Category Archives: Career TrainingCareersthatdontsuck.com presents “The Resume Autopsy”, a 2-hour intensive workshop designed to help attendees rewrite, and in some cases, resuscitate their resumes.
Why this workshop?
The second biggest complaint among job-seekers is “I send my resume and no one calls or writes me back” (The biggest complaint is that they’re still haven’t found a job). This workshop will [...]
Off-shoring has gone uptown, or downturn, depending on where your white-glove financial institutions are. There is great concern at the lower rungs of the employment ladder about jobs being sent overseas. Now, that concern has taken the elevator a few floors up to the junior management suites.
With Wall Street and other major financial [...]
Check out the latest installment of the “What Now?” podcast series, a mini-series devoted to working through the recession–one job interview, one business deal, one day at a time.
The latest episode, “The Starbucks Problem” centers on Starbucks’ reversal of fortune and what career and business lessons we can learn in order to avoid costly job [...]
The Green Jobs Act of 2007 is finally law! That means “green-collar” jobs may be on their way to an underserved community near you. I say “may be” because, while the president has signed the bill into law, Congress has not yet authorized funds to cover the $125 million dollars per year [...]
This is my year…and yours! This is the year that you throw down the gauntlet and go after the career you want and deserve. Cast aside fears and excuses. Do away with procrastination. In 2008 you will be successful, contented and masterful. You will commit to getting everything you want [...]
In the midst of our holiday reverie, it’s easy to forget that not everyone will have a happy holiday season. I’m certainly guilty of getting wrapped up in my Chanukah and Christmas gift lists, my holiday plans and, of course, my work. Each of these time-consuming bits seems so important that the wider [...]
My apologies. I’m a little slow this week because I’m distracted by the holiday season. I love this time of year, but it’s sooo busy–the shopping, the shipping, the packing, the planning, the shopping!
Anyway, that’s my excuse for getting this wrap-up to you a bit late.
Well, enough said about that. The meeting [...]
Just a quick reminder that the Careersthatdontsuck.com Career Changers’ Group’s December meeting is tomorrow (December 12, 2007) at 7pm at 555 Market Street, 4th Floor in downtown San Francisco. Get directions and details.
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The subprime mortgage mess, the sagging economy and the weakened US dollar have left employers cautious, to say the least, when it comes to spending, even planning to spend, money. Employers in every sector are being very conservative about growth plans, staffing plans, revenue projections and, unfortunately, employee pay raises.
A recent salary survey published [...]
BusinessWeek’s “2007 Best MBA Programs” list was published yesterday. The list included the top full-time, part-time and executive MBA programs, and open enrollment executive education programs in the U.S. Of greatest interest to me is always the part-time MBA programs. These are the programs specifically designed for career advancers, and job and [...]
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