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Makeup on the job

Tough question.

Reality is that if your boss doesn't like it, he/she will find a way to get you fired or make you quit. Makeup, clothing, body mods, all that are sometimes ...

intro from:-A Leading Business Accounting Services Provider in India.

[QUOTE who="himanshu in Kaul, India"]Hi all!!! This is on behalf of Yantram – A Leading Architecture Designing Services ...

Tax preparers - do you need reciept organizers????

[QUOTE who="pavehawk in pensacola, Florida"]To all the tax preparers, cpa's, out there - Do your clients bring along shoeboxes full of reciepts for you to organise before ...

Two Year Degree and can't get a decent job with it

[QUOTE who="Just another number in Chicagoland, Indiana"]
You won't find a more tenacious, dedicated researcher/analyst/whatever - so long as you give me a task and ...

Personal Marketing Firm- Paying a Recruiter to find you a job. Scam or real deal?

[QUOTE who="Just another number in Chicagoland, Indiana"]And yet, anon ITS, while recognising the sentiment, you failed to explain why you DON'T work on contingency...

Asked for termination. Employer refused and asked me to stay. Should I get out.

Are you being paid? With so many people out of work now, you are lucky to have a paycheck and no work.

If you are really that unhappy, why not look for a new job until they ...

Need information on credit repair business!!!

[QUOTE who="karensteven in Silver Spring"]Hi everyone, I have been hearing lately about credit repairing companies and the amount of work they get in their business. One ...

What are the requirements to be bonded?

I have had two clients with trouble getting bonded and they received no feedback from the prospective employer.

What are the criteria bonding companies use to make an ...

What Do You Struggle With Most?

[QUOTE who="Lacey in Phoenix, Arizona"]My struggle is that YES I am a college graduate but it has been some time since I have been working in my field and when I go to sit ...

Download Resume (CV) Sample

[QUOTE who="Danny Stephens in Morris, Illinois"]I need help writing my resume[/QUOTE]

You can also look at the sample resumes for content and format on my website ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="Angela in Glendale Heights, Illinois"]I was laid off about one month ago. ... During the sessions they all said that 64% of jobs come from Networking and only ...

Two Year Degree and can't get a decent job with it

No one wants to be around grumpy, silent loners. Humans communicate on a lot of levels, and much of the small-talk is inane.

But most humans start a conversation with ...

Cover Letters

It can't hurt. A lot of posters will say don't bother, they won't read it anyway, but what if you are send it to someone who thinks it's rude not to have one.

In general ...

Over-qualification

A Ph.D. is useful in higher education and research. Beyond those fields, it can be more of a liability than an asset.

For whatever reason, my experience is that people with ...

10 minute interview vs. 10 years of experience

The 10-minute interview tells the HR person/recruiter all of the following:
- Are you a drinker? (works best in afternoons)
- Are you a smoker?
- Do you have a ...

Successful Sales and Marketing Professional Seeks Career In Venture Capitalism or Alternative Investments

I would recommend VentureLoop.com (http://ventureloop.com/ventureloop/home.php). The emphasis is on finding jobs with companies that have received VC money as well as VC's.

Membership

Please elaborate. What organization(s) are you talking about?

What are the options for online business???

[QUOTE who="Patrick smith in United States minor outlying islands"]Hi everyone, I have been exploring the web for quite a while and have been thinking of getting involved ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="New York, New York in New York City"]To all...college degrees,resumes,interviews,recruiters,agencies....to hell with them all. Entrepreneurship my friends ...

I am looking to secure a restaurant management position

[QUOTE who="Gerald Fowler"]I am looking to secure an Assistant Managers position with a restaurant corporation with positive growth opportunity. I was most recently a ...

customer service

[QUOTE who="deborah in Indianapolis, Indiana"]where do i find a hotel job close to where i live? zip code 46254[/QUOTE]

Try hcareers.com (Hospitality Careers), they ...

Cheap Presentation Software

[QUOTE who="Chancz in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"]Most sites don't like you to share information that may have a Profit Factor attached to it, so we won't be disrespectful ...

magazine or greeting card merchandiser

The best bet seems to be www.narms.com (NARMS: National Association for Retail Marketing Services)

My wife got both of her part time jobs through them (P&G, Lindt ...

Be Careful of Ajilon Finance

[QUOTE who="Oceans11 in Aliso Viejo, California"]70% of all jobs filled are NEVER ADVERTISED, sorry but I've been around long enough to have heard that one a ton of times ...

In terms of operation how are Power Marketing Direct Furniture and Moneta Marketing Inc any different?

[QUOTE who="cliff mast in Lebanon, Ohio"]Cliff is The best guy in the world to give money to.[/QUOTE]

I suggest "Cliff Mast" or whoever he is, is an ...

