10 job-search habits to break in 2010

Here’s the challenge: Are the things you’re doing to find a job the right things? Are your activities producing results, or are you doing things you’ve always done and getting little in return? It’s not that you set out to…

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10 job-search habits to break in 2010

How do you fill the gaps on your resume?

If your out of work for an extended period of time do you do you document this on your resume? How? If you have been doing more than job hunting do you list your activities? Taking classes to improve/keep your skills current, volunteering, writing a book, starting a small side company, etc, does HR want to know this?

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How do you fill the gaps on your resume?

Television Producer Sample Cover Letter

by Sandra Jones A television producer is a skilled individual who is responsible for managing all the activities concerned with a production of the show. Some of these activities include: show idea development, casting of the show and the shooting. A television producer principally has to administer the essential monetary funds of the show. A covering letter is a letter of…

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Television Producer Sample Cover Letter

Facebook Faux-Pas Results in Firing

Speaking of being careful on social networking sites… A woman in Britain recently committed a major faux-pas when she complained about her boss publicly on Facebook — forgetting that she had added that manager as one of her “friends” on that site. Apparently she also forgot that she was close to the end of her six-month trial period…

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Facebook Faux-Pas Results in Firing

laid off, but not laying low

If you’re curious as to how are laid-off workers are coping with one of the country’s worst job markets, take a look at this recent CareerBuilder survey. In between job searches the unemployed are putting their extra time to good use by tidying up their homes, getting in shape, relaxing, volunteering and doing a host of other activities. CareerBuilder polled…

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laid off, but not laying low

There’s still room for a little kindness

This post is about being kind – in the workplace, and in life. Yes, I know, it sounds a bit old fashioned, maybe a bit backward. Some will say, “Grace, that just doesn’t work in the real world.” I mentioned this topic to a colleague and his response was, “Nobody gets ahead by being nice and kind. Are you sure you…

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There’s still room for a little kindness