Articles for job seekers.
Every office has stories of holiday parties past. The sordid tales range from co-workers showing up in jeans to a formal event, or the year that an employee drank too much champagne and entertained the office with dance moves. While holiday parties are supposed to be fun, your actions and behavior can affect your career […] Read Article “Holiday Party Etiquette: The Do’s and Don’ts”
The holiday season can be one that is fun in the workplace. However, while gatherings, gifting, and celebrations can boost morale, social events with co-workers should be handled with care. Workplace Culture The attitude of your company can affect how you celebrate the holidays in the office. Is the mood light and laid-back or more […] Read Article “Tips for Celebrating the Holidays in the Workplace”
I’ve recently been invited to speak to students about the “real world” and give them advice on how to succeed after college. As I’m preparing my little talk I’ve been thinking back on my career and why I’ve enjoyed success and disappointments along the way – and what I’ve learned from both. So here’s a […] Read Article “Nine Pieces of Career Advice to Live By”
As a result of October’s federal government shutdown, the BLS’ latest “Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment” report, concerning September’s job creation statistics, will not be published this month, as originally planned. September’s data will still be released however, but not until December 5th. On that day, the BLS will publish its final “Metropolitan Area Employment […] Read Article “Joblessness is Gradually Declining in Most Metro Areas”
Our marketing team is in the middle of an organizational redesign. We are moving from a mostly traditional structure (organized by skill sets) to a demand generation and revenue marketing team aligned with our sales and recruitment funnel. Because of this, we’ve needed to hire additional modern marketers who are content creators, understand analytics and […] Read Article “Five Job Interview Skills Your Competition Doesn’t Have”
Let’s get this out of the way from the get-go — If you’re thinking about going to work on Halloween with a full-blown Miley Cyrus “twerking” look, well, think again. Miley shocked and offended during her VMA performance, and there is every reason to think you would do the same at the office. Definitely not […] Read Article “10 Work-Appropriate Halloween Costumes”
This morning’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report for the month of September showed a gain of 148,000 jobs and a slightly lowered unemployment rate of 7.2%. Revisions for July and August added 9,000 additional jobs to the economy. Over the last 12 months, employment growth has averaged 185,000 jobs per month. The September report […] Read Article “What’s the Status of Jobs and the Economy? Get the Latest Insights on the BLS Report”
With Congress failing to reach a compromise on the Continuing Appropriations Resolution of 2014 and approve Federal spending guidelines, the government was forced to shut down on October 1st. Roughly 800,000 federal employees have been furloughed and are not working. However, 1.3 million federal employees have been designated as ‘essential employees’ are continuing to work […] Read Article “How Will the Federal Government Shutdown Affect You?”
Today’s college graduates are entering the toughest employment market since the Great Depression. In an economy where thousands of recent graduates jockey for limited job openings, choosing a major can be difficult if not downright demoralizing. But amid all the doom and gloom, one degree seems to be a sure thing: engineering. Engineering degrees are […] Read Article “Want a Financially Stable Future? Major in Engineering.”
The highly successful social media network for professionals announced in August that U.S. teens ages 14 to 18 will be allowed to create accounts and will have access to LinkedIn University Pages. This marks a significant shift for what has long been the most buttoned-down of social media networks. Since its launch in 2003, LinkedIn […] Read Article “LinkedIn University Pages: Networking Beyond Millennials”