Richard St. John on Success

In his typically candid style, Richard St. John reminds us that success is not a one-way street, but a constant journey. He uses the story of his business’ rise and fall to illustrate a valuable lesson — when we stop trying, we fail. Share on...

Happy Holidays and have Great New Year

I want to thank everyone for their continued support with The Job Trekker. You might have noticed that i have not contributed much in the last month or so. The reason for this is to allow myself to rethink the direction of The Job Trekker. I am in the process of thinking and developing new ideas; I would like The Job Trekker to take a new form in the New Year one that is more...

Laid Off And Looking

Found in the Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal follows out-of-work M.B.A.s as they search for jobs in a post-meltdown world. By Kevin Hudson   Kevin Hudson spent almost four years at ServiceMaster as an IT finance director. When the company relocated to Memphis in January 2008, Mr. Hudson, 52, decided not to move. Previously, Mr. Hudson worked as an independent IT consultant...

4 Common Job Hunt Dilemmas Solved

By Selena Dehne, JIST Publishing Overcoming unemployment during a job market drought can present quite the dilemma, all on its own. It can be particularly problematic, however, for job seekers without a college degree or with a questionable work history, for instance. Barriers such as these are all it takes in today’s highly competitive job market to screen job seekers out of...

Dan Gilbert asks, Why are we happy?

Dan Gilbert author of Stumbling on Happiness gives a great talk on what makes us happy and why? (Video) Share on...

Sunday Brunch: Interview with he 405 Clu...

SUNDAY BLOG BRUNCH: THE JOB TREKKER. (Ed.Note) Welcome to our journey into the world of recession blogs! The 405 Club wants to get personal via 10 questions with our favorite fellow bloggers who are documenting the recession and unemployment firsthand. This week’s blogging brunch companion is Dan of The Job Trekker. —— First off, thank you for joining us for Sunday Blog Brunch...

Playing for Change

I recently heard about this non-profit and thought it was worth passing along to everyone out there. It is interesting and sets my mind at ease, I know that what is going on in my life there is always a bigger cause. This is one of the causes I found and thought it was great. Below is their general explanation and video that explains what they are about. Do you want to help unite...

15 Companies Hiring In July

Found on career Builder: Filed under: Job Listings, Job HuntingPrint Article Posted Jul 7th 2009 11:52AM Anthony Balderrama, CareerBuilder.com writer I’ll guarantee either you or someone you know is looking for a job. Maybe you were laid off, just graduated or are unhappy with your current job. The problem is that you can’t find a job because there are fewer out there. But...

Better Job Search Tactics: Video

Why are there no jobs that match my criteria and skills? Well there might be a reason for that, here are some tips that will help you nail down that matches what you are looking for. Share on...

Top 10 Reasons you are not getting the j...

We are all out there trying our best to find that job, somehow it seems to be eluding us and we don’t know why. Here are 10 tips to help find what you are looking for. Share on...