Earlier this week, I answered a question from a job-hunter who’s over 50 about finding a less stressful job. His comment inspired me to write this post as well – tips for job hunters who are older. Officially, a company in the United States isn’t allowed to discriminate based on age, as long as you’re […]
Recently, the San Diego Reader reported that today’s workplace is more stressful than it has ever been in the past. This stress is coming from a number of places: the threat of unemployment, the need to take a low-paying job to make ends meet, the lack of company expansions (making promotions more competitive), and more. […]
Job seekers and career changers often experience a type of paralysis when it comes to decision-making. Sometimes, even when the choices seem very clear, people torture themselves with what-if scenarios: What if I follow this course and it doesn’t work out? What if a better option comes up after I’ve chosen? What if the market […]
Here at JobMonkey, you can find tons of resources for acing any job interview and getting hired, but the work doesn’t end there. When you’re offered a job, rarely are you offered some kind of contract that guarantees your position. If you don’t meet expectations, you could be fired just as quickly as you were […]
Why, why, why do we do it? Why do we open our mouths, insert one or both feet and continue talking? What makes us talk too much, say the wrong things and then keep talking in a desperate attempt to distract attention from whatever awful thing we just said? More to the point, why do […]
As someone who’s attention is nearly completely on U.S. jobs and employers, something interesting was brought to my attention: Employers in other countries expect different things from applicants. A good friend of mine, Graham Tappenden, recently sent me his book, How to Write a German CV to review for my personal website, but I wanted […]
Information overload has apparently risen from a water-cooler complaint to a full-blown productivity crisis. At least, that’s what the creators of Information Overload Awareness Day (October 20) want you to believe. And who’s to say they’re wrong? According to the press release I received, the following statistics build the case: 58% of U.S. government and […]
No matter what industry interests you, there are professional events scheduled to help workers connect and learn more about their field. In less than a week, I’ll be heading to BlogWorld, which is one of the largest conferences in my field (jobs for freelance writers and bloggers), but it isn’t just bloggers and other Internet […]
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