5 Essential Steps for Interviewing Like a Boss

Before going into an interview, it is a good idea to prepare yourself.  Learn five steps to help with this process in the following post.

Interviewing can be stressful, but it’s a skill that can be learned. Follow these five easy steps, inspired by the new book The Work/Life Balance: Resetting Your Goals, to get you started: 1. Write down your story, and write down their story Before you interview—and, for that matter, before you

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Getting Your First Job at a Legal Firm

The following post shares tips on landing your first legal job.

“Employment of lawyers is expected to grow 10% from 2010 to 2020, about as fast as the average of all occupations.” As anyone who has tried it knows, becoming a lawyer is a long arduous process.  After excelling in high school, getting into a quality undergraduate program, working to get to the

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1.8 Million 2013 Four-Year College Grads Entering Improving Job Market

John Challenger of Challenger, Gray & Christmas

With college seniors around the nation returning to their respective campuses following spring break recess, many will undoubtedly turn their attention to their impending graduation and the search for their first post-collegiate job.  A new analysis of the entry-level job market estimates that while the job market continues to strengthen for college graduates, the environment remains highly competitive, which may force some to pursue unexpected career paths.

In its annual college graduate job-market outlook, global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. says this year’s crop of 1.8 million bachelor’s degree recipients will be able to take advantage of the 36 consecutive months of private-sector employment growth that has occurred since the jobs recovery began in earnest in March 2010.

“Job creation has been slow, but it has been steady.  Over the past 14 months, private payrolls have grown by an average of 190,000 new workers per month.  There are a growing number of opportunities for job seekers, but the search definitely requires an aggressive approach.  This is especially true for new graduates, who are likely to have less real-world experience to point to in job interviews,” said John A. Challenger, chief executive officer of Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Continue Reading

So, you want to teach English in Vietnam…..

Peter Goudge, Managing Director of the Australia-Vietnam School of English

The Vietnamese Government is very focused on improving the quality of English language teaching across the country. Unlike a number of countries in South-East Asia – Indonesia, the Philippines and Cambodia for example – the days of the ‘backpacker’ foreign English ‘teacher’ have largely finished in Vietnam with more hoops to jump through to be eligible to work.  Over the past year or so, there’s been a noticeable exodus of backpacker ‘teachers’. Continue Reading

Most Common Interview Questions and Answers

Meghan Ivarsson

Here is a list of questions you are likely to hear when you have a job interview. As you get older and have more interviews you will find that the answers to these questions simply roll off of your tongue. But until that time, it is wise to examine potential questions and give some thought as to how you may answer them, so that you will not be caught off guard during your interview. Continue Reading

University of You: Starting Your Own Business in College

College students receiving business training. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock.

Brandon Bernier is a junior at George Washington University, majoring in computer science. He’s also making financial ends meet as president of Bernier Enterprises, LLC,. How does he run a business while juggling a full-time student schedule? It’s not as hard as you think. Continue Reading

How to Become a Star Performer at Work

In order to be the best you can be on the job, you must have the desire to be.  The following post has tips for anyone who needs some motivation.

The first question my boss asked me was, “What makes our best guys perform so well?” I thought it was a rhetorical question, so I waited for him to continue. After all, what did I know? I’d just started two days earlier. It turns out the answer

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10 High-Paying Entry-Level Jobs – Careers Articles

Are you looking for an entry level job that pays well?  If so, the following post has some positions you might be interested in.

These high-paying entry-level positions require less than two years’ experience and pay at least $50000 a year.

In today’s competitive job market, it can be hard to imagine that there are jobs that pay well but don’t require years of experience. But many sectors offer high-paying entry-level jobs that are appealing to mid-career changers or recent college graduates (who are likely eager to get out from under a mound of student loan debt)

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U.S. Department of State Launches Mobile Career App

Students who want to work for a large, stable employer often choose to work for one of the hundreds of departments agencies within the U.S. federal government. The lead foreign affairs agency responsible for formulating and implementing U.S. foreign policy overseas is the U.S. Department of State.

Most of the Department’s civil service employees work in the Washington, D.C., or other cities throughout the United States on everything from improving trade opportunities for U.S. businesses, to helping American couples adopt children from overseas, to monitoring human rights issues. Others work overseas in embassies, consulates, and other locations. These Foreign Service employees are hard to recruit because the hiring standards are high, the hurdles many, and the competition fierce. Continue Reading

Don’t Quit Your Job Just Because You Want To

While you may want to just walk away from your current job, that may not be the best idea at the moment.  The following post has some things you should think about before quitting your job.

Are you fed up with your job? Dreaming of quitting? I’ve been there. I quit my first full-time job two short months after my start date. I’m pretty sure my parents felt this the way one would feel an impending apocalypse. I quit because I didn’t like the job. I was bored. There weren’t any windows. I

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