Nick Corcodilos, a headhunter and author of numerous books on job hunting, including his latest Fearless Job Hunting, wrote a bit of a rant in his newsletter, titled Employment In America: WTF is going on? Corcodilos writes: The emperor still has no clothes, and that’s why over 25 million Americans
Job-seekers are familiar with sites such as Monster.com, Careerbuilder or LinkedIn as places to look for work online. But have you tried Twitter? Gozaik, a startup that uses the social network to link employers, recruiters and job hunters, is touting Twitter as a way to energize your job
Talk show host Sean Hannity called the Affordable Care Act hotline a couple weeks ago and put employee Earline Davis on the air. Soon afterwards, Davis was fired. She said she was unaware of the rule against speaking with the media. Feeling badly about the outcome, Hannity then gifted
Want to be successful? A thought leader? Well-liked by your peers and trusted by your leadership? Try apologizing. A new study by Alison Brooks (Harvard), Hengchen Dai (University of Pennsylvania), and Maurice E. Schweitzer (University of Pennsylvania), showed that people were much more likely to lend a stranger their
Many people dread Mondays, but if you’re a job seeker you should be looking forward to them. Why? According to a study by Bright.com, people who apply for a job on a Monday have a 30 percent chance of advancing to the next round, compared with 14 percent of
