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Category: CareersBy anthony balderrama on Nov 3, 2009 in Careers, Featured, Job Search | 2 Comments
While catching up on the news yesterday, I read this interesting article on CNN.com. The author, Jessica Dickler, interviews Stephanie Jenkins, who had a background in hotel sales and marketing but now works for a senior living Alzheimer’s community. When she saw jobs in health care were growing while hospitality opportunities were dwindling, she saw [...]
By Kate Lorenz on Nov 2, 2009 in Careers, Featured, Video | 3 Comments
Thinking of a career change? Watch our newest video to learn what types of jobs best match your personality.
By anthony balderrama on Sep 8, 2009 in Ask The Work Buzz!, Career Advice, Careers, Featured, Job Search | 3 Comments
Courtney writes to us with a concern I’m sure many of you can relate to: I graduated college three years ago with a degree in elementary education. There are not very many teaching positions out there, so I’m looking to other avenues. I’d like something that would pay more than minimum wage but I am [...]
By anthony balderrama on Aug 31, 2009 in Careers, Employment Trends, News, Work | 0 Comments
Can you smell that? It’s the scent of Labor Day looming in the distance. Or maybe it’s the odor of hot dogs burning on the grill because you forgot to check on them. Either way, today’s the first of a very long week for many workers who can think of nothing but a 3-day weekend.
Well, [...]
By anthony balderrama on Aug 11, 2009 in Careers, Dress Code, Job Search, Jobs, News, Unemployment, Work, Work/Life | 0 Comments
Did you have a chance to read today’s workplace headlines and articles of note, or were you too busy in a workplace of your own? Or maybe you’ve been trying applying for jobs and don’t have time to get distracted by the so-called Interwebs. Well, we’ve made done the work for you:
A little tough love [...]
By anthony balderrama on Jul 14, 2009 in Careers, Employment Trends, Featured, Jobs, News | 5 Comments
Yesterday, the President’s Council of Economic Advisers released the report “Preparing the Workers of Today for the Jobs of Tomorrow.” The purpose of the report is to assess where jobs will be in the future so that people can prepare now. The introductory passage of the report reads:
In this report, the President’s Council of Economic [...]
By anthony balderrama on Jun 26, 2009 in Careers, Featured, Film, Fun stuff, Job Descriptions, Pop culture | 0 Comments
With the release of the movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, we got to thinking about what it would be like if Transformers were walking around among us. I suppose that’s the premise of the show and movies already, but our minds still raced.
As a child, I was all about the TV show. I had [...]
By anthony balderrama on Jun 24, 2009 in Careers, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, News, Unemployment | 0 Comments
Oh, Wednesdays in summer. How much do we love thee? It probably depends where you are. If it’s 100 degrees and the humidity level is a decimal point away from pure liquid, then you might love your A/C more.
Nonetheless, today was another big news day. That missing South Carolina governor? Not so much missing as [...]
By anthony balderrama on Apr 21, 2009 in Careers, Employment Trends, Featured, Job Surveys | 0 Comments
Tomorrow’s Earth Day and hopefully you’re going to spend some time planting a tree or hugging one. As we’ve seen over the last few years, people are embracing a more eco-friendly lifestyle. Plastic water bottles have given way to reusable metal ones. Plastic bags are less common at grocery stores and more people are bringing [...]
By anthony balderrama on Feb 3, 2009 in Careers, Featured, Pop culture | 0 Comments
…or at least makes us think we’re better dancers and singers than we really are.
American Idol is back on the air and for an hour every week we think, “Yeah, we have the chops to be the next Kelly Clarkson or David Cook.” Eh, who are we kidding? We’ll gladly be the next William Hung.
And [...]
