Women want to help other women succeed. It’s why we have special mentoring groups, and “Women in Business” lunches, right? Theoretically, and maybe on a conceptual level. But, studies suggest that women don’t like to compete with women who are younger and prettier than they are. But who
(MoneyWatch) As someone who’s written about careers for a very long time, I get a lot of people asking me to please tell them why their resume isn’t landing them a job. In fact, I got the following email this morning: I read your article about how to write
It’s the end of the year, when many companies start thinking about annual performance reviews. And, to go along with this, Marissa Mayer is in the news again because of a new Yahoo policy requiring employees to be rated on a bell curve. Bloomberg calls this “Yahoo’s Latest
I moved to Europe almost five years ago and was introduced to the most magical of all things: vacation time. Well, I was not introduced to it directly–I’m self employed, with 100 percent of my contracts based out of the United States. If I don’t work, I don’t
Ever gone through multiple interview rounds, only to have the position pulled altogether? Talk about a waste of time and effort. It’s one thing to be beaten by someone better than you are — at least you had a chance. It’s another to have the company just jerk
Miami Dolphin players are reported concerned about the potential return of Jonathan Martin. And who wouldn’t be? He reportedly treated teammate Richie Incognito horribly, including leaving a foul, racist and abusive message on his voice mail. Oh wait, that’s backwards. Incognito left that on Martin’s voice mail, not the other
What would happen if job candidates treated you the way you treat them? You might be receiving letters such as this one? Dear Hiring Manager, Thank you so much for your interest in me for the position of Senior Technical Analyst for your company. Before we commence with
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
