2010 July

3 Tips to Shore Up for a Career Flood

By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter Ankle-deep in water, we waded across the ramp to our dock. The next day, after a satiating weekend of sailing, we returned to the ramp for departure, and alas, the water had risen to our knees.

C-Twip #3: 6 Factors That Can Cost You the Interview

C-Twips are career advice from Twitter. Read this article and learn six interview factors that can cost you the job offer from a potential employer.

Hot-or-Not for Professionals: “Am I Money” is BACK!

By CAREEREALISM Founder, J.T. O’Donnell Last year, we ran a project that took a life of it’s own. We invited readers to send us their personal brands (resume, on-line profiles, etc.). Then, we posted them and had our experts offer advice on how they could improve their brands. We called the program, “Am I Money” [...]

The Power of an ‘Old Girls Club’

Are women helping women where you work? Men: Do you see women helping or hurting each others’ careers at your office?

How Vital is Location in Job Search?

‘JT & Dale Talk Jobs’ is the largest nationally syndicated career advice column in the country and can be found at JTandDale.com. Dear J.T. & Dale: We live in a cold state and want to move. My husband is going to lose his job and has been looking in warmer areas, with zero success. I [...]

Resume Tips for a Career Change

By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Mary Sevinsky Looking for work can be difficult in the best of times…these are not the best of times. Advice about résumé writing abounds and experts offer astoundingly different opinions. How is a job seeker to know which advice to follow? The bottom line: no one way is the right way for [...]

C-Twip #2: How to Minimize ‘Drive By’ Interruptions

C-Twips are career advice rendered from Twitter. Learn how to minimize “drive by” interruptions while working at the office.

3 Ways to Ease Writers Block When Completing Federal Applications

By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Daphne Houston Yes I know, even for the best of us, sometimes answering those questionnaires and KSAs can seem like a daunting task when completing your federal application.

Are These Personal Patterns Sabotaging Your Job or Career Transition?

By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Ilona Vanderwoude Here’s something interesting: the way you respond to specific situations tends to be the way you respond across the board. This is nothing mysterious; it simply reveals some of our character traits underlying our behavior.

NOMINATE: Which Companies Need to Improve Their Image?

By CAREEREALISM Founder, J.T. O’Donnell Last week, we started a campaign to get companies involved in supporting the 15+ million job seekers in the U.S. – many of whom can’t afford the kind of career help they desperately need. The fact is, we’re all businesses-of-one and every job is temporary. We must learn how to [...]

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