Posts Tagged ‘career’
Job Searching While you Still Have a Job
I have a job. I have a decent job. So why on earth am I trying to do a job search in this lousy job market? Regardless of the economy, there is a point where you have grown as much as you can in your current job and it is time to start looking into [Read More]
Fix it Nix: I’m Stuck in the Wrong Career
Dear Nix: I know I’m in the completely wrong career field. I do okay with it, get recognized and rewarded. However, it gets harder and harder every day to work here…my productivity, which has never been great, has slowly deteriorated. I know I was born to do [Read More]
You Try Working from Home
In today’s economy, it isn’t uncommon for people to have multiple jobs. Many people juggle two and three jobs just make ends meet. I am no different, except in that two of my jobs let me work from home. For some reason, people don’t understand that concept. If I [Read More]
Book Review: The 4-Hour Workweek
A coworker first told me about The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss in November of 2007. And I began reading it right around Thanksgiving; however, that was also during a time when I was having a lot of difficulty focusing on any book. I had 3 or 4 or maybe [Read More]
Finding a Job in 2008: The Hunt
I've been a recruiter, professionally, for nine years. Recently, it seems more and more people are asking me about the best ways to find a job or how to improve their resumes and cover letters. It's obvious, no matter which political side you sit on, [Read More]
Confessions of an Office Slacker
I work at a small office. A very small, very boring office where we do menial work that would be done far more efficiently by a computer or a zombie. Honestly, a computer could do my job far more efficiently and I live in fear for the day that my employer realizes this and [Read More]
Bring Your Dog to Work
According to a CNN/Money poll in 2006, 75% of all dog owners would work longer hours if they could bring their dog to work. In this day of employers trying to create "work-life harmony" and adding more value to their employee's' benefits, bringing a [Read More]
