How to Get Employers to Read Your Resume
The secret to making a C.V. stand out in a crowd? Hook the reader early — and trumpet results.
Content: Career Information | Subject: Resumes
DirectEmployers
DirectEmployers is essentially a consortium of large companies that have banded together to create a search engine which catalogs job postings from the sites of the member employers (ranging from Accenture to Xerox). Owned and managed by E-Recruiting Association, the site is quite valuable to the job seeker, who can easily sort and browse for jobs by location, employer or industry. E-Recruiting Association is a … [ Read more ]
Content: Career Information | Subject: Jobs – Listing Services
To Get Ahead, Get Mad
Studies suggest that a little anger can take your career a long way.
Content: Article | Author: Joshua Macht | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Career
Managing Your Career
Your career is a big investment. Career choices affect you every working day. When you invest in yourself through networking, utilizing mentors and self-promotion you will generate a robust return. You’ll achieve your career goals.
Content: Article | Author: Paul B. Thornton | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Career
Prep for the 10 Most Common Interview Questions
Too many job seekers stumble through interviews as if the questions are coming out of left field. But many interview questions are to be expected. So study this list, plan your answers ahead of time and you’ll be ready to deliver them with confidence.
Content: Career Information | Author: Carole Martin | Source: Monster | Subject: Interviewing
Ten Cover Letter Don’ts
Your cover letter is the first thing employers see when they open your materials. Avoid these 10 mistakes, and make your first impression an impressive and lasting one.
Content: Career Information | Subject: Cover Letters
A primer on projects, programs, and portfolios
This very basic article attempts to explain the difference between projects, programs, and portfolios. Useful for the uninitiated but otherwise can be skipped.
Content: Article | Author: Tom Mochal | Source: TechRepublic | Subjects: Career, Project Management
How to Become a Star at Work
Stars do a lot of forward thinking. They take control of both their work routines and career goals, knowing that the days when a paternal hand would reach down from upper management to guide the way are gone…
Content: Career Information | Subject: Career Info
Your career and organisational culture
“My thesis is that we are in transition from the Traditional, through the Transitional and into the rapidly emerging Transformational organizational culture model. To succeed, many managers and professionals will have to adapt to the inconsistencies associated with working in Mixed Culture organizations. The ability to read these mixed signals and to build effective power and influence support systems is crucial to maximizing career and … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Robert F. Pearse | Source: TheWorkingManager.com | Subjects: Career, Organizational Behavior
How to Succeed With Your New Boss
We all know it’s true: Managing up is as important as managing down. That’s especially true when you are starting a relationship with a new boss. HBS professor Michael Watkins discusses the importance of clearly defining goals with your superior.
Content: Article | Author: Michael Watkins | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Career, Personal Development
Four Keys of Enduring Success: How High Achievers Win
What is success to you? HBS professor Howard Stevenson offers insights from research he and HBS senior research fellow Laura Nash are conducting on the meaning of success for high achievers.
Content: Article | Author: Martha Lagace | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Career, Personal Development
Finance Executive Compensation Survey
Welcome to SalaryCentral at businessfinancemag.com. Here finance executives will find a wealth of resources for analyzing their present and future compensation. SalaryCentral includes the most comprehensive interactive compensation database currently available for finance executives, accompanied by two articles exploring the broader significance of the survey results. Sponsored by Business Finance and AOC, SalaryCentral is the first Internet portal dedicated exclusively to helping finance professionals understand … [ Read more ]
Content: Career Information | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subject: Benefits / Comp.
eComp
Search for executive pay data based on the following criteria:
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Content: Career Information | Subject: Benefits / Comp.
Hitting the (Political) Wall
Is there anything you can do when the office becomes a cold and lonely place? Yes, indeed, say these executives-and they wish they had.
Content: Article | Author: Phyllis Gail Doloff | Source: Across the Board (ATB) | Subject: Career
Plenty of Job Sites, But Where Are the Jobs?
How to Decide on Resume Length
Not long ago, the rule of thumb was to never let your resume go longer than a page. But times have changed, and that rule may be a thing of the past. Here are some guidelines to follow today.
Content: Career Information | Subject: Resumes
Freedom and Accountability at Work: Applying Philosophic Insight to the Real World
Content: Book | Authors: Peter Block, Peter Koestenbaum | Subjects: Career, Personal Development
It’s Who You Know: How to Make the Right Business Connections – and Make Them Pay Off
Content: Book | Authors: Bret Saxon, Elliot Goldman | Subjects: Career, Personal Development
Stephen Overell
The consensus among economists is that the truly momentous changes in working life since the second world war have been in four areas: the decline in manufacturing, the feminisation of work, the growth in part-time work and increasing professional-ism in the workforce…all these trends are likely to continue.
Content: Quotation | Source: Financial Times | Subject: Work