Archive for March, 2005
Spring Signals Time to Freshen Up Career Skills
Posted on 22. Mar, 2005 by Bill.
Spring Signals Time to Freshen Up Career Skills
The first days of spring signal the time to take action on job seeking and career innovation according to CareerWomen.com. From updating resumes to un-cluttering your professional life, spring is the time to set goals and take a fresh approach to setting career goals.
JillXan Donnelly, president of CareerWomen.com [...]
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One word: Accounting
Posted on 22. Mar, 2005 by Bill.
One word: Accounting
The economy may not be so hot, but there is good work out there — for those with the right skills. Job seekers hoping 2005 would bring better news than 2004 haven’t had much to celebrate so far. Yes, the unemployment rate is down to 5.2 percent, the lowest in more than three [...]
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Employment agency to pay $150,000 in age-bias suit
Posted on 22. Mar, 2005 by Bill.
Employment agency to pay $150,000 in age-bias suit
An Indianapolis employment agency must pay $150,000 to settle a federal age discrimination lawsuit.
Protis Executive Innovations also agreed not to discriminate against older workers in its employment placements, according to the settlement announced Monday by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
“We believe that Protis’ officers thought, and communicated to [...]
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The Recruiter’s Call … and Other Windows of Opportunity
Posted on 21. Mar, 2005 by Bill.
The Recruiter’s Call … and Other Windows of Opportunity
Your phone rings. The executive recruiter on the line asks if this is a convenient time to talk. He has an opportunity that’s relevant to your background and wonders if you’re interested in learning more.
Even to someone who has no near-term desire to change jobs, few calls [...]
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Web vs. papers: It’s classified
Posted on 21. Mar, 2005 by Bill.
Online presence blossoms in classified ad industry
Experts divided over whether online ad listings are good or bad for newspaper publishers. Not so long ago, the classified ad section of the local newspaper was the best place to sell a car, rent an apartment or post a job opening. Now the Internet is shaking up this [...]
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Don’t assume colleagues know your worth
Posted on 21. Mar, 2005 by Bill.
Don’t assume colleagues know your worth
Maggie Daronco scrambled to find another internal spot last fall after her employer, a big European bank, decided to eliminate the project manager’s post in Jersey City, N.J.
She pursued three openings, and all three hiring managers told her, “You’re the leading candidate.” But her hunt still failed. “I was really [...]
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Job hunting? Personality can help
Posted on 21. Mar, 2005 by Bill.
Job hunting? Personality can help
When companies go headhunting, they have more weapons today than ever before, thanks mainly to the vast number of skills tests and personality surveys being used by recruiters, often online.
Many firms have even produced detailed personality profiles of their best employees in order to help them find new workers with the [...]
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Basic Job-Search Building Blocks
Posted on 19. Mar, 2005 by Bill.
Basic Job-Search Building Blocks
Over the years, California Job Journal has published a wealth of job-seeking advice. Several months ago, I began culling through past issues with an eye to retrieving some useful hints that might otherwise be long forgotten. The result is a three-week series of articles offering the essentials of dealing with job search, [...]
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Fighting ageism in the workplace
Posted on 19. Mar, 2005 by Bill.
Fighting ageism in the workplace
Aunt Gertie and Aunt Ethel were characters. They both were the younger sisters of my grandfather and the daughters of their mother, another character, who lived to be 100 years old. You never knew what to expect out of them next, and usually they were successful in their endeavors.
Later in life, [...]
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Unemployment Doesn’t Translate to Self-employment
Posted on 18. Mar, 2005 by Bill.
Unemployment Doesn’t Translate to Self-employment
For the unemployed, switching careers is more attractive than self-employment, according to a recent survey. Nearly 60% of out-of-work people consider switching careers, while only 44% weigh starting their own businesses, according to a recent survey of 2,500 people in North America.
The survey conducted by Right Management Consultants, a career transition [...]
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Recruiters find minority hires in diverse ways
Posted on 18. Mar, 2005 by Bill.
Recruiters find minority hires in diverse ways
Bianca Carpenter (29) of Chicago talks with Illinois State Police field recruiter Brian Clay. (KEVIN MANNING/P-D)
Melissa Hamilton won’t have to search for a job in May when she graduates from the University of Missouri at Columbia.
Hamilton, 23, already has been hired at PricewaterhouseCoopers as an associate tax accountant. She [...]
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Career counselors: job search best launched face-to-face
Posted on 17. Mar, 2005 by Bill.
Career counselors: job search best launched face-to-face
Deborah Halliday, assistant director of the Office of Career Services, helps Shari Hileman (CAS08) look for an internship. Its never too late to begin looking for a job, Halliday says.
College seniors just returning from spring break may be getting anxious about finding a job after graduation, but recent [...]
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Don’t Get Thrown for a Loop
Posted on 17. Mar, 2005 by Bill.
Don’t Get Thrown for a Loop
While some interview questions are easy to answer, others can make or break you. Here are some tips for getting through the more difficult (and sometimes bizarre) ones.
Tell Me a Story.
Huh? Before you launch into Alice in Wonderland, find out what kind of story the interviewer wants to hear. Asking [...]
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