Tired of watching your children "waste" time on their computers and cell phones? Well, they might just be getting some needed on-the-job training without even knowing it. According to a recent survey conducted by Ball State University, the vast majority of employers are willing to pay high...

Keeping the Recession from Leading to Personal Depression Maybe you’ve been laid off recently. Maybe, like me, you’ve been looking for a long time now. But whether you’re dealing with the fresh kick in the gut of a recently-lost job or the long and winding grind of an extended job ...

My seven-year-old son started playing in our town’s youth basketball league this year. I’m one of his coaches. Now, as any truthful observer of this kind of squad will admit, playing is a loose term. As the kids do their best to pass (we have a three-pass minimum), shoot and defend, ther...

You’ve sent out scores of resumes and maxed out your cell phone minutes doing follow-up calls. You were beginning to doubt it would ever happen, but you’ve finally done it: you’ve landed a job interview. Interviews make virtually everyone nervous. Whether you’re looking for y...

Today, I spoke with Nick Corcodilos , who is the host of Ask The Headhunter and author of Ask The Headhunter: Reinventing The Interview to Win The Job.  As a headhunter with years of experience, Nick reveals a lot of very interesting information to us in this interview.  He talks about what he use...

The end of my senior year is almost here and there’s still so much left for me to do… I really need to sit down and write out a schedule for when I need to have things done other than their actual due dates since most of them are so close to one another. Time management… I need to ...

Lately we have known way too many people who have lost thier jobs.  Karen and I just wanted to let you know that we are praying for all of you who are struggling, regardless of your job status.  But we are especially praying for those of you looking for jobs. These last few weeks, my family has be...

ATLANTA, GA - A disgruntled job seeker sent this [unedited] email to my client's HR department: To: jobs@MyClient.comFrom: Joe BlowSubject: Re: Thanks for applying to MyClient.comDate: Monday, March 1, 2009, 12:20 PM Dear [My Client], Please REMOVE me from your database.  Please remove my ...

OMAHA, NE - Well, it's here: Warren Buffett's annual letter to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway. While you can read for yourselves Mr. Buffett's sober predictions of the economy being "in shambles throughout 2009 - and, for that matter, probably well beyond," job seekers can learn something about ...

OMAHA, NE - Well, it's here: Warren Buffett's annual letter to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway.  While you can read for yourselves Mr. Buffett's sober predictions of the economy being "in shambles throughout 2009 - and, for that matter, probably well beyond," job seeke...