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New Posts on The Job Search

Default Thumbnail Question from a reader: Is my resume better than I am?

Q: I’m getting interviews. I’m not getting offers. Does this mean that my resume is better than I... 

Default Thumbnail A Key to an Effective Job Search: Networking

Networking is key to an effective job search. If you want it to work so you can go to work, use it, don’t... 

Default Thumbnail Check List of “Gotta-Do’s” Before Going to Interviews

Whether you’re looking for a job or just thinking about it, you have work to do before you head out... 

New Posts on Managing Your Career

Default Thumbnail Dedicated to Teachers Everywhere

By the time we arrived at our old family home we were bone tired. It was good to get off the road and... 

Default Thumbnail Keeping Your Balance with Reorganization

Heads up, friends and neighbors. Companies are reorganizing and if you’re working for them you know... 

Default Thumbnail It’s Always a Good Time for Change

According to the political writers, pundits, pollsters, and candidates, this is a time for change. Some... 

Questions from Readers

Jet Blue Column Generates Responses

The Jet Blue flight attendant event was the basis for my August 15, 2010 column in the Greenboro News & Record.  I receive a few... 

Readers Respond to “No Excuses” Article

My August 8, 2010 career column in the Greensboro News & Record, entitled, “Excuses Get You Nowhere,” generated a few... 

Questions from Readers

Q:   I’ve been unemployed for the past 18 months and have worked dozens of part time jobs during that time. If I list each job... 

One More Tough Question Answered

What’s a tough interview question? One you don’t know how to answer. I don’t want to be asked why there are so many gaps in my... 

Tough Questions Have Answers

Interview questions that are difficult typically ask about “why and how” not “what and when.”  They focus on demanding... 

Questions from Readers for All Ages

Q: My anxiety is through the roof. Yesterday I talked back to my boss, something I never do. I apologized and he said we’re OK but... 

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