I’m Not ‘Warm & Fuzzy,’ Now What?

Reader asks what to do when you get passed over for promotion because he wasn’t ‘warm and fuzzy
enough.

Best Tip to Stay Motivated

Job seeker asks CAREEREALISM experts for their best motivational tip for job search.

Gifts vs. Favors: Why One is POWER & Other is POISON to Your Career

By CAREEREALISM.com Founder, J.T. O’Donnell I read a post by Seth Godin recently that discussed the power of a gift. Something struck me immediately:  People who struggle to find professional satisfaction (a.k.a. a job they are happy with) are often guilty of doing favors instead of giving gifts. If you’ve ever said the following, then [...]

What Tiger Woods, Lebron James, Gary Vaynerchuk & YOU Have in Common

By CAREEREALISM Founder, J.T. O’Donnell Forget the economy, “Now is the time for you to cash in on your passion and CRUSH IT,”

3 Strategic + 3 Tactical = 6 Ways to Increase the Chances You’ll Get Hired

Webinar Testimonial [1]

By CAREEREALISM Founder, J.T. O’Donnell Recently, we recorded a webinar where I outlined the 6 things every job seeker must master to get hired in 2010. In it, participants learned:

Co-worker Getting Paid More Because Mom is Friends With Boss

‘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: I just found out my co-worker is getting paid $5,000 more than I am. She got recommended for the job by her mom, who is friends with our boss. [...]

What’s Motivating You to Consider a Career Change?

By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Kris Parfitt A large pile of laundry can be such a daunting task that we put it off as long as we can before we run low on under garments. However, instead of buying more skivvies every week, wouldn’t it make more sense (and be cheaper) to just sort the piles and [...]

Tiger Woods: The Price of Fame — and a Bleeding Brand

By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Teena Rose The EMTs arrived at the house in the wee hours of the morning to find Tiger lying on the ground bleeding, and his wife standing over him with a golf club. As the story goes, he attempted to leave his home, and wound up crashing his car into a tree. [...]

Don’t Let Workplace Rejection Get You Down

By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Debra Wheatman Did you recently get passed up for a big (or not so big) promotion? Did you ask for something at work and were flatly turned down? It happens – to all of us at some point. Things do not always go your way, and rejection is part of life – [...]

Dreaded Interview Question: What is Your Greatest Weakness?

By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Karen Siwak Before I start this story, I need to make a confession. I never wear watches. Not because I don’t find the correct time an incredibly useful piece of information, but because I keep losing them. Watches are a distraction when I’m working, and so I take them off and they [...]