3 Tips for Getting Over the Generation Y Stigma in the Job Market
Millennials. Digital Natives. Echo Boomers. Generation Y, that subset of the population born between 1980 and 2000, has been given a lot of nicknames that sketch an outline of a group that is tech-savvy, connected, better educated and more diverse than any previous American generational class.
5 Tips for Preparing for a Professional Networking Event
Networking plays an important role in any professional’s career, which means attending events is vital to making new contacts, to developing career leads, and to staying abreast with what is going on in the local community.
Unfortunately, with the advent of social networking sites – Twitter, LinkedIn, and even Facebook – some have forgotten the importance of getting out
How Google+ Can Supplement Your Job Hunt
With Google+ on track to reach 400 million users by the end of 2012, it’s time to get on the bandwagon. However, I am not urging you to join for the sake of having another Facebook to keep up. No, I advise you get involved with Google+ as a means to present your best assets to jobs.
5 Tips for Job Hunting While Still Employed
Just like every business owner is always looking for the next great sale or buy to come along, his or her employees need to give some attention to the current job market.
While most employees are probably content or even happy with their present jobs, especially given the economic environment we live in these days, it should not come as a surprise that many of those same workers are likely keeping one eye on the Help Wanted pages.
5 Hints for Finding a Job in Your Field
You study what you like, right? And you want to find a job using what you learned. You want to find a job that can exploit your aptitudes and interests, one where you won’t be bored stiff. But the economy isn’t cooperating. There are no jobs out there in your field, if you can even tell what jobs your field has. Everyone is telling you to find a stop-gap; something you can do until you find the cryptic ‘perfect’ job. Do something common.
5 quick and easy tips for job hunters
Let me start by saying it is not quick or easy to find a new job. Quite the opposite in fact. Job hunting takes patience and perseverance. I often tell job seekers that is important to continuously move the needle each day and make sure you continue to move forward. Far too many people post their resume on the job boards and apply to job postings and sit back and wonder why their phone is not ringing.