How did Moneta absorb inventory and large sums of money from another company just by creating a new Company?

[QUOTE who="cliff mast in Lebanon, Ohio"]It was easy[/QUOTE]

That's not an answer, it's a pointless description of an unknown process.

First of all, most ...

Emirates Open house session

Be super careful about any drugs that are illegal or could be construed as such.

There have been two stories in the AP over the last 2 months about multi-year convictions on ...

Interview Preparation

[QUOTE who="Sanibel Photographer in Fort Myers, Florida"]My wife and a run a Sanibel Wedding Photography leapyearphoto.com business. Thinking of questions we would ask ...

1st telephonic behavioral interview

[QUOTE who="Rohit in Syracuse, New York"]Hello to all. Can someone assist me with possible questions for the behavioral interview at Stryker? With the Do's and Dont's and ...

25, bachelor's degree, master's degree and 9 months without a job in his field. Bless his heart :(

You are right. Personal networks are of minimal use in finding a job.

Professional or business networking, however, is valuable, and harder to develop. Think about the ...

metlife

Like ANY insurance job, you will essentially be running your own business with no guarantee of support or success.

Be prepared to invest the first 1-3 years with no net ...

Home Jobs

You misspelled the URL of your website.

25, bachelor's degree, master's degree and 9 months without a job in his field. Bless his heart :(

Sounds like his resume and other communications aren't really selling like they should be.

You can email me with specifics or post them here, but if he were my client, I ...

Frequently Asked Job Interview Questions

Here are the questions from a phone interview yesterday:

Why are you interested in this job/company?

You have had managerial positions in the past but this is a staff ...

older job candidate

[QUOTE who="Displaced Legal Professional in Denver, Colorado"]And, again, you prove my point that you have nothing to contribute except abuse. Go back to your sandbox and ...

older job candidate

[QUOTE who="Unemployed Property Manager in West Palm Beach, Florida"]Career-Hunter? Writing articles?[/QUOTE]

Sure. There is so much junk, scams and phishing that ...

Let go from job 2 years ago still think it was wrong

Life and especially employment situations are not always fair.

Try to see the other side of the argument -- not because they were necessarily right, but to understand their ...

Resume Distribution Companies

[QUOTE who="Ken in Fuquay Varina, North Carolina"]Scott -

I too have been contacted by ITS and I'm very skeptical. What did you find? Are you willing to share ...

HIGH ROAD LEADERS-IPA-AMERICA News and Gossip.

[QUOTE who="becca70 in Amelia, Ohio"]Just trying to find out information and the best new career.[/QUOTE]

What are you good at? Where are your skills and experience ...

Invest In Kids Denver Metro Area Interview Questions.

[QUOTE who="Kathleen Verner in Denver, Colorado"]How can I stand out among applicants?[/QUOTE]

These days, having all the right key search words in your resume will ...

Have a BA in Communication and need to find out how to get in without joining associations

First, let me plug my website (http://www.career-hunter.info) since most of the people who use it have the same problems you do.

Second, download the profile I use for my ...

Part time work

Retail stores are always looking for help on weekends when the most customers are in the store.

Pay varies greatly:
- Kohl's pays about $7.15/hour here in Denver.

Forum sites

You may also want to Google the blogs on the subject. Most people forget that blogs are designed to be forums and start conversations.

A few I like are:
http://www ...

working in a correctional facility

[QUOTE who="Sara in Merced, California"]i have an interview for an administrative assistant at a correctional facility.. can anybody give me any ideas as to my response ...

sales cashier and spashly in fatink room

What is spashly/spshling? Is fatink/fting room a fitting service?

Sorry, but your query made no sense.

Two Year Degree and can't get a decent job with it

[QUOTE who="MauEvig in Arkport, New York"]I've got a two year degree in Individual studies at Alfred State College. You'd think that having any degree would do me some ...

NEED RESUME SAMPLE/OR IDEA

[QUOTE who="Job Search Dolphin in Tampa, Florida"]Here's what could be a helpful link re: resume writing-
jobstar.org/tools/resume/samples.php[/QUOTE]

There ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="Displaced Legal Professional in Denver, Colorado"]
It's not that they can't handle delivery of bad news; it's because they're rude, inconsiderate, cold ...

DO NOT WORK HERE!

[QUOTE who="ferd in Winston Salem, North Carolina"]Lately, Lowes has been advertising those programming positions as direct employee rather than contract positions because ...

magazine or greeting card merchandiser

[QUOTE who="lyn in Strongsville, Ohio"]I am interested in part time magazine or greeting card field merchandising and would like to know whom to contact in the Cuyahoga or ...