CareerBuilder BlogAsk us your question and win a prize!Published: 03/15/2010Last week we kicked off our contest, Talk to The Work Buzz! You submitted your great questions about interviews and we picked one to answer. Our winner is getting a copy of the book Career Building. We like you. You like prizes. So we’re back with a new topic for the contest. This week we want [...] Related posts:
Gettin’ lucky on your job searchPublished: 03/12/2010Oh, St. Patrick’s Day. Each year you provide us with a day to pretend a lot of things. You let us pretend we’re Irish when we’re not. You let us pretend our livers are impenetrable to alcohol, but they’re not. You let us pretend we look good in tacky green clothing when most of us don’t. [...] Related posts:
Talk to The Work Buzz Contest winning question: Interview notesPublished: 03/12/2010It’s Friday, and that means we have a winner in the Talk to the Work Buzz! Contest. This week’s topic was interviewing, and we had several readers submit excellent questions. (Thanks!) Alas, we could only pick one, and it came from Janet Jansen. Here’s what she asked: “Is it appropriate to read from notes in an interview? [...] Related posts:
Before you fill out that March Madness bracket…Published: 03/11/2010Few things unite co-workers like a good, old-fashioned office pool. Can you pick the date Ellen will have her baby? What about the baby’s sex and name? How many days in a row will Bob wear the same pants? How long can Fred go without checking his smart phone in a meeting? It seems workers will bet on everything and anything – even when [...] Related posts:
Workers tethered by the e-leash in some strange placesPublished: 03/10/2010They do it while walking — oh so slowly — down the sidewalk. They do it at the gym. They do it at the movies. They even do it in the bathroom. They are using their smart phones. While some people are checking out Facebook, getting directions, reading the news or just plain addicted, many are still on the [...] Related posts:
Where are the jobs? Education and health services, that’s where.Published: 03/09/2010“Where exactly are these jobs you keep talking about?” That is one of the questions we frequently receive here at The Work Buzz. And we do our best to point you in the right direction. Today the Bureau of Labor Statistics made locating these open positions a simpler task by releasing the current January Job Openings and Labor [...] Related posts:
Talk to The Work Buzz! Contest: Ask us a question about interviewsPublished: 03/08/2010Hello, everyone- As our last post said, we’re holding a contest where we ask you to submit your questions based on that week’s topic. We’ll choose one person’s question to answer and then send him or her a copy of Career Building, which will bring you hours of joy for the rest of your life. It’s [...] Related posts:
Announcing the Talk to The Work Buzz! ContestPublished: 03/08/2010Ever since we launched The Work Buzz, we have grown fond of you, our inquisitive readers. We post about news, pop culture happenings, studies and anything else that we think will help your job hunt or workplace issues. And you always let us know how you feel about our posts in our comments section. Sometimes [...] Related posts:
February job numbers reduxPublished: 03/05/2010We’ve been a little crazed here at TheWorkBuzz lately and just realized the day has passed without posting our regular breakdown of the BLS’s monthly unemployment numbers. Luckily, our colleagues at TheHiringSite.com have already written about that very subject so we’ll refer you to their post. Related posts:December job numbers redux The BLS released the last unemployment numbers of [...] Related posts:
10 ways to make your resume stand outPublished: 03/05/2010When a house has been on the market for an extended time without an offer or even a showing, homeowners often get help staging their property and even make over important rooms, like kitchens and bathrooms. When it comes to your job search, perhaps you should use this approach with your resume. With electronic job applications and [...] Related posts:
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