Careers, Jobs & Employment Information

An RX For Your Résumé


Whether you are an accountant, virtual assistant, or a corporate executive, your job skills are constantly refined. A new sales presentation you?ve organized or the new spreadsheet package you?ve mastered should be included on your résumé. You may have new skills that could turn your dead-end job into a new career in another field. If you update your résumé continually, it makes it easier to send it out at a moments notice. Your résumé should be well written, typeset and laser printed. It should also be suited for your targeted employer and field, focusing on your key experience. It should be free of all grammatical errors and appealing to the eye.

10 Tips For Writing A Winning Resume


Your resume (or curriculum vitae), combined with the coverletter, are the master keys to opening the prospectiveemployer's mind and door so that you can proceed to thenext step in the process - the big interview!

The Six Figure Job Search


Before we start discussing how to search for a six figure salary job, let's set a goal. The goal I suggest is to double your income every five years. That may sound like a stretch. Well it is? but it is a doable stretch goal.

Creating a Winning Resume


Preparing your resume can often seem like a daunting task. You?ve done your research, but there is so much information, and how do you pick from the countless formats?!

Ten Great Careers For Computer ?Geeks


The universal acceptance of computers into our daily lives, both at work and at home, has decreased the image of computer users as being ?geeks.? The word geek itself has evolved a bit - going from meaning a socially inept person who gets along better with computers than people, to someone who is an expert with computers, a guru even. In fact, many computer service companies utilize the name geek in their nomenclature because of this new meaning.

What is Contract Programming? An Alternative to the Conformity of Everyday Employment


What is contract programming, you ask? Well, when companies need specific computer programming expertise, for temporary periods of time, they generally hire a contract programmer or an employee of a consulting firm. Contractors almost always have a higher hourly wage than a salaried employee and are often paid for overtime. Contracts can last from one to three months to many years, depending on the situation. A contract programmer generally does one thing: program (code) for the duration of the contract. So, contract programming is just an area of computer consulting. Other areas of computer consulting include custom developers, network consultants and information technology (IT) consultants. The contract programmer can work via two forms of contracts: 1) ?W-2 ? contracts and 2) ?1099? contracts.

Resume That Effectively Promotes You!


Imagine for a moment that you have created a wonderful product. You are excited at the possibilities of attaining name, fame and wealth marketing this product. You create a business plan and a marketing plan. You plan an excellent packaging and a presentation that would do justice to the benefits the product offers to the world and you get all set to market it.

Practice Speaking


For many people, interviewing is not a natural act any more than going on a blind date is. You are asked a bunch of questions about your work. You answer them. They ask a bunch more; you answer them. You?re graded on your performance (you receive a job offer or not). Yet interviews are predictable processes and as such can be planned for

Become an LPN, the Fast Path to a Nursing Career


Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Careers

Home Healthcare Careers


One of the fastest growing sectors of the medical industry is that of home health. There are many reasons for this growth, but most important are:

Smokin? Up a Storm: Clothing, Smokers, and the Job Interview


You?re nervous. You?re so nervous that you crave a smoke. So you light up, and as you puff away, it feels so relaxing, right? Well, what?s good for your nerves is not so good to when you?re job hunting.

Drive Your Career Change ? A Direct Approach


If your career has gone off the road, take control and drive back to job satisfaction with a direct approach.

Are You Taking Your Inner Brat to Work?


Is your inner brat taking over your job? Everyone has an inner brat. It's the part of us that's still a 2-year-old. It gets furious at the slightest inconvenience. It feels entitled to get what it wants when it wants, and complains when things don't go its way. Your inner brat not only makes you miserable, it makes work unpleasant for everyone else.

So, Your Made A Mistake


Of course, mistakes are important. Two facts put those you make in perspective. One, everyone who plays the game makes mistakes. Two, that you make mistakes is not nearly as important as what you do about them.

Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: Try, Try, Again


This article relates to the Career Opportunities competency and explores issues such as internal growth opportunities, potential for advancement, career development importance, and the relationship between job performance and career advancement. Evaluating the Career Opportunities competency in your organization will determine whether your employees believe they have a chance to grow within the organization. Studies show that lack of career opportunity is one of the top reasons why employees leave an organization. Also, continually hiring open positions from outside the organization can be detrimental to morale when a qualified candidate is available internally. Topics covered in this competency are: perceived opportunity for advancement, existence of a career development plan, and organizational commitment to staff development.

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