A new House bill to directly fund up to one million local jobs is gaining support less than twenty-four hours after it was announced by Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller. The Local Jobs for America Act , the largest job-creation plan yet proposed in Congress this year, would provide $100 billion to fund wages and benefits for a million workers who would otherwise be unemployed. …  Read More →

Wind power in the state of Texas has set a new record for delivering power to the grid.  Read More →

A stranger in an airplane sparked a conversation with me the other day. Rather than the usual awkward seatmate dialogue, we ended up having a good conversation. He told me about his time in Iraq and playing craps in Vegas. I told him about my visit to Laos, where he would be stationed next. Although our half-hour exchange may have felt like little more than a way to pass time, we were actually discovering connections, …  Read More →

Do you use a to-do list? Most of us have some kind of running list of tasks which we want to get done (even if we keep this list in our heads). And I expect that at some point, like me, you’ll have had the experience of creating an extremely ambitious to-do list … only to end up completing just a fraction of the tasks on…  Read More →

One of the things I love about being a career counselor is what I learn from my clients. They are constantly ‘teaching’ me something. Take last week, for example. My client was talking about people who lose their jobs (he…  Read More →

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I believe that in each man there is a prince and a king. In each woman there is a princess and a queen. Each of them has the ability to obtain the keys to his or her personal kingdom. However, somewhere along the way, society classified us and we got it in our heads that the keys to the kingdom are reserved for a special …  Read More →

There are a variety of ways to apply for jobs and how you submit your job application depends on what the company wants applicants to do. Applicants for employment can apply online for positions at a large number of job sites or apply directly at company web sites . At many businesses, especially in the retail and hospitality industries, employment applications can be completed in person. When companies do not require a formal job application,... 

According to research by employment law consultancy firm Peninsula Ireland almost four in every ten Irish workers are having to take on extra work to balance their personal finances. As the ranks of Ireland’s unemployed continue to swell, those people still in work are forced to work longer hours, or even take on a second job to meet the challenging economic realities of life in post-celtic-tiger Ireland.  Read More →

A plan to support the creation of up to one million jobs was announced today by a group of House Democrats led by Education and Labor Committee chairman Rep. George Miller (D-CA) . The Local Jobs for America Act would support public and private jobs the next two years in local communities across the country. It is the largest direct job-creation plan offered in Congress so far this year. With the burden of high unemployment, persistent joblessness... 

Online advertising has skyrocketed over the past few years. In 2009, companies spent close to $50 billion advertising online and that figure is expected to increase substantially in 2010.  Read More →

Do you want to work as a volunteer? Well then all you need is a perfect volunteer job that would not only enable you to fulfill your aspirations but will also be of help to others. There are a lot of people who need help but are not in a position to do so.  Read More →

“Focus on networking with your warm contacts first” – hardly rocket science is it?! Yet so many people (particularly job seekers and career changers), seem to think that networking is all about spending time with the “the right contacts” (whatever…  Read More →

Interview techniques vary depending on the sophistication of the company, position etc, but using some simple skills, you can help beat your competitors. Understanding what the interviewer is looking for, prepares you well in advance and also helps your confidence.  Read More →

Many patients get told they are going to be seen by the radiologist but very few have any idea who that would be. A radiologist’s job is a key role in the diagnosis and treatment of a patient.  Read More →