Thursday, November 12, 2009

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5 Ways Volunteering Can Save Your Job Search

When you're looking for a job, spend some of your time helping others. You'll help yourself. more >>

20 Temptations To Fight at Work

Making these moves may be appealing, but they are a sure route to disappointment. more >>

How Long Will Unemployment Outweigh Deficit Concerns?

Most lawmakers are still focused on finding the right spending tools to address unemployment more >>

How to Handle Defensive Coworkers

There's a secret to defusing someone's defensiveness and having a less difficult conversation more >>

10 Things to Do While You're Unemployed

You can't spend all your time on your job hunt. more >>

Congress Talks Unemployment Extensions and Hiring Tax Credit

Congress is briefly turning from healthcare to job creation. more >>

13 Ways to Make Your Professor Love You

It's smart to have a good relationship with your teachers. Here's how to forge that path. more >>

9 Tips For Being Happier at Work

Job security doesn't necessarily lead to happiness. more >>

Jobs Index Increases For First Time in 20 Months

Good news about the job market is rare these days, but here's something to savor. more >>

5 Ways Managers Fail at Delegating

Delegating effectively is one of the most important things you can do as a manager. more >>

What Kind of Maverick Are You?

Positive mavericks courteously challenge policies and propose reasonable alternatives. more >>

Why You Need to Know the Difference Between HR and an MD

Medical diagnoses are not part of my job. more >>

Try Doing What Doesn't Come Naturally

A dose of what doesn’t come naturally will let you better enjoy the fruit of what does. more >>

Chronological vs. Functional Resumes

Three out of four hiring managers say they prefer chronological resumes. more >>

5 Lessons From Brett Favre

You can’t beat experience when time is running out. more >>

Why the Little Things Matter in Your Job Search

A small mistake in a job hunt can take on far greater importance than it would in most contexts more >>

7 Work 'Gifts' to Accept With Caution

There are moments in the workplace when what appears to be a gift is more of a grab. more >>

New Study Reveals Secrets to Finding a Job

A new study of 327 job seekers finds that having a plan and staying positive is key to success. more >>

The Best Kind of Job Training

Nothing says "I don't value my employees" like sending them to worthless training classes. more >>

Dreaming on Hold? Why It's Time to Start it Up Again

We can step out of our protective cave and start tackling our dreams again. more >>

Is Healthcare Still a Promising Field?

The industry has been hiring throughout the recession, but many new graduates find fewer opportunities. more >>

What to Do if Your Job Interviewer is Incompetent

Let’s face it. Not every job interviewer knows how to interview. more >>

How to Listen to New Ideas

Amy Poehler may have said it best. more >>

Do Job Seekers Have to Use Social Networks?

If you hate these tools and resent hearing you have to use them, here’s some good news: You don’t. more >>

Why Michigan's Unemployment Rate Could Be Worse

If not for a significant workforce drop, the state's unemployment rate would be much higher. more >>

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