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How Best to Work with a Recruiter Today
Back in the day when job hunting was easier, job seekers had the upper-hand. Whether it was applying directly to a business online or registering with a local staffing firm, oftentimes it was a quick and easy process. Today – not so much. It’s a New World. Businesses that ARE hiring in today’s climate are [...]
Resting on Your Laurels: The Ultimate Career Downfall
So maybe you’ve been working for a while, and you have an impressive resume. With your previous experience, you’re armed with all the job-finding know-how. You’ve crafted the ultimate CV, you can interview like it’s nobody’s business, and your writing skills are flawless, enabling you to cook up a perfectly-tailored cover letter in minutes. Career [...]
3 Ways to Ensure You Don't Have To Get Up Again For Work on Some Cold Winter Morning
You get one chance to make a first impression. You can always use that fact of life to ensure you won’t have to fret about getting up for work some cold winter morning again. Let’s look at just 3 ways to make sure that becomes your reality. 1. First off, just make sure your resume [...]
Tips For Questions to Ask at Interviews
It is well understood that sales training can improve specific skills, but what do you look for when recruiting a new sales person?For all sales positions a willingness to achieve is an important factor. Thus, in recruitment, the key question to answer is: what level of commitment and stamina do they have? This question is [...]
5 Tips on How to Make Midlife Career Changes
When you think of changing your career midlife, the best way to do it is to go to school once again, but it could be the worst also depending on what field you are choosing. When you were in college what you wanted was to go into a University; hence you studied the field that [...]
Early Retirement Plan – 4 Golden Strategies to Leave the Rat Race Behind
Make early retirement your choice. With a plan you can happily live on without damaging your quality of life. Live with what you need instead of what you want. There is a difference. And learning to distinguish between the two is the key to an early retirement plan. 1) Needs versus Wants. What is the [...]
Career Tip #1 – Come to Your Interview With a Plan – Plans Win Jobs
Peggy McKee gives a webinar call the 30-60-90 day sales plan. However, this presentation can be adapted to almost any job and few steps will impress an interviewer more than the interviewee with a plan. Additionally, a plan allows you to prevent an interview from wandering around aimlessly and resulting in no useful outcome. Come [...]
Retiree Jobs – Baby Boomer Retirement Means Work For Most
Retiree jobs will be important to 72% of all baby boomers. According to a Del Webb, who should know something about retirement, survey of baby boomers… 72% is the percentage of baby boomers that plan to work in retirement. Why is working in retirement necessary? Over 50% of boomers have saved less than $25,000 for [...]
Career Change Myths Exposed
Have you been dreaming of making a career change? If so, why haven’t you acted on your dream? It might be because you are operating under a false assumption. You might be missing out on opportunities because of a career myth – the good news is that there are several career change myths that can [...]
10 More Tips For Finding Jobs Over 40
Being out of work can be a lonely time. It is important to spend time with other people in both business and social environments. Networking events are a great way to achieve both of these and could include Business Link, IIB, Institute of Directors, Chamber of Commerce and many other local business groups. You can [...]


