We’ve all been there. Just when we absolutely must be at our best, something unexpected happens and we end up forgetting something we needed to bring along, being delayed, discovering a stain in the wrong place, or start sweating uncomfortably in close quarters. Stress makes it even more likely that these incidents will occur, and [...]

I woke up this morning thinking about how much I’ve had to stretch this old boomer-brain over the last couple of months. I’ve actually kind of surprised myself along with realizing how tiring this stretching process can be in the Boomer years. It’s a good tired, though. I’ve learned or expanded my knowledge of at [...]

Every once in a while you might run into an interviewer who throws you a curveball in the middle of the interview with a question that completely leaves you stumped.   Some of the questions can take a downright odd turn and others can turn a pleasant interview into a seemingly confrontational one.

If you have joined the ranks of the unemployed or at-risk workers, it’s very likely you are feeling anxiety, stress, or even burnout, the very things you cannot afford to cope with when you need to present yourself to employers in a positive light. 
There isn’t a magic bullet when it comes to handling the stress [...]

When I was 18 years old, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. I wasn’t thinking beyond getting a degree.  I couldn’t see what was behind the door to my future at that point.  When I graduated from college with a liberal arts degree in English, I still wasn’t too [...]

Fashion trends come and go but the tried and true formulas for interviewing never go out of style. 
With the economy and business declining, unemployment at levels we haven’t seen for many years, and insecurity and uncertainty prevalent, companies have become less inclined to take risks when it comes to hiring.  In the current climate, I have [...]

A typical job hunter will investigate the usual avenues of finding available openings early in their search.  If you’ve gone down the path of checking out the ‘usual suspects’, then you’ve already opened up the newspaper to the “Help Wanted Section” and searched local openings on one of the many job boards on the Internet.  [...]