Top Jobs for 2008

What are the 10 top jobs of 2008? According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), jobs under the "service" and "professional" categories will have the fastest growth in terms of employment. This is great news if you’re looking for a job in the service- or professional-oriented fields. Below are the 10 top jobs of 2008. 1. Network systems and data communications analysts. There were abou

10 Evolving Jobs

10 Evolving Jobs Job positions such as secretaries, operators, newspaper printers, steel manufacturers, etc.have been diminishing rapidly over the past decade. Many thanks to the ever-advancing computers, cell phones, voice recognition systems, and automated machines, numerous jobs that used to be considered integral to the workforce are declining. Fortunately workers who hold such positions can shift their skills to similar jobs

Learn to Find a Good Job

We all want to have a good life. Be in simple or extravagant way of living it all boils down to the want, urge or rather need of having a good life in our own contention of how good a life should be. Nonetheless, for us to do so we sure got to have a very good source of income. Not everyone is born an old money clan but either from a no rich, not that rich or rising to richness’s kind of family. In fact, most

Does Your GPA Matter?

High school grade point average (GPA) really matters when trying to attend higher education institutions. But how about when you’re fresh out of college and try to get into your first job? Just how much future employers value your hard-earned college grades? Are those sleepless nights reviewing for mind-blowing exams and those long hours spent at the library going straight to the garbage bin? Yes, it matters

Tips for Explaining a Job Loss

A face-to-face interview with a hiring manager trying to prove that you’re what the company is looking for can be a very intimidating experience – especially if you’re to explain how you lost your previous job. Fired, displaced, canned, laid off, resigned. However you put it, it’s still a job loss and it’s one of the most nerve-wracking subjects to talk about during a job interview. So

How to Answer Interview Questions

We all want to create a good impression towards our interviewer on a job interview. To make this happen, we must never forget the fundamental element to make a good impression which is confidence. Our best suite, clean and shiny shoes, fixed hair, unwrinkled extra copy of your resume and a couple of memorized or rather familiarized script for expected questions are only extra baggages. All of those does not matter

Resume Design and Layout

In creating your resume, whether doing one for the first time or simply spicing up a template, you should make sure it would stand out from the crowd. But before you go crazy on your word processor’s word art, here are some reminders on how to pull off an attention-grabbing resume in plain black and white. Since I mentioned it, limit font styles to two at the most. Recommended fonts to use are the ‘bas

How a Career Portfolio Can Advance Your Career

Despite the technological advances in job hunting, there are some old-fashioned tools that are still being used by job applicants with positive results. We are talking about career portfolios, which are usually used by architects, graphic artists, and other creative job seekers. But what is a career portfolio? It is ring-bound collection of work samples, accomplishments, and other skills, which are more than what a

Job Hunting Tips for New Graduates

The end of college life is the beginning of a new journey: the prospect of a brand-new career. However, as your professors have probably told you, "the real life" (or life outside the campus) has uncertainties and instabilities. Finding a job is not like picking up a new subject, but here are some tips that will come in handy, especially for the new graduates. Avoid mass mailing – A common wrong not

Avoiding Resume Bloopers

With so many resumes coming to the recruitment office in a single day, potential employers tend to scan each resume as quick as possible so they could finish the task of eliminating those job seekers who have potential against those who don’t. A single mistake in your resume would cost you dearly, since the document would simply be discarded to the paper shredder. If you want to gain a multitude of readers, p