Get job, not fleeced With a click of your mouse, you can post your résumé for millions to see. You can store five different cover letters at once and send out different versions without printing a single page. You can apply to hundreds of employers without ever getting in a car or picking up the
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Search for a new job won’t be a cakewalk Question: For someone new to the job search, could you answer these three questions, please? What is the best way to find out who’s hiring? What is the best way to market myself to employers? What is your advice on the best approach to get employers
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Job hopes flame out A bartender looks for a new place to serve drinks because she wants to get as far away as possible from someone who was once near and dear. “Due to issues with my x-husband, it is time for me too move on,” she wrote. A bodyguard wants work that “keeps me
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How you can make a portfolio career work “You should write a column about portfolio careers,” my breakfast companion Ed said. Why? “Because I think they are becoming more common, and the idea is especially appealing to baby boomers,” he said. As we discussed it, I decided Ed was right. (Of course, we’re both boomers
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