepest recession in memory, every which way you look at it, jobs are being eliminated. It’s hard to think that there will be new jobs available. The Obama Administration says it is willing to provide money and other resources to create jobs in certain industries that were important … Continue Reading »
It’s not who you know, it’s who knows you
Fri May 1, 2009 | | Posted in Careers Jobs
The big – the huge, the enormous – Internet job houses are good but to a certain extent. These days, you just cannot rely exclusively on them. Research and statistics show that less than 20% of the jobs get filled with the help of these monstrous online houses. I think they can be good sources … Continue Reading »
Pursuing Your Passion vs A Field With Job Security
Tue Apr 28, 2009 | | Posted in Careers Jobs
Job security in this economy? Hard to come by, no matter what profession you choose. Even in good times during the good old days, it was not enough to pursue a field with perceived stability. You will want to pursue in a field you feel passionate about and can make a decent living doing it … Continue Reading »
