Whether you’ve got your eye on that corner office, or are just angling to move into a job where cleaning the bathrooms isn’t on your to-do list, getting a promotion is the way to climb the corporate ladder. These tips will help.Pick the Right JobBefore you take a job in the first place, make sure it has a job promotion ladder. There’s no sense in locking yourself in to a dead-end position if career advancement is on your ag...

What you don't know about your resume, cover letter, and personal branding strategies are affecting the outcome of your job search … and career. Put a top resume writing firm and leading career strategist in your corner for a shorter and smoother job search, a higher salary, and more successful career. Guilt is one of the biggest side effects working mothers have to deal with, so it's certainly nice when a company comes...

What you don't know about your resume, cover letter, and personal branding strategies are affecting the outcome of your job search … and career. Put a top resume writing firm and leading career strategist in your corner for a shorter and smoother job search, a higher salary, and more successful career. Being a good executive isn't always easy. There's a fine line sometimes between keeping the customers, shareholders and...

Big bucks are routinely allocated to track down, court, and hire the right talent for company start-ups or restructuring existing business operations. Expending funds to flush out and hire prime candidates typically saves millions while adding millions to a company’s bottom line. There’s plenty at stake; therefore, companies are willing to pay five-figure, sometimes six-figure, bounties to recruiters who can produce. Hiring...

I’m oftentimes asked this very question; and although I’ve had thoughts on a response, I routinely keep comments to myself. A jobseeker recently resurfaced this topic, and so I thought a break in silence is finally warranted. A good return differs between candidate, position, and industry. Although I've never seen specific stats on the subject, a good return could be estimated upwards of 20%; 2 interviews for every 10 resum...

This morning, I read one of the most comprehensive and well-informed advice pieces on job searching that I’d read in quite some time. The Internet has opened the world for us, broadening our eyes to new topics. Unfortunately, it has also opened the floodgates to bad advice and tips that miss the mark on what we’re trying to achieve. Online advice seems to linger, as well, so what might have been good wisdom to follow just a...

A single person paired with three or four dates is a highly popular television show. A problem with this forum for dating is that finding a person willing to stick around after cameras stop rolling is nearly impossible. Even more unfeasible is finding a suitable mate within minutes using first impressions.For me, these shows offer no entertainment value. What they do offer me, however, is the insight into people’s mentality...

As your career grew and broadened, it seemed like nothing could go wrong. You were in high demand. Everyone wanted you. The resume and cover letter you routinely updated yourself were making the phone ring off the hook. Maybe you once walked into an interview knowing in a split minute that you were hired … and you were! Maybe you were once hired site unseen. But, much like the high-priced technology stocks of the 1990s, you...

Women business owners are increasing substantially, and if they go through the proper channels there are several governmental organizations set up to play a support role in helping those companies thrive. But as many things associated with state and federal governments, a slow-moving bureaucracy can bog down by the process. One of the biggest boons for women-owned businesses came in 1999, when Congress passes legislation...

Since its inception, the advertising industry has been on the receiving end of critical body blows, with famous one-liners like H.G. Wells’ "Advertising is legalized lying." Nevertheless, it plays a large role in the American and world economy, and is a necessary and rewarding career for many women, who make up almost half the workers in the industry. Like many white-collar industries, the corporate structure in advertising...