The First 90 Days on Your New Job- How t...

Congratulations! You’ve landed that new job. Whether it is your ultimate dream job, or a job that is taking you closer to your ideal career, you want to make the best impression possible and start off on the right foot. First let’s make some assumptions. You’ve received an offer letter detailing everything agreed upon in your interviews and meetings. That usually...

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...

Job Searching? Scan for Scams!

© Debra Wolf Are you considering a wider range of opportunities with each passing week? No matter how much time has gone by since you began your search, don’t forget the basics. Check out your potential employer, recruiter, or agency. There are plenty of ways to do so, and lots of less-than-legit situations out there. Internet Marketing Positions You’ll see numerous entry-level...

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...

JOB: France 2 TV _ Washington Bureau ...

Julie Sibony a news producer for the Washington bureau of France 2 TV (French public television, second national network), and we’re preparing a series of stories for the one-year anniversary of the financial collapse. Because the Lehman Brothers’ bankrupcy is considered as the symbolic date for the beginning of the collapse, we’re looking for a former Lehman...

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...

Alain de Botton: A kinder, gentler philo...

Found on www.ted.com Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure — and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in our work. Share on...

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...

Ten Tips for Recruiting Creatives; The S...

Ten Tips for Recruiting Creatives © Debra Wolf Debra’s Blog Page - http://debrawolf.wordpress.com Debra’s linked in page – http://www.linkedin.com/pub/debra-wolf/4/687/941. It’s rough out there! And the process for recruiting creatives – if you are one, or you need one – comes with special challenges. Not only for organizations looking for the best possible...