Seniors still sidelined as skill drought approaches Retirement meant anything but kicking back for John Sayles. At age 69, six months after his retirement party, his company asked him to join a team of engineers in war-torn Baghdad, where he worked 12-hour days, seven days a week on a reconstruction project. “It’s the best of
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Don’t dwell on a firing — move on Pottruck, former head of Charles Schwab, openly discusses the emotional roller coaster that accompanied a public termination from a high position. While he goes through the typical and normal range of emotions anyone who has ever been terminated experiences, Pottruck’s recounting suggests a great deal of self-management
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20 percent of Americans want to fire their boss Most U.S. workers are very satisfied with their job, job security and working conditions but 60 percent say now is not a good time to find a job, a study of public opinion polls showed Tuesday. The report by the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think
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Keeping Options Open Is Key to 21st-Century Career Paths “Most US workers don’t know where their careers are going,” says Andrea Kay, a career consultant in Cincinnati. “A career path used to be determined by your manager; now it’s something you design for yourself.” Like the waning concept of lifetime employment with a single company,
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You’re 38 years old and saw your budding career blossom through the roaring ’90s but then fade a bit in these tentative 2000s. Your administrative assistant is 19, has been on the job for three weeks and appears to be preparing for his next move, judging from the updated resume he left on the copier.
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Work calling past retirement age Nearly 7 in 10 workers plan to stay on the job past retirement age including a growing number who say the decision will be driven by financial need, a new survey finds. The survey echoes others in recent years showing more Americans plan to work longer. But the nationwide poll,
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Job opportunities are on the rise for executives, too The best sign of a solid labor market is when you, the job seeker, actually land the job. But if you’re still looking, there are positive signs. Last week, The Conference Board reported that its Help-Wanted Advertising Index — a key measure of job offerings in
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Cover Letters to Recruiters In the world of recruiters and executive search firms, resumes rule. But this doesn’t mean you should ignore or forgo sending cover letters. “If a candidate’s resume is a good fit to what I’m looking for, then I’m going to take a look at the cover letter,” says Dan Anderson, a
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Simple steps to help cope with job loss Imagine walking into your office, as always, and discovering that your desk has been cleaned out; your department is shuttered and locked; or you have 30 minutes to collect your belongings and leave. Would you be able to cope with unemployment? Although companies are hiring–unemployment stood at
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STLtoday – Business – Workplace Nobody will say it to your face – but if you’re job-hunting and you’re over 50, beware. Many employers could be biased against you because of your age. Make a concerted effort to battle their presumptions. Their minds are filled with stereotypes – that “old” means you’ll have health problems,
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Tax Deductible Resumes..Getting Multiple Benefits From A Needed Job Seeking Tool! For those of you who are still on the fence about getting a resume professionally crafted, here is some information that will talk you down to hit the ground running for the nearest resume consultant. According to IRS Publication 529 (which deals with deductibility
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Boomers may lead next start-up boom Maybe it’s not such a bad thing seniors are rejoining the workforce in droves. At least that’s the take on a new report out of outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, which tracks layoff activity and hiring trends. The country, it would seem, is standing at the precipice of
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Women Who Step Out of the Corporate World Find It Hard to Step Back In Women executives who leave the corporate world when they hit a glass ceiling, want to raise a family fulltime or decide to focus on other interests, encounter frustrating roadblocks in their attempts to re-enter the workforce, according to new Wharton
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