5 Ways to Get Past ‘You’re Overqualified’
by “The Savvy Networker“, Liz Ryan When you write career-advice columns as I do, it’s easy to get the idea that you’ve heard everything. Of course, as soon as I think that, along comes an email message from a reader to bust that notion apart. Here’s an email message I recently received: Dear Liz, A […]
Discovery space shuttle travels to the launch pad for the last time
John Davidson | 09/21/2010 | TNM Traveling atop a gigantic, Apollo-era crawler transporter, the space shuttle Discovery embarked on its six-hours-long journey, its last one, from the capacious Vehicle Assembly Building to the seaside Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The shuttle is scheduled to take off on its final mission to the […]
11 Firms That Overdid the Layoffs
Rick Newman | Sept 17, 2010 | US News.com In the midst of a lot of shocking news, it stood out: In November 2008, Citigroup announced it would lay off more than 50,000 people, or one-seventh of its global workforce. Most companies don’t even have 50,000 employees, and those that do could barely function if […]
Saturday Fun – Facebook in Real Life
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Are Your Tweets Costing You a New Job?
Ann Bednarz | September 13, 2010 | Network World Would you change your digital persona if you were job hunting and knew hiring managers might check out your social media activity? IT pros are split on the issue. Half of IT workers said they might (22%) or would (28%) modify or delete content on a […]
How to Gain Traction in Your Career
By Curt Rosengren Curt Rosengren –US News.com Without action, dreams remain little more than electrical charges in your brain. Action is the alchemical step that turns those dreams into reality. It’s a pretty straightforward idea, but if you’re anything like most people, you probably find that the right action doesn’t always happen at the right […]