Series of articles on how to search, apply, and interview for jobs. We also touch on how to negotiate a better salary, maintain good work relationships, and take full advantage of employee benefits.
Have you recently thought: “when is the best time to negotiate my salary?” Do you do it right before you boss leaves for vacation? After the quarter’s earnings call? On a full moon? When exactly is the best time to ask for a raise? While all of the above may help you in determining the
How are you prepared for a layoff? As a single income provider for my family of 5 (wife and three kids) being prepared for a layoff is something I need to be ready for. I never want my kids to go without just because I’ve been laid off. When I talk to my grandparents about
Article by Andrew Pearce, CEO of Powwownow, the UK’s leading free conference call provider Do you run a home-based company? If so, do you use conference calling and other business solutions available that could enable you to keep costs to a minimum at the same time as optimizing output? If not, you could be missing
With signs the US economy might be righting itself in the new year, 2011 may just be the”year of the raise”.
I consider myself an introvert so when people told me that I should network to find my next job, I felt like I had to learn a foreign language. I thought networking was for extroverts who are salespeople but I am a teacher and a painter. How could I network? Well I did, and it
In 2001, just weeks before 9/11, I was let go from my job at a large design firm. It was a shocking experience and one I wouldn’t wish on anyone. Today there are many folks in the same predicament I was in. While unemployed, I did learn a few things that I want to pass
