It’s a difficult subject and no one likes to talk about it. But You must have heard yourself or others saying something like “What an asshole!” At one time or another, some of us who are over 50 years old have seen employees advance in their career who openly act like an asshole. They have … Continue Reading »
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and some economic experts have identified four major industries where an explosive growth of jobs is predicted. Granted presently the economy seems to be on a rebound, the job growth is slow and gradual. However, in the next few years, some industries would grow more than others. If you are … Continue Reading »
Surveys after surveys have been done about what constitutes better if not the best employees in terms of their professional qualities and characteristics. These workers possess a strong work ethic – a valuable attribute to any employer. Whether managers and supervisors of these employees are “overlooking” their shoulders or not, they have enough work ethics … Continue Reading »
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 »
There is an article at forbes.com titled “What I’ve Learned: Once A Broke Student, Now A CEO” written by David K. Randall, published on 07.02.09. The article tells the story of Betsy McLaughlin who is now CEO of Hot Topic – The Company is a mall- and web-based specialty retailer operating the Hot Topic and … Continue Reading »
Introvert? Extrovert? What the hell is the difference? Ain’t we all humans? Ain’t we all unique in our own way? My attitude towards others is well-balanced, very respectful of others and somewhat respected I might add. My performance at work is much better than average. I socialize at work as much as I need to … Continue Reading »
When you go into a job interview, the often asked question is “What’s your salary range?” In an increasingly tough and extremely tough market, this question is very difficult to answer. If you give a dollar number too low, you could lose out on potentially 1,000s of dollars. If you give a dollar number too … Continue Reading »
A friend of mine worked in computers all his professional life as software engineer. Before he was recently laid off, he was a Principal Engineer (PE). The steps, he explained, to become PE is first you are hired as Junior Engineer (JE), then after a couple of years you are promoted to Senior Engineer (SE). … Continue Reading »
The job market is down and is way down for people who lost jobs last month and the months before. They have to work hard and smart to land another job of at least equal value. The job value can consist not only of pay but health care and other benefits as well. One has … Continue Reading »
