While jobs become more competitive in other industries thanks to the credit crunch, it’s still relatively easy to get a haulage job A huge portion of the workforce will be retiring in the next 10 years, so it’s a great opportunity for lorry drivers to move on to bigger and better things

It's a dog pile of bad news - plants closing, banks foreclosing, thousands more out of work just today If you're somewhere in the middle of that pile, you already know that "recession" has a human face

I’ve written several blogs and online articles now on this subject because I believe that a disservice has been done to most job seekers, and to career changers, in particular Somewhere along the way, job seekers have been loaded down with overwhelming advice about how to spiff up their resumes, to create that “wow” factor that supposedly all employers are waiting at the edge of their desk chairs for

You can’t open a newspaper or switch on the news at the moment without hearing about the economic downturn that the whole of the western world is suffering from Hardly any sectors are immune, and many companies are making redundancies in order to stay afloat

I hear this cry from job seekers all the time: “Why, oh why, does my dream job always seem to be around the next corner When will I ever find it

I’ve had the privilege of working with job seekers of a wide range of backgrounds and industries But this past year, I have concentrated much of my time to working with executives and executive-wannabes

With the cost of healthcare increasing each year, I hear more and more job seekers placing medical benefits among the top—if not the number 1—considerations of their job search There is so much fear in the US today, much fueled by media and politicians, when it comes to healthcare and employer-provided benefits

Many job seekers have a tendency to start their job search with the “Ready, Fire, Aim” approach There are numerous reasons, which include things like just being let go from a current job, the desire to get out of the present employment quickly, or simply a lack of understanding or focus

In today’s competitive marketplace, you will find some resume writing firms offering guarantees for the products they deliver How do these guarantees work, you ask

Have you ever reached that point during a job search when you start to think that you must be missing out on something…that someone, somewhere, must have the answer for your troubles I mean, if you could just unlock the secret…find the holy grail…swallow the miracle pill, do the happy dance…whatever, the phone would start ringing, the offers would flow in, and you would have the career you have always dreamed of