Create a winning resume Q: What type of services and resources are out there to create a winning resume for someone who is a recent college graduate? A: A strong resume doesn’t get you the job, but it definitely helps in landing an interview. And at a time when employers are being bombarded by hundreds
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It’s never too early to start the job search It’s never too early to start the job search Seniors preparing for life after Penn have a lot of planning to do — and Career Services is here to help. Yesterday, its staff began a series of seminars designed to guide students through the process of
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Strategy for mature employees Why is it so difficult in some professions to find a job when you have ten, fifteen or twenty years of experience? Sometimes it is because employers discriminate and other times it is because hiring managers make assumptions about middle aged or older employees. If you are discriminated against because of
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In recruiting for diversity, image is everything The best way companies can attract a diverse and qualified pool of job candidates is to market to them the same way they do their customers, experts said at a recent conference in Las Vegas. Tim Gibbon, president and chief executive of New York-based advertising agency J. Walter
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Has work overtaken your life? “Spend Free Time,” says the billboard. In the background, a bit out of focus, a woman in a swimming pool smiles at a man in the foreground who is sitting by the pool’s edge. The man is wearing swim trunks but is working on his laptop computer. The billboard is
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What separates a good job applicant from a bad one? “It’s still absolutely amazing to me how many times we get rsums, not to mention cover letters, full of typos. Incredible,” said Jack Goldberg, of Personnel Management Systems in Kirkland, which helps companies screen job applicants. E-mail article Print view Search Most e-mailed Most read
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Older adults may be answer for part-time help in workplace Local and area retailers got some helpful advice recently when a national retail consultant brought his program to Gainesville. Rick Segel, who has authored a number of books and coordinated business assistant programs, was brought here by Joe Burnett, executive director of Main Street Gainesville,
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Evolving working world leaves workers unprepared In one newspaper job I had, co-workers and I began each day by debating issues and current events. During one discussion about anxiety over corporate downsizing, someone opined that workers needed to become “more nimble.” I could barely stop from making a sour face. The comment struck me as
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Time to dust off that rsum Labor Day weekend is here, the barbecue grill is heating up and the lazy days of summer are in the final stretch. And it is a good time to start thinking about landing that next job. No joke. Some career experts say the winding down of summer and the
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The invisible white-collar worker Books about the poor are one luxury the poor do not crave. That reality was always a problem for the American left even during the Depression. An army of writers tried to create “proletarian literature.” But its audience came overwhelmingly from the professional and middle class, among those already radicalized (or
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Portrait Of A Portfolio Career: An Answer To The Perfect Job? Do you cringe when you look at your resume through the eyes of a prospective employer, afraid the wide range of jobs listed will disqualify you? Or have you put together a single-track career record but secretly long for more variety, more outlets for
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How To Work For An Idiot Idiot bosses exist only to stomp the life out of their intellectually superior and more innovative subordinates. This keeps many good workers up at night. Some can’t figure out why their ideas are rejected and their work is denigrated. Others sink into cynicism about their careers. A few devote
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