Turning Temp Into Perm

If there is any bright spot in the lagging job market, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, companies will be creating more temporary jobs in 2012. If you’re unemployed, that’s good news. Temporary jobs are a way to keep working, learn new skills or sharpen the old ones and bring in some needed income. Continue reading…

The job market is tight whether you’re a new graduate, changing careers or a Boomer not yet ready for retirement. One option available to a college student or new graduate is an internship at a company where you can gain valuable experience and be paid while you learn. Internships are available in just about any discipline and industry, private or non-profit. Continue reading…

In today’s economy is it can take a long time to find a new job. The longer the gap between jobs, the more difficult it is to attract a new employer. Employers fear a person who has been off the job for six months or more will have a difficult time readjusting to the job routine. Technology, systems, processes and job requirements can change in a short time, and it’s possible for someone to lose their edge. Continue reading…

Today’s job market can be frustrating, with so many qualified candidates competing for the same jobs. Even though you follow the rules for writing a resume and cover letter, network and let everyone know you’re looking for a job, you can still end up jobless without any prospects. Or, you may be successful at getting interviews, but someone else always ends up getting the job. If you’ve run out of ideas and strategies, it may be time to bring in the experts. Continue reading…

One of my favorite segments from Walt Disney’s animated movie, “Fantasia,” released in 1940, was “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.” Mickey Mouse stars in the title role as a sorcerer in training, and gets into a lot of trouble when he don’s the sorcerer’s hat and uses his limited power to bewitch a broom to do his work for him.

There may not be much of a job market for sorcerers today, but apprenticeships are a valuable opportunity to become skilled in a trade that can provide a lifetime career. Continue reading…

Younger workers are characterized as being all about me, texting all day, and job hopping. Tips for young, first-time job seekers, college grads.

How to Break the Entitlement Generation Stereotype 

Those troublesome millennials!  The whiney 20-somethings who think they’re “totally awesome,” blindly texting their friends every moment, shopping online, and expecting to run the department after three weeks on the job.  If you’re one of “them,” you’re probably saying, “Not Me!”  Continue reading…

Years ago, living the  “American Dream” meant a owning a house complete with picket fence and a two-car garage, two cars to fill it, a great job, a blissful marriage to  a dream spouse, 2.3 children and a loving, loyal dog.   A job candidate with all the above was considered desirable, with a stable family and roots to the community. Continue reading…

It Wasn’t My Fault! Free Online Resources for Legal Advice After a Termination

It’s a fact that the economy has taken its toll on workers across the board. Executives, managers, salaried, hourly, male, and female and every other protected class of workers have suffered layoffs, terminations, reduction in hours, plant closings and the difficult task of finding another job. Continue reading…

With so many college graduates on the unemployment line, you would think that someone with just a high school diploma or GED would have little or no chance of finding a job.  Not so.  There are plenty of jobs for those without a degree.  In fact, there are a lot of jobs I call “in the gap” that are begging for applicants.  Those are the jobs in the trades, public service or emerging tech jobs that most college graduates aren’t even applying for since they lack the prestige or work environment that college grads are looking for. Continue reading…