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It's now been more than two days since Boeing's momentous announcement that the second 787 line will fly south to North Charleston, S.C., instead of Everett. Last time I looked out the window, the sky had not fallen and lights were still on in Seattle....
After sending out countless resumes, squirming through interviews and slowly building up your network, it's tempting for job seekers to fantasize about cutting out the "middleman"--about walking right up to the CEO, offering a firm handshake and talking about how you, alone, are the answer...
Each month, a new wave of national job fairs blows through town on their grand tours, many of which have little to do with the Seattle job scene and are of dubious merit to local job hunters. But as October draws to a close, a...
Of all the fiscal quarters in the year, the fourth has got to be the hardest to predict and analyze. Since the holiday season is such a crucial sales time for most businesses, any spike in hiring or increased sales can be written off as...
Lord knows the last thing out-of-work people want to hear right now is anything about "trickle-down" economics, that much-derided Reagan-era theory that financial incentives for the wealthy will eventually funnel down to the rest of society. This idea, however, is starting to bear fruit in...
For those who were counting on getting some extra income for the holiday shopping blitz, it may be time to come up with a Plan B. According to a new survey released this week by Aon Consulting, 44 percent of large, nationwide retailers said they...
One of the most frequently cited solutions to the current employment crisis in this country is the alleged rise of the "clean technology," or clean tech, sector. In a perfect world faced with growing energy demands and aging infrastructure, clean tech was supposed to ride...
If you haven't ironed your best interview clothes, better make some time for that tonight. The fall job search season is kicking into high gear with two back-to-back job fairs this week. In the spirit of October's athletics-heavy calendar, both will be held at Seattle's...
Gaze at almost any horizon in Seattle this weekend and, with the exception of Mt. Rainier, you will be hard pressed to find a single snowflake on the local mountain ranges. It doesn't exactly get you jazzed about hitting the slopes anytime soon. But while...
Sometimes when the daily grind of a job search gets you down, it's comforting to take some of Garrison Keillor's Lutheran advice from "A Prairie Home Companion" and realize that, no matter how many times you've been rejected by a hiring manager, "it could be...
Last week's dispiriting news that the nation's unemployment rate hit 9.8 percent dealt a staggering blow to the theory that the economic recovery we are (allegedly) experiencing will come with new job opportunities. It now appears that this will, indeed, be a "jobless recovery," with...
As most out-of-work job seekers know, the search for employment is a full-time job in itself (with really lousy benefits). But what about those who are currently holding a job but are looking for a new one? I am often asked how one can maintain...
For most job seekers, the routine is numbingly familiar: See an ad, respond to an ad, wait for a response, repeat. It happens every day in every market across the United States. Unfortunately, it's one of the least efficient ways to get a job, says...
