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Are You The Annoying Co-Worker?

Annoying co-workers are, well, annoying. They bug us. They get on our nerves. They make us grit our teeth and roll our eyes. We wish we didn’t know them, much less spend 40 hours of our week with them. If only we could tell them that they’re irritating and solve the problem. Before you stomp [...]

More Women Holding Down Multiple Jobs

  Last April, Mary Beth Sammons lost her job as a vice president for an Internet company where she made about $110,000 working 50 hours a week. Today, Sammons works more than 60 hours a week at two jobs — one at a preparatory high school and another for an online magazine — and is [...]

Moving for a job? You might have to pay

  If you’re thinking about relocating for a new job, there’s a good chance you may have to cover your own moving costs, even if you’ve got a job offer. When you search for openings on the major job boards lately, lots of the ads say: “No relocation assistance is provided.” For those positions that [...]

4 Essential Functions of a Résumé

  Everybody knows that résumés are useful for getting interviews, but not everybody realizes the résumé’s other, equally important, functions: It structures the interview process, reminds the interviewer of you after you are gone, and justifies the hiring decision to others. So a good résumé can do four things, each distinctly separate and distinctly important: [...]

Tech Industry Searching for Girls Gone Geek

  Mattel recently conducted an online poll asking girls everywhere to choose Barbie’s next occupation from the following choices – surgeon, architect, news anchor, environmentalist and computer engineer. The overwhelming choice among the girls was news anchor. But adults in the blogosphere, on Twitter and Facebook launched their own campaign for computer engineer Barbie. Mattel relented [...]

Why Are Internships So Important?

  You’re a recent college graduate with a killer cover letter, a stellar GPA and glowing recommendations. But if one important item is missing from your résumé, good luck trying to get a position at The McTigue Financial Group in Chicago. You need an internship. This network office of Northwestern Mutual turns to its highly [...]

Why Internships Are So Important?

  You’re a recent college graduate with a killer cover letter, a stellar GPA and glowing recommendations. But if one important item is missing from your résumé, good luck trying to get a position at The McTigue Financial Group in Chicago. You need an internship. This network office of Northwestern Mutual turns to its highly [...]

Britain Will Cut Jobs in Financial Services Industry, the Biggest That Ever Britain Did Along 16 Years

The independent survey showed the data that make public surprised. The data, which announced on Monday, showed Britain will cuts jobs in financial services industry. This cut is the biggest that ever Britain did along 16 years. The survey board, CBI/PWC, explained about the cuts that happened in Britain in three months until March, found [...]

Airbus To Cut Their Employees Up To 250 Jobs Divisions In UK, Job News

Unions said that Airbus is planning to cut their employees up to 250 jobs divisions in UK. This downward step was taking because the airlines were cutting books thus as the reflections from deep recession. The Unions spokeswoman said that the temporary agency jobs will go at the Broughton site in North Wales while they [...]