The first thing an interviewer will notice about you is your appearance.
For the ladies, keep your hair away from your face. You may wear make-up but remember that anything in excess is always a bad thing. For clothing, make it clean and well-pressed. You may wear a pantsuit or a skirt as long as it’s [...]
Oh, don’t be misled by the post title. What I meant about it is that, you should be careful on what you say during a job interview. You may think you are just being honest when you say that “my last boss was an *ss” but that statement alone can cost you the new job [...]
This is how I get jobs. Seriously!
I basically use good old networking. When I was a fresh graduate and desperately wanted to join the yuppie (do people still use that word?) band wagon, I merely got hold of my trusty cell phone and texted friends a message that I was actively looking for a [...]
Career coaches are people who specialize in career counseling. They provide advice to help job seekers identify the perfect career for them. They are also called career consultants, career advisers, work-life coaches, personal career trainers, and life management facilitators.
Career coaches are professionals serving the role of an advocate, mentor and partner on all issues related [...]
Many of you might think that handshakes are outdated. Think again. This simple gesture is still valued in the professional setting. This also includes job interviews. A handshake alone can state a lot about a person.
For example, someone with a weak handshake can be taken as one who lacks confidence. On the other hand (pun [...]
If you are a professional who is interested in learning through distance education, one should ask the question, “Am I Ready to Learn Through Distance Education?†Distance education has been around for a couple of years already which is very beneficial to those who wish to finish a degree or course but cannot be physically [...]
It’s very difficult to find work these days. Despite all your efforts in clinching that position, you still find yourself rejected. You realize that jobs are pretty elusive. You have to understand that with so many applicants vying for one position, there is a very high possibility of someone being more qualified that you [...]
In these trying times, it always pays to have an extra ‘umph’ in your job searching activities. Employers are becoming more discriminating, and are looking for prospective employees who have a little something extra to offer.
One of the ways to get noticed more is through LinkedIn, an online professional networking site. It’s just like MySpace [...]
Employees will always be given their duties and responsibilities from day one. But while we hate to take on extra assignments, we are left with no choice at times. Complaining will get you nowhere. It remains that some duties are not enough to compensate your work with any company.
Multitasking is common in offices today. [...]
People are losing jobs and laid off workers are studying. What? Well, seems people have begun to realize the need for a proper education which they may have foregone when they decided it was time to earn cash without finishing their degrees from continuing education to additional courses, laid off employees are going back to [...]