Deal of the Century: Free Business School Tuition and a Job
Since our economy imploded, much has been said and implied about the education and integrity of MBA grads. Criticism about the lack of preparedness and the unscrupulousness of MBAs led Ivy League business schools to ask their MBA candidates to sign ethics pledges. MBA grads, a generally downturn-resistant crew, now join their State U. counterparts [...]
Laid-Off Manufacturing and Ag Workers eligible for $10,000, Other Benefits
If you were laid off from your job in the manufacturing or agriculture industry, you may be eligible for 104 weeks of job training and income support, reimbursement of job search and relocation expenses and a 65% tax credit on health care premium costs. Eligible workers 50 and over will receive a wage subsidy of [...]
Event: The Resume Autopsy
Careersthatdontsuck.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 [...]
Off-Shore or Bust: 4 Ways to Save Your Job From Off-Shoring
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 centers [...]
The Starbucks Problem: What You Can Learn
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 [...]
Get Ready for Green-Collar Jobs
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 needed to train [...]
Introducing Careersthatdontsuck.com’s Career Empowerment Declaration
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 and need from your work. [...]
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