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polls - Take Our Poll Q: In my experience, a key reason people change jobs is because they took the wrong job to begin with. Rejecting the wrong jobs is all the more important in a difficult economy, because...
By Nick Corcodilos Syndicated columnist Q: You advise people to do extensive research and preparation before picking a company to apply to. Then you tell them to prepare a "business plan" about how they'd do the job and to...
By Marshall Loeb MarketWatch NEW YORK — The job market has seen better days. And if you're in the middle of a job search, chances are it is taking longer than you'd like. While this can be frustrating, it's...
By Nick Corcodilos Syndicated columnist Q: OK, I've been following your steps and I've picked 10 companies (not job openings), and I'm researching my way into my next job. I got a copy of an industry magazine as you...
By Nick Corcodilos Syndicated columnist Q: Some employers like to see proof of a candidate's ability, and they ask for samples of work such as reports, designs or analyses. However, such work could be subject to non-disclosure rules, especially...
By Nick Corcodilos Syndicated columnist Q: I have two job offers, both in the same dollar range. Believe me, in today's economy, I know how lucky I am! I'm not sure which factors to weigh or what will be...
By Nick Corcodilos Syndicated columnist Q: I am speaking both as a frustrated hiring manager and as a job hunter. I've always said to the potential employer, "I want this job. It sounds interesting and challenging." The key phrase...
By Nick Corcodilos Syndicated columnist Q: I recently attended a training class and overheard people discussing how work-at-home jobs have become common. One was talking about using a computer to make money, but none could tell me how to...
With gas prices and joblessness on the rise, more people are looking seriously at working from home. Also multiplying are the online scam artists who seek to profit from this trend.
How do I get the hiring manager's attention? I know that a local company has new positions in the works, but I can't get anyone to talk to me. Is my only alternative to send a resume and hope it is seen by the district manager?
By Nick Corcodilos Syndicated columnist Q: How can I negotiate vacation time when I get a job offer? One thing that has kept me from seeking other employment is that I don't want to lose the four weeks of...
You're a manager and you've identified 10 possible candidates for a position in your department. It's time to interview them. What should you do next?
By Nick Corcodilos Syndicated columnist Q: How do I find good small companies to work for? Much of my career has been spent in Fortune 500 companies in several big cities. Now it's time to make a change, but...
Your current boss and buddies at work might be your best references, but if you let them know you're interviewing elsewhere, that could jeopardize your current job.
Q: I'm a dedicated, loyal employee, and I would do anything for my employer. Why, then, do I lose my job every few years and have a hard time landing a new one? Nick's reply: Your question is impossible...
Q: I realize that headhunters work for the employer, but my past experience has been that a good one will pick up an individual with good...
Q: I have 10 years of experience, but I'm confused about what it takes to get a good job nowadays. Companies seem to be incredibly picky...
David K. Marshall was laid off in October for the second time in two years. The 61-year-old credit manager fears the worsening economy will leave him jobless longer than his last six-month bout.
You have said that the key to a successful job search is to contact the person you would work for within an organization and to show how you can help out. How can I find the manager who has the problems I'll be able to solve?
Two days after posting his résumé on a major job board, Jason Keith was called into his manager's office for a talk. His boss had found...
A few years ago, Kathy met Henry in a social setting. At the time, Henry had a small business that sounded relatively intriguing to Kathy. Out of habit, Kathy made a point of getting Henry's contact information at the end of the evening even though she was content in her job.
Seems I continually hear this complaint... "They aren't hiring me because I'm overqualified." One man wrote this email to me concerned about just this problem. He said: "I have a lot of incredible extracurricular professional activities, publishing experience, project management experience, board leadership, etc.
Many people are at a loss about what to do first when they lose a job. You know you'll need to start looking, but many skip over the thing that can make the process less painful: obtaining unemployment benefits. It helps defeat the desperation that unemployment creates and allows you to maintain a "you-can-do-it" attitude and spirit.
When the first career counseling client told me he had been on the Atkins diet since he lost his job, I thought it was a good move since he was over 50 and seriously needed to take off pounds. I didn't pay it much mind until a few weeks later when another executive, who'd just become a client, mentioned that he was doing the same thing.
Okay, admit it. You hate job-hunting. Lots and lots of people feel that way. In fact, I think I'm a lone soldier because I actually like job hunting. Too often discouraged job hunters project their gloomy, depressed attitude to those around them.
Mary, a former Boeing worker who attended a recent seminar I taught, said, "So many other laid-off folks are taking the summer off. They are getting unemployment so they can coast by and I think I'm going to do that too."
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