Featured

Finding a Job or Business Opportunity

Powered by Max Banner Ads I don’t know about you but, I’ve been trying to find a job all of my life. It’s true. Ever since my first job in high school, I must have had two dozen jobs … from being an inventory clerk, to working the polls to a glamorous high tech executive in a highly sought after field. But, alas, times are a changing. Finding a job in this climate is neither glamorous nor rewarding. But, for those of you who are tired of trying to find a job, you might want to consider looking for a business... [Read the full story]

Job Market

Funding Adult Education Courses

February · Leave a Comment

The American education system needs an overhaul, beginning with funding adult education courses In a recent world survey, the United States received a D minus in public high school education! Besides being a disgraceful embarrassment, this fact bodes ill for the future of America. If high school graduates are so ill prepared to qualify for skilled jobs and don’t have the grades to get in to college, America will surely become a third world country of workers in the future. It’s abundantly clear that this issue... [Read the full story]

Interview Tips

American Business Culture

January · Leave a Comment

The American business culture is different than almost any other industrialized country. Americans are known to be hard working people, always on the go, working long hours and rushing from one activity to another. While a good work ethic is an admirable characteristic, the down side of our type A personalities is that we end up so stressed out, we end each day in an exhausted state, not knowing if we’re coming or going. Some of us have forgotten how to relax! BTW, plopping on the couch in front of the tube doesn’t... [Read the full story]

Resume Tips

Writing Good Business Letters

February · Leave a Comment

When you write personal correspondence either in letter or email form, you know you don’t have to worry quite as much about how you say things. You always want to have good spelling and decent grammar, of course, but your personal friends and family are not going to nitpick and disown you because of a few mistakes. However, when it comes to writing business letters, you want to make sure they are perfectly worded and completely without error. On top of that, they must be clear, to the point, and as brief as possible. Business... [Read the full story]

Salaries

Writing Your Resume, Where To Begin?

April · Leave a Comment

There are many tips for writing a resume that will help someone get past the first level in the job application process. A good resume can help that person get to the interview process, if all the steps are taken properly. But the list of tips for writing a resume will fill a book, literally. Several books have been written on this subject, most of them containing excellent advice. One of them is the one I wrote called “Pro Resume Writing Secrets.” But it may be more productive to concentrate on a few of the... [Read the full story]

Recruitment

The Procedure for Online Recruitment and Selection

April · Leave a Comment

With the job market as it is, finding good jobs is often very difficult. The same goes for employers that are looking for good qualified employees. More and more companies are choosing to use online recruitment and selection to find qualified applicants. There are many online recruitment services available, so you have a good choice of which company to use. Some people will use more than one company to increase their chances of finding a job or finding a good employee, in the case of a company. There is a procedure involved... [Read the full story]