Everyone makes a few stupid mistakes when they’re young, right? And, if you’re lucky, no lasting harm is done. Young people also tend to change their minds a lot about what they’re going to be when they grow up. That motorcycle racing career may look glamorous today but in a few years, once the kids, the house and the dog come along, you’re likely to find yourself looking for a 9-5 job. Will you be employable? First impressions are everything when job hunting and working with the public in any
I’ll Have a Side of Risotto with that Position Last week, I posted about Extreme Job Hunting where people are using unconventional methods to get the proverbial foot in a company’s door for an interview. It made me recall some of the goofy hoops I’ve jumped through to get a job. Interviews where they make you do stuff…
In this time of high unemployment numbers, how do you get noticed by potential employers? A recent Wall Street Journal article by Joanne S. Lublin addressed this question. Lessons of Extreme Job Hunting provided some examples of what desperate job-seekers have tried.The article describes one man who wore a sandwich board with “M.I.T. graduate for hire” in the financial district where he had worked. Creative? Possibly, but it didn’t land him any interviews. So in your effort to stand out i
StateUniversity.com , the leading website for college information, announces new career advice , financial aid , and “most popular majors” resources for students. The Most Popular Majors feature, available at http://www.stateuniversity.com/programs , ranks schools according to their enrollment for nearly 2,000 academic majors. The new career advice website, available for free online at http://Careers.StateUniversity.com , features resume advice, job hunting strategies, and interview tip
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This is a guest post from Kerry K. Taylor , author of Squawkfox , a blog where frugal living is fun. On today’s episode of The Personal Finance Hour , Jim and I will be discussing job-hunting skills. First, though, here’s Kerry’s advice about résumés. If you’re anything like my friends, your résumé is probably a little stale and perhaps a lot rotten. I’m sure your skills are not rotten and don’t deserve to be trashed as rubbish. But honestly, very few job hunters know how to write a résumé
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