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By rachel zupek on Feb 2, 2010 in Featured | 10 Comments
Working overtime is never fun, no matter what state the economy is in. But, when the economy did take a turn for the worst, many employees found themselves with increased workloads, a worse work/life balance and working longer hours — all for the same compensation.
In a 2009 CareerBuilder survey, 34 percent of employers said their [...]
By rachel zupek on Jan 26, 2010 in Featured, Office Etiquette, Work/Life | 3 Comments
How many times a day do you say to yourself, “I like what I do, but not where I work?” Or the opposite, “I like where I work, but not what I do?”
The current economy has kept many employees stationed for the past couple of years, not because they love what they do — but [...]
By rachel zupek on Jan 25, 2010 in Featured | 2 Comments
Good morning, WorkBuzzers! Nothing can bring down my good mood this morning — not even the fact that’s Monday. Why? The elation I feel from the Vikings’ loss to the Saints in the NFC Championship last night is immeasurable. I was going to write a football-related blog — something along the lines of why professional [...]
By rachel zupek on Jan 19, 2010 in Career Advice, Featured, Job Search, Resume | 233 Comments
Most job seekers know that, whenever possible, it’s best to address your cover letter to the person who has the power to hire you — or at least the person who can bring you in for an interview.
But, all too often, if a name isn’t listed on a job posting, the job seeker resorts to [...]
By rachel zupek on Jan 12, 2010 in Compensation, Featured | 18 Comments
Asking for a raise is never easy, and the current state of the economy makes it even more nerve-wracking. But asking for a raise that you know you deserve doesn’t have to be as torturous as you might think — especially if the timing is right.
By rachel zupek on Jan 5, 2010 in Employment Trends, Featured | 316 Comments
I don’t know about you, but it’s still hard getting back into the swing of things after the holidays. Call me crazy though — I am almost grateful to be back in some type of routine … almost.
While thinking about what I wanted to write about today, my uncle Bob e-mailed me with an interesting [...]
By rachel zupek on Dec 17, 2009 in Featured, Resume | 19 Comments
Now that we’re in a new year, we want to make sure that you’re armed with best information so that you can land a job ASAP.
Many factors played into your not being able to find a job in 2009. While the economy and the job market had plenty to do with it, there comes a [...]
By rachel zupek on Dec 10, 2009 in Featured | 3 Comments
After a year filled with layoffs, salary cuts, benefit losses and disappearing perks, I’m sure I’m not the only one who wasn’t expecting much by way of a raise or other end of year perks in the next month. So, you can imagine my pleasant surprise (and I, yours) at the results of a new [...]
By rachel zupek on Nov 19, 2009 in Featured, Fun stuff, Interviews, Office Etiquette | 11 Comments
We’ve all had embarrassing moments. (I’m going to keep it professional and not share mine with you here, but I assure you, it’s one for the books.)
Anyway, as I was saying, we’ve all had embarrassing moments. For some people, it unfortunately happened in the worst place possible: the interview.
If you’re sick of recounting your embarrassing [...]
By rachel zupek on Nov 12, 2009 in Employment, Employment Trends, Part time | 22 Comments
In the past few weeks, we’ve talked a lot about seasonal hiring and we got a huge response to the blog where we posted 10 companies hiring for the holidays. Based on all of your comments, it sounds like a few of you are looking for some more options.
Ask and you shall receive, my friends.
Here [...]
