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Moving from a military career to a civilian one can be a big change for veterans.  Having a strong resume that emphasizes your skills – both hard and soft – and how they can benefit a civilian employer will put you in a better position to get called for...

Before you pop champagne to celebrate your new job, you might want to consider focusing that energy on making a good impression at your new job instead. Hate to break it to you, but you’re still in your “interview stage” during the first three months, says Stacey Hawley, Principal...

Award-winning director Lee Hirsch recently released his eye-opening new documentary “Bully,” which tells the tales of victims of schoolyard bullying to raise awareness of this tragic epidemic. Unfortunately, this social problem doesn’t exactly go away once you’ve exited the classroom and entered the world of work. Thirty-five percent of workers have...

I'll be the first to admit that I have a severe addiction to Pinterest. Not only is it a great place to find all of those recipes and DIY crafts I'll (eventually) create, but it's also where I can relax and escape from my crazy life for a few minutes. Pinterest might...

The transition from college into the working world is not an easy one. And anyone who tells you otherwise should be viewed with suspicion.  But there are always things that you can do to make the transition more seamless, and the sooner you start working on these things the...

Company culture comes in all sizes, shapes and forms (laissez faire, casual, money-driven, formal). While no two companies’ cultures are the same, positive cultures tend to share some fundamental qualities, such as effective communication, trust and workers satisfaction. In fact, a great company culture is one of the top reasons...

By using social media to share updates, photos and news, companies show their personality, flaunt their work style and share their values. As a job seeker, this is a beaming light of opportunity! You can leverage the company’s social media presence to research their culture, and then cleverly include those attributes in...

Relocating for a job is a fresh start -- a chance to reinvent yourself! It’s an opportunity to wow a new team of colleagues with an awesome first impression and tackle a new set of challenges. Sounds glamorous, right? But wait … before you start Craiglist-ing movers and whatnot, you have...

At first glance, accepting a management position can seem like a no-brainer – you have the inside track on what’s going on at the office, you get to delegate tasks  and, hopefully, your paycheck gets fatter. But before taking over that corner office, ponder these five questions about other matters that...

Let’s start with the bad news: Nearly a quarter of working Americans are unhappy with their jobs, according to a recent survey by Bellevue University. Now the good news: Those unhappy employees want to find jobs they actually like, according to the survey. Rather than just giving up on the idea...

For most veterans, particularly those who have served in combat zones, adjusting back into civilian life after a long stint in the military will take time. They will need time to process what they’ve experienced and, oftentimes, grieve. Civilian life is clearly disparate from that of a warrior on duty...

Nicole Williams first took the leadership bull by the horns about six years ago when she embarked on creating WORKS, an empowering resource for young professional women and one of Forbes Top 100 Websites for Women. WORKS is kind of like a virtual big-sister community, where budding young professional women...

What’s worse than a date’s rejection text? Silence from a potential employer. Rejection is never fun, but the pain seems more acute when you’re job searching. Perhaps it’s because many of us define ourselves by our careers. So, when a company rejects our application or doesn’t call back after an interview,...

Everyone wants big these days. Millionaire isn’t good enough. You have to be a billionaire. Well-known is not a goal. You have to be a superstar. Quiet accomplishment is not enough. Everyone has to know about it. Everything has to be  grandiose these days. But if you base your happiness on grandiosity, you’re...

If you’re starting out or in mid-career working on your next promotion, getting visibility with the executive team may be your goal. You might be just itching for the day when you can make that big presentation and show these guys exactly what you’re made of and why YOU...

Many have labeled Google+ a ghost town – late to the party and incomparable to the likes of Facebook and Twitter. But Google+ actually has a lot of potential, especially for job seekers like you because more and more companies are using it to showcase their brands and engage with the...

Face it:  Nobody likes a whiner. For that matter, slamming down a file you’re returning, shooting death-ray stares across the conference table, or “accidentally” forgetting to tell someone the meeting was changed to Friday aren’t exactly ways to score points with colleagues either. Sure, you might get the point across that...

A few weeks ago I was presenting to a group of engineers. We were talking about how often the qualities that make you great as an individual contributor -- in this case engineering and technical skills -- were often not the same qualities that make you great at overseeing...

You land the job, breathe a sigh of relief, and then find out that the company wants you to start — gulp — in two weeks. Two weeks?! Cue the stress. There’s homework to finish, exams to take, packing to do, not to mention finding a place to live and actually...

With graduation quickly approaching, many of my friends are a little panicked. Only a handful have been able to find jobs, and many are unsure of what is to come next. With the uncertainty of the future just in front of us, many college students have a difficulty making the...