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Category: News and trendsBy Anthony Balderrama on Dec 27, 2011 in Featured, Find the job, The right job, Who's hiring | 0 Comments
And we’re back. Although it seems like the world shut down for the last week with everyone out for Christmas or trying to use up vacation days, we’re slowly getting back to the normal routine. Many of you are probably still in holiday mode, with cookie icing stuck to your face and a DVR full of TV shows you want to catch up on. Continue reading
By Justin Thompson on Dec 22, 2011 in Featured, News and trends, Social media | 6 Comments
Our readers have been fantastic this year, especially since I joined the team in late August. We’ve enjoyed hosting a forum where job seekers can support each other and share their successes and words of encouragement. If I’ve learned anything about our fans, it’s that they tell it like it is. Continue reading
By Justin Thompson on Dec 21, 2011 in Bosses, Featured, News and trends, Surveys | 0 Comments
Holiday movies have some of the most beloved and loathed characters in cinema. Remember Macaulay Culkin in “Home Alone”? Or Ebenezer Scrooge from any incarnation of Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol”? While most are larger than life, many of their traits can be found in the people who surround us at work every day. Continue reading
By Debra Auerbach on Dec 20, 2011 in Featured, Find the job, The right job, Who's hiring | 0 Comments
The holidays have finally arrived! Tonight marks the beginning of Hanukkah, with the lighting of the menorah for the first of eight nights. And those that observe Christmas and Kwanzaa have less than a week to go before their celebrations officially begin. Continue reading
By Debra Auerbach on Dec 19, 2011 in Featured, News and trends, Social media | 1 Comment
As the year draws to a close, it’s not the promise of a new year that brings us the most joy. No, it’s the chance to reflect on the past year’s most memorable work stories that gives us the most delight. Continue reading
By Guest Contributor on Dec 14, 2011 in Featured, Find the job, Following up, The right job, Who's hiring | 0 Comments
By Mary Lorenz, CareerBuilder Writer
Despite all the discussion around mainstream media being all but dead, jobs in the marketing and communications field aren’t endangered. In fact, a recent survey shows that marketing budgets are expected to increase over the next year, which means more work for marketing specialists (one of Forbes’ best jobs for fast growth). Continue reading
By Kaitlin Madden on Dec 13, 2011 in Featured, Find the job, The right job, Who's hiring | 1 Comment
Welcome, friends, to holiday-season crunch time. There are cookies to bake, presents to buy and stockings to be hung. All is merry, bright and chaotic.
Craving a reprieve from the holiday madness? Then take a few minutes of much-needed “me time” to enjoy the picture of the Santa-puppy on the left. Continue reading
By Kaitlin Madden on Dec 9, 2011 in Featured, Following up, Get the job, Interviews, News and trends | 4 Comments
Wendy Doulton knows what it takes to land a job. In her 15 years of experience as a recruiter, she has led talent acquisition teams at Yahoo Media Group, DreamWorks and Google, and now serves as the principal of her own firm, Los Angeles-based Katalyst Career Group. Continue reading
By Guest Contributor on Dec 8, 2011 in Bosses, Featured, Get the job, Interviews, News and trends | 1 Comment
By Jenny Weigle, social media manager for CareerBuilder
In late spring of 2011, I was informed that our department (marketing and communications) would be hiring a summer intern, and I was offered the chance to be the intern’s supervisor. Continue reading
By Guest Contributor on Dec 7, 2011 in Co-workers, Featured, News and trends, On the job | 0 Comments
By Rosemary Haefner, vice president of human resources for CareerBuilder
This holiday season, hope for the job market comes from an unlikely place: More companies are giving employees seasonal perks, a new CareerBuilder survey reports.
While holiday parties and annual bonuses might not be the most precise measure of economic health, these perks were among the first items cut by many employers during the recession. Continue reading
