I’ve traveled to many art schools, being asked to review senior student portfolios and speak on professional practices in the design business and the one thing I always notice is the lack of direction in ...
 
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Try this for a day: don't answer every phone call. Stop checking your email every two minutes. And leave work early. You'll be astounded at how much more you'll get done. According to a study ...
 
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The job market still isn’t good, but at least it’s on its way back. There were just 4.3 unemployed workers for every available job in March, the best ratio in over two years, according to ...
 
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For many job seekers, the Internet presents two very different worlds. One consists of hanging out with friends via social networking, and the other focuses on the seriousness of a job search. Having the worlds ...
 
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Many people feel like their workdays are disjointed. It’s easy to get started on a serious project, then glance at your calendar and realize you have a phone call in another 20 minutes. Even if ...
 
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Job searching can be a long and tedious process. It can be frustrating, emotional and exciting all at once. Some days are up, others are down – but when push comes to shove, you need ...
 
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You might dream of packing your bags and running off to make it big in New York City, but the fact of the matter is, it's extremely hard to get a call back from an ...
 
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Many of us have given up on the possibility of being happy at the office; we're too jaded. But trying to maintain a more positive outlook about your work, even if you dislike it, can ...
 
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In this tight job market the best way to stand out for your next interview is found in perhaps the first step you take.  Whether you are a designer or not, a creative and well ...
 
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(npr.org) - Sometime last year, I started seeing videos from a site called Xtranormal pop up on blogs and YouTube. They contained talking robots, animals and even historical figures carrying on monotonous-sounding conversations about anything ...
 
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(www.theladders.com) - When I was a human resources executive doing hiring interviews, I almost always began my interviews with candidates by requesting, “Tell me about yourself.” I did that for a number of reasons, the ...
 
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Arianna Huffington managed to sell The Huffington Post to AOL for $315 Million.  Not a bad deal for Ms. Huffington, especially since she hasn’t even had to pay many of the people who provide content ...
 
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You’ve been reading all of the stuff online. Apparently, we’re supposed to feel badly if our job doesn’t immediately match our expectations. The key to happy work, we are told repeatedly, is to have workers ...
 
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(Kevin Purdy at Lifehacker.com) - Know how when you're looking for someone's email address at their firm, you find it and it seems so obvious? "Bob Smith, bsmith@somethingcorp.com, of course!" Peepmail checks out domains to ...
 
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The jobless rate across the U.S. fell to 8.8% in March, and a Tuesday report from the Labor Department shows improvement has become more widespread. Some 34 states reported an unemployment rate drop last month ...
 
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Send a thank you note. Banish that ‘objective’ line from the top of your resume. That’s some of the advice from a recent survey by CareerBuilder and Harris Interactive, which queried more than 2,800 employers between ...
 
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According to Wikipedia, a job board is a website recommended for job hunting, the choices presented varying from very general tasks to precise niches. In the past few years, this kind of activities practically exploded; ...
 
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The job market is showing signs of life, though its slow recovery suggests unemployment will remain high for years to come. Employers added 162,000 jobs in March, the biggest monthly gain in three years, with ...
 
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FORTUNE -- The employee gardens at Timberland's Stratham, N.H., headquarters are eating up the lawns and sprouting new sections. Fruit trees were planted in a roundabout in front last fall, and a big arbor for native ...
 
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Job application apps and other online tools have officially gone viral. Never before has it been easier to keep track of jobs and contacts on the go. A great example is the old standby, Monster.com, ...
 
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Even though millions of Americans are looking for work, many employers say it's too hard to find good help. So, many companies and organizations are encouraging employees to be on the lookout for talent and ...
 
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