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Job Searching While Employed:The Do’s And Don’ts

Job Searching While Employed:The Do’s And Don’ts

Though the job search if often treated like a 9-to-5 position, it becomes more difficult to manage when you already have a full-time job. More often than not, job seekers face discrimination for being unemployed, which may lead to finding job openings while gainfully employed. Whatever your reasons may be for leaving, job searching in [...]

Social Recruiting: Advice From A COO

Social Recruiting: Advice From A COO

We all know social recruiting is on the rise (see here, here and here for more advice on social job seeking).  New research from Lee Hecht Harrison, a global talent development firm that connects people to jobs, shows that only 11% of job seekers have found new job opportunities on job boards, while the impact [...]

Job Seekers, Resolutions for the New Year!

Job Seekers, Resolutions for the New Year!

It’s that dreaded time of year again, that time when we feel compelled to make clichéd resolutions that we hope will bring health, success and happiness (if we can just manage to keep them). Many of us will pledge to lose excess weight, eat more healthfully or begin a new exercise regimen, like hot yoga. [...]

Use Your Social Media Profile to Your Advantage: Your Boss could be Watching

Use Your Social Media Profile to Your Advantage: Your Boss could be Watching

With social media becoming more a part of everyday life, applicants on the hunt for new jobs should look at sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and even the newly launched Google+ as potential deal breakers when it comes to getting an offer. A recent SHRM study (Society for Human Resource Management) revealed more than half [...]

How To Give & Ask For a Raise

How To Give & Ask For a Raise

For many, the most nerve-wracking conversation for both the employer and employee is a discussion about a salary raise. Nationally, employees will receive an average 3 percent wage increase this year. With this in mind, employers must carefully decide who gets a raise and when, while employees must perfect the art of salary negotiation. Consult [...]

Like a Boss — Are U.S. Execs Embracing Online Video?

Like a Boss — Are U.S. Execs Embracing Online Video?

A recent Forbes Insight survey discovered that almost 60 percent of C-level U.S. business executives said they’d watch an online video before reading text covering the same topic on a web page. We created this infographic with Wistia to look at how the future of learning is becoming  increasingly visual and social, and how senior managers are [...]

A Guide To User Experience Careers

A Guide To User Experience Careers

User Experience is one of the fastest growing and most exciting segments in the interactive industry. This guide provides essential information on the different career opportunities within UX, national benchmarks for UX salaries, the hottest metro areas for UX jobs, and tools of the trade for UX professionals. Brought to you by onwardsearch.com.

How to Land a Job Using Facebook [Infographic]

How to Land a Job Using Facebook [Infographic]

In recent years, social media has become one of the sharpest tools in any job seeker’s toolbox. And for good reason—using social media, job seekers are one step closer to connecting with their dream employer. With more than 800 million active users, Facebook is a social media Mecca for just about any job seeker. The key is to [...]

The Holidays Kick Into High Gear

The Holidays Kick Into High Gear

The holiday season is underway. With all the speculation about this season, it can be hard for a small business to know what to expect. So what does a small business owner really need to know about this holiday? This infographic created with Intuit has your game plan right here.

10 Of The Highest Paying Work From Home Jobs

10 Of The Highest Paying Work From Home Jobs

Technology is opening up new opportunities for people who want to work at home. Finding and landing profitable work isn’t easy, but we’ve listed some options. These jobs will give you the flexibility you want and the income you need to keep paying your bills and maintaining a healthy credit score.