10 Ways to Tweak Your Tech Résumé A study released May 31 by Spherion Pacific Enterprises, a recruiting and staffing firm based in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., found that nearly half of the U.S. IT work force plans to change jobs in the next year. While this means great things for techies—the same study found that
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The way you search for jobs reflects your age I lost my job nine months ago when my company was acquired by a new owner. Although recruiters say that I show a lot of energy and enthusiasm, and that I am more than qualified for the work, I rarely get called back for a second
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Seven steps: Strategies that will get you a job The job market is good, the Internet is buzzing, and optimism is high. Still, the best jobs require talent before you walk in the door-– you need to know how to search. Seven tips: 1. Understand keywords. Only three to five percent of job seekers find
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How to Answer Illegal Interview Questions Picture this scenario: You’re in a job interview and doing well until the interviewer asks you an illegal interview question, "What’s your religion?" It’s natural to be stunned by this question. Besides, why would your religious beliefs matter in a job interview? You’re not quite sure how to answer
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5 Shortcuts to a New Job Are you ready to be a little more creative in your approach to job hunting? Are you willing to consider positions beyond the narrow spectrum you’ve been targeting? Here are five of the most potent ways I know to land work: 1. Get a job created for you.You call
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Contacts are crucial if switching careers Job hunting is never easy. Even with the right experience and professional contacts, it can take months to land a coveted position. So imagine the challenges when you’re trying to break into an entirely new career. Where do you begin your search? And how do you compete with more-qualified
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Don’t forget to Google yourself before the interview You’ve researched the company, labored over the best "hire me" outfit and perfected your argument as to why the manager absolutely must employ you. But there’s one more move that if forsaken could hurt your chances of nabbing that position. You never Googled yourself. "You want to
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Working OT to land a job  Walter Stephens, a recent VCU graduate, has two part-time jobs at the moment. He is operations officer at Forest View Rescue Squad in Chesterfield County. He has the same job in Hanover County. Walter Stephens, a recent VCU graduate, has two part-time jobs at the moment. He is operations
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Write your resume in an hour Too often people spend so much time trying to perfect their resume, they lose sight of their real goal — to find a job. You’ve probably heard your friends, family members or even yourself say that you will start looking for that new job as soon as you get
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Resumes crucial for experienced workers Andy Armstrong is a veteran public-relations man, aspiring novelist, published cartoonist – and temporary letter carrier during warm weather. He has sought a full-time PR post since a New York agency laid him off in 2002. The 49-year-old resident of Allendale, N.J., mainly blames his age. "Being older doesn’t help,"
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Online Remark Can Now Sink Job Candidate When a small consulting company in Chicago was looking to hire a summer intern this month, the company’s president went online to check on a promising candidate who had just graduated from the University of Illinois. At Facebook, a popular social networking site, the executive found the candidate’s
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A new wrinkle in the rat race Seasoned professionals are turning to botox injections and other minimally invasive cosmetic procedures to buff up their career prospects. “I am an executive coach, and I know that when you are more attractive, others talk to you more," said Fay Mandell , 61, of Pawtucket, R.I., who gets
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Have You Lost Your Compass? Often artists are deterred from pursuing a career in the arts because of a belief that they can’t make money as artists. With thousands of people making livings as artists, I don’t understand how this myth is perpetuated. But just today, I met a young woman whose parents refused to
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Thin line between fib and fake Despite the risk, résumés are full of sins of omission – and commission In recent years, high-profile executives have crashed and burned for falsifying their résumés. Earlier this year RadioShack chief executive David Edmondson stepped down after the company said it was investigating claims in his résumé that he
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Coming out of retirement won’t be that easy to do We hear a lot about how unprepared American workers are for retirement, but their bosses may be just as flat-footed. Questioning about 1,000 U.S. companies and 5,111 adults this year, Harris Interactive found a gap between what employers think older workers want and what they
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