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By Anthony Balderrama on Aug 9, 2011 in Featured, How to search, The right job | 9 Comments
It’s been a heckuva week. Well, not even a week, just a few days. The S&P credit downgrade, the Dow roller coaster, and riots in Tottenham. Definitely a big case of “Wow. What is going on in the world?” Let’s hope the rest of the week is calmer and, if it is eventful, it’s for a good reason. Continue reading
By Anthony Balderrama on Aug 8, 2011 in Featured, Getting a raise, How to search, Interviews, News and trends | 6 Comments
We know that, especially in today’s economy, many job seekers are just grateful to receive a job offer. Make no mistake, having a job offer is a reason to celebrate, especially after all the hard work that goes into a job search. Continue reading
By Anthony Balderrama on Aug 2, 2011 in Featured, How to search, The right job | 9 Comments
Each Tuesday we bring you a list of companies hiring this week, but today we’re bringing you a list of companies hiring this month. Yeah, we said month. Did we just blow your mind? I know. Calm down, everybody, let’s not get too excited. Continue reading
By Anthony Balderrama on Jul 28, 2011 in Featured, The right job, Work/Life | 17 Comments
In college, one of my professors noted that the amount of absences that particular day was extraordinarily high. Despite it being a sunny, spring day, he wasn’t surprised.
“On days with really bad weather, people don’t come to class because it’s too dangerous to drive,” he said. Continue reading
By Anthony Balderrama on Jul 26, 2011 in Featured, How to search, The right job, Who's hiring | 3 Comments
The last Tuesday in July already? Where does the time go? Back-to-school sales are already popping up and your local big box retailers have school supplies on sale. Yet we’re still two months away from the return of our favorite primetime shows. Continue reading
By Anthony Balderrama on Jul 21, 2011 in Featured, News and trends, Surveys | 8 Comments
If reality TV has accomplished anything for humanity, aside from giving us some amazing wig-pulling fights, it has helped us all realize we’re not alone in this world. You like watching people live in a house with strangers, whom they will eventually fight, drink with, and then kiss? Continue reading
By Anthony Balderrama on Jul 20, 2011 in Co-workers, Featured, News and trends | 287 Comments
Fashion is subjective, and not just the artistic designer clothes you see in glossy magazines. What you’re wearing today might make you cringe 10 years from now when you flip through your photo album. To be accurate, when you flip through your Facebook photo albums on your featherweight glass tablet. Continue reading
By Anthony Balderrama on Jul 19, 2011 in Featured, How to search, The right job | 0 Comments
We’re officially in the second half of July. Summer is sprinting past us. The Women’s World Cup was a tense, amazing ride that did not end how we expected. Harry Potter has left us. Overall, this week is an emotional roller coaster. Continue reading
By Anthony Balderrama on Jul 14, 2011 in Featured, Interviews, News and trends | 197 Comments
You might have heard an urban legend about a job seeker who goes on a lunch interview with his potential boss. When the meal arrives, the job seeker sprinkles salt on his food before tasting it. Immediately the employer knows she has no interest in hiring this man. Continue reading
By Anthony Balderrama on Jul 12, 2011 in Featured, Following up, Get the job, How to search, Interviews, Resume, The right job | 21 Comments
You might recall that on the first Monday of each month, we hold a Twitter chat for job seekers and career experts to discuss job-search questions. Participating is easy: In Twitter type #cbjobchat into the search box, or just click this link, and you’ll see people having conversations about a few questions we pose. Continue reading
