Over- and under- qualified, and everything in between, If I enter my job history one more time, I might just break my screen. I’ve cleaned behind the dryer, I’ve scoured every floor, I’ve cleaned in places that my broom has never seen before. I’ve shredded stacks of paper that I no longer need, I’ve written…
Month: August 2014
Finding a Job, Like Winning the Lottery – An Unemployment Story
I was humbled to receive this email from someone who named themselves “Peace.” This is an unemployment story from somewhere all the way across the globe from me. To know this blog reaches such far distances and speaks to people as far as Turkey means so much to me. I have not altered the language…
It’s Monday Again… An Anonymous Unemployment Story
I think so many of you who are unemployed can relate to this unemployment story. The rest of this post will be anonymous and I thank the contributor for sharing their story. It’s Monday again, only this one is different because it is 11 months to the day that I found myself unemployed. As I…
The Job Applicant Hierarchy – Who Really Gets the Job? [by Marc Shaeffer]
Overall, the job market is getting better. Slowly getting better, that is. Personally, I’ve been having more job interviews in the last 6 months than anytime time period since I was let go from my full-time job in 2010. Last Friday, there were signs that more discouraged workers that were once sitting on the…
5 Reasons Why Employers Repost the Same Job
Have you ever responded to a job posting that later got reposted? Or worse yet, after the second round of interviews, you find out that the job you are interviewing for was reposted!I find this baffling, rude, and pointless. Pointless, because I wonder who this employer thinks they will get with this new listing. The…