Conducting an Authentic Job Search Scientists and engineers sometimes reveal how scary the job search feels to them when they talk to recruiters. Often this comes couched in complaints about “how the job market works.” It’s true that the job search does take us out of our comfort zones. But not all of that fear
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10 Tough Questions & How to Answer Them Before Stephen Baird interviewed for the position of VP of corporate security for United Rentals in 2004, he did his homework. Sure, he checked out its financial filings and the stability of the executive suite, and he networked with a few peers. But Baird also went a
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11 Reasons to Find a New Job That the Interviewer Shouldn’t Know The American worker will change jobs for several reasons. The most popular reasons to start over include being underpaid to personality conflicts with the boss. However, when you’re interviewing for your new job you don’t want to tell the interviewer that you didn’t
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Despite Favorable Job Market, IT Pros Stay Put Ever since the early 2000’s economic downturn, IT pros have endured the slings and arrows of an employer’s marketplace. Employers slashed benefits, eliminated perks, froze—or increased only modestly—salary and compensation levels, and through it all placed more responsibilities on the already brimming plates of their employees. Don’t
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Dare to be honest in your job hunt I Should you or shouldn’t you? Say you’re sitting in a job interview, controlling your nerves and selling yourself hard. Do you tell them that you train for triathlons, have two toddlers, or will die if you can’t leave early on summer Fridays to beat the beach
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50 best companies for employees over 50 This year, the AARP’s list gives special preference to companies that offer flexible hours. Plus, job sites for people who want to keep working through ‘retirement.’ The AARP’s latest list of the top places to work for people over 50 includes some household names, like Volkswagen of America
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How To Get Fired Like A Man Forced out of her Hewlett-Packard CEO role, Carly Fiorina, America’s most powerful businesswoman walked away with a severance package totaling more than $21 million, plus millions more in stock options, salary and bonuses. She’s not the only savvy female business leader packing a golden parachute. Edna Morris negotiated
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Job Interview Tips — Why Preparation Pays Off If you’ve won an interview for a job, that’s cause for celebration in itself. It shows that your prospective employer considers you to be a viable candidate for the position you want. Now it’s time for you to brush up your interview skills and get ready to
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Five ways to find a job Career experts say most job seekers do not know how to effectively seek employment. Understanding the five major ways can help you develop a search strategy. Each of the five major ways utilizes traditional methods and today’s technology. Each one has advantages and disadvantages. The traditional methods are newspaper
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How to Avoid IT Interview Flubs A study released the week of Aug. 28 by Menlo Park, Calif., staffing firm Accountemps found that one of the most common mistakes made by candidates in job interviews was having little or no knowledge of the company, according to 47 percent of the senior executives surveyed. While IT
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