Several years ago, an employee for a large manufacturing firm came up for her annual performance review. Confident in her performance over the past year, she eagerly anticipated that raise that was sure to follow. Finally, the big day arrived and her vice president called her in and announced a 3% salary increase. Happy for [...]
Posted on April 30th, 2010 by ericgomez
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Ever wonder how it is certain buzzwords, catchphrases and trends suddenly dominate the morning national news, blogs and various articles? From nowhere, we’re told that without these new breakthroughs and habits to rule our lives, we’re destined for an unfulfilled existence. Sort of makes you wonder how we existed and found happiness prior to these [...]
Posted on April 29th, 2010 by ericgomez
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February began with quite a bang (and a bit of long overdue good news); first news came that unemployment had finally dropped and then President Obama announced his plans to encourage Congress to expand current lending programs for small businesses. A. Harrison Barnes, career coach for EmploymentCrossing.com, says this is the single most effective method [...]
Posted on April 28th, 2010 by ericgomez
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The recent announcement of Miami officials to increase the number of security personnel during next week’s Super Bowl has highlighted the importance of security personnel in our country. We’ve long since accepted the realization that our way of life in America was changed on 9/11 and part of those changes include amped up security measures [...]
Posted on April 26th, 2010 by ericgomez
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Many people dream about someday running their own business. Before you venture off to obtain a business loan and print some business cards, you want to make sure that you are thinking some things through first. The first thing you need to do is to make sure that your business idea really has a chance [...]
Posted on April 24th, 2010 by ericgomez
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If you want to have success in your career you should not leave it by chance. Those who reach the top are the ones who do their research, the ones who look behind closed doors and discover new ways of landing their dream job. Through career planning you can discover many new routes and open [...]
Posted on April 23rd, 2010 by ericgomez
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The success in a job search lies in your capability of seeing opportunities where others see obstacles. It is normal for everyone to see obstacles than seeing opportunities. This is the common mistake made by everyone. The success can only come to you if you are capable enough to differentiate between what is an obstacle [...]
Posted on April 23rd, 2010 by ericgomez
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Despite February’s unemployment number remaining unchanged, there are many reasons to believe the job outlook is finally beginning to really improve on a permanent basis. The number of unemployed people remained at nearly 15 million and even those who are long term unemployed has remained consistent over the past few months, holding steady at 6.1 [...]
Posted on April 23rd, 2010 by ericgomez
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Ever wonder how a survey of current employees of some the nation’s biggest companies would rate their employers? So did GlassDoor, Inc. For the second year, it conducted a major study that included questionnaires to countless employees of small and large businesses around the U.S. – all in an effort to discern the best of [...]
Posted on April 23rd, 2010 by ericgomez
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November 2009 saw 34,000 new jobs in the temporary work industry. Temp positions, although declining for most of 2009, are making a big difference for many out of work and with nothing on the immediate horizon. A. Harrison Barnes, career coach and founder of Hound.com, says accepting temp jobs can open doors you might not [...]
Posted on April 23rd, 2010 by ericgomez
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