What to Do When You Need a New Job Fast
It may happen to you at some point in your career. There’s a surprising round of layoffs, or a merger leaves you on the outs, or you just got fired. Perhaps you are in a bad work situation and just feel you need to get away from it all. You need a new job – […]
The New American Dreamer—From Dreams to Reality
You have done a great job at interviewing for a job and now you sit by the phone and wait for it to ring, right? Wrong. After impressing everyone at the interview you came home and sent a thank you note not just to the person interviewing you, but also to anyone who attended and […]
What You Need to Know About the Job Market Now
The job market is showing promise with the best statistics since 2001, according to the Labor Department. If you are looking for work or even if you have given up looking, now is the time to job search. There were 4.7 million job openings on the last day of June, according to the Bureau of […]
The New American Dreamer: At Last, The Interview
The first alarm goes off and just as you are about to hit snooze, a second, louder alarm goes off and it might be then that you remember me saying what a good idea it was to set two alarms the day of your big interview. Having laid your clothes out the night before and […]
The New American Dreamer: Dress & Rehearsal
We have arrived. You got the call, you flew through the phone interview (see our previous story) and now they want to meet you. It’s time for the interview. I want to make sure we emphasize the importance of this interview by taking two entries to cover it dividing this opportunity into the “pre-interview” phase […]
Women in Tech – Introducing the New Frontier
Technology has long promised to level the various playing fields it encompasses, and if this were to hold true then one can imagine a collective cheer coming from every working woman in the nation. Though things aren’t as neat and tidy in the real world it still seems as though opportunities and rewards for women […]
The New American Dreamer: Tell A Phone To Hire You
As many as one in six job interviews now begins on the phone. Companies looking to save time and money choose to pre-screen applicants on the telephone rather than with a face-to-face meeting. For some, this development is good news. Imagine sitting at home in sweatpants and flip-flops, drinking coffee from a favorite mug, and […]
The New American Dreamer—Call Waiting
All set for that job interview? Of course you are. Before that happens, you may have to manage correspondence, specifically emails, from potential employers. There will probably be some surprises along the way, so let’s get to work. Why am I spending so much time talking about how to respond to an email? Because I […]