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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 [...]

50 Happiest Companies for 2012

50 Happiest Companies for 2012

CareerBliss announces employees’ choice for the happiest places to work! See Top 10We’re proud to reveal the winners of CareerBliss’ Happiest Companies in America Awards for 2012, thanks to thousands of employees from around the country.Of the thousands of companies nominated for this award, the 50 winners have been designated as the happiest places to [...]

Job Hunting, Just Like Trying to Get a Date? Same Thing?

Job Hunting, Just Like Trying to Get a Date? Same Thing?

Are you dating your boss? No, not actually dating your boss- silly, but are you searching for the right company, the right employer, the right boss? Searching for a new job, a new company, and a new boss to establish a long-term relationship can be emotionally draining. It is like trying to find that perfect [...]

Bad Credit No Longer a Problem in Job Hunts

Bad Credit No Longer a Problem in Job Hunts

Your credit history can keep you from getting a job. For years employers have been pulling credit reports as part of the background check of potential job applicants. “In the past only bank and financial institutions used credit checks,” said Amber Yoo with Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, “But over the years it has evolved so that [...]

Online Hiring Expected To Double In 2012

Online Hiring Expected To Double In 2012

The rise of the Internet has brought a lot of revolutionary changes to the workforce — social media, Google, and now online employment. Elance, the leading platform for online work, recently released its 2011 Online Employment Review which says that “the future of work will be contingent, global and online.” As I know firsthand from [...]

A Glimpse At The Temporary Employee Workforce

A Glimpse At The Temporary Employee Workforce

Each year businesses prepare for the holiday onslaught by calling in the reserves: seasonal employees. But, finding the right employees takes considerable effort and training. This infographic created with Mindflash, examines the world of seasonal employment: what other companies are doing and how you can successfully hire employees for your business.

How To Find A Job: When There Are No Jobs.

How To Find A Job: When There Are No Jobs.

Paul Rega, is a veteran recruiter with over twenty-seven years of job hunting and career planning experience. His new 2012 edition of, “How To Find A Job: When There Are No Jobs” is an excellent job search book and a must read for anyone who is looking for a new job in the worst economy [...]

Modern Ways To Search For A Job

Modern Ways To Search For A Job

In the market for a new job? Checking out career opportunities in your field? If you’re thinking about being competitive, make sure you’re in tune with what’s happening to the employment landscape. Paper applications pretty much have become extinct as social network sites like Linked-In and online job searching tools like Monster, Careerbuilder, and BranchOut [...]

Tips for Attending Online Career Fairs

Tips for Attending Online Career Fairs

These days, going to a career fair doesn’t require actually going anywhere. In fact, more and more are being held online, allowing job hunters to meet, network, and interview with prospective employers right from the comfort of their own homes. Because online career fairs are a relatively new phenomenon, many may not know how to [...]

20 Big Ways the Recession is Changing Young Adults

20 Big Ways the Recession is Changing Young Adults

It’s tempting to assume that young adults, much less settled into their lives than older adults, would be less hard hit by the recession. Yet new research has demonstrated that young adults are taking a particularly damaging hit in this economic downturn, and that the effects of their experiences during these formative years could cause [...]