Updating Your Resume
Looking for resume writing tips? A resume isn't simply a list of your background and accomplishments. It's a marketing tool. Here's some great resume advice from one of the nation's leading resume consultants.
Summertime Perfect For Early Job Search
The summer job market is expected to be the best it's been in years. Get started now if you want to find the perfect summer job. Summer hiring is already underway, and teens would do well to start applying for summer positions now.
Tips For Finding Your Next Job
Tips for finding your next job. Job hunting website links.
Back Taxes May Include Unpaid Unemployment Taxes
When you're an employer you're supposed to pay an unemployment tax for your employees to the state where you live. The state of Illinois changed the unemployment tax rate and some employers had not kept current with their taxes. Those employers now owe back taxes for unemployment taxes.
Seasonal Unemployment
It's been a good year for all kinds of seasonal employment. It terms of employment, the difference between this December and last couldn't be more stark. Seasonal or holiday employment is up, but plenty of folks are getting temp jobs that are plugging the gap until something full-time opens up.
Change Your Life With A New Career
What do you do when you're 40 and suddenly unemployed and perhaps unemployable? What about when you're 50 and realize you're not happy in your job? Although it's tough to do, two people changed their lives and completely changed careers and ended up doing better than they ever imagined.
Job Advice For Home Office Workers
What kind of home office is the most likely to bring you success in your job? Home offices now include computers and the latest electronics and in many cases they're no longer in basements. Home offices with good lighting and good ventilation may help you when you have a job at home.
The Job Search Continues
The job market is looking bleaker, but many experts say the unemployment numbers don't even tell the full story as many unemployed people have simply given up looking for a job. However, if you are still looking for a job, don't give up hope. Many job postings have migrated to the internet. Take your job search to the web, and the next posting could be your next career.
Job Search: Networking To Find A New Job
The more business contacts you have the easier the job search becomes through a process called networking. Networking helps people in their job search by getting them to the right person rather than sending a blind application. Ilyce gives advice on how to use networking in a successful job search.