Employment

Got a New Job? The Top 3 Things You Must Do

You just got a new job. That's fantastic but your work isn't done quite yet. Here are three things that our Personal Finance Expert Matt Brandeburg advises you do as soon as you start work. 1. Set up small, automatic payroll deductions to go directly into a checkin Read more...

Choosing to Better Your Career

It is not news to anyone that the climate of the workplace has shifted dramatically over the last year or so. My clients often tell me that they fear losing their jobs and will do anything required of them to secure their positions. Other clients come to me frustrated Read more...

Put Your Portfolio Online and Let It Shine

Forget lugging a binder full of papers and pictures to every interview. Companies want your work to be just a click away. Online portfolios are not just for people who want to work on the web. Bosses everywhere are expecting applicants to provide a way to show them who Read more...

Approaching Interviews with Confidence

Being confident and resilient are some of the best qualities you can possess in the current job market. For some people these qualities seem to come naturally, as if they were born knowing who they are and what they have to offer the workplace and the world. "How do the Read more...

Job Seekers: Where and How to Find Jobs

There’s a lot of stress brewing in the job market. Are you just out of college and looking for a career? Have you recently lost your job and are thinking of what to do next? Instead of feeding into the fear that surrounds the current job market, create actions that wi Read more...

My Boss is Taking Advantage of the Recession

All the experts agree: unemployment isn't going down any time soon. In fact, many experts, including National Economic Council Director Larry Summers, believe that it may stay high for years to come. Anyone who has a job knows that they are lucky—to a point. Acc Read more...

Text, Tweet, Blog and Surf Your Way To a New Job

Courtesy of USAA Emily Manck graduated from Drury University in the spring with a 3.88 grade-point average, solid work experience in her field of graphic design and loads of enthusiasm. Best of all, she landed a job six weeks before she walked across the stage to ac Read more...

Seven Cyber Job Hunting Tips

Courtesy of USAA 1. Make sure your online profile includes the right keywords and acronyms. Choose ones a recruiter may search for, says Patrice-Anne Rutledge, author of Sams Teach Yourself LinkedIn in 10 Minutes. “If you hold a PMP certification, don’t just say Read more...

Is Your Name Holding You Back?

People with ethnic-sounding, black-sounding and feminine names can all face hurdles. In 2003, by Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan published their study, "Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimin Read more...

Workplace Discrimination: Who Is Suffering?

We all know how hard it is to find a job during a recession. Unfortunately, race, gender, sexual orientation, weight, smoking habits, and age can make your job search even harder and cause workplace discrimination. Race According to the December 2009, Bureau of Labor Read more...