Making Money Doing Freelance Work
April 11th, 2008
Negotiating Salary During a Job Offer
February 6th, 2008
After days of interviews and screenings, you finally get the job that you want. However, there is one little stumbling block that you need to overcome: How much should your salary be?
Negotiating your salary on a new job is tricky. You swing back and forth on whether to be modest with your amount or be bold and ask for double your salary. Here are factors that you should consider before deciding on your own.
Do not
CV Checklist
January 31st, 2008
If you’re one of those people who describe a curriculum vitae as a very long and tedious resume, then you’re quite right about it. It’s one of the things that you need to know thoroughly before you step out into the real world and start applying to different companies. One of the things that you need to know about a curriculum vitae is that it is totally different from the make-up of a normal resu
How to Make a Good Impression at a Job Interview
January 28th, 2008
After several days of waiting, you have learned that a potential employer is inviting you for an interview. This gives you an opportunity to sell yourself and hope you could connect with the interview in order to cinch the job.
Creating a good impression and rapport towards your interviewer is more than just dressing sharply, wearing polished shoes, or being polite. It actually starts from the moment you step into
Preventing Feuds in the Family Business
January 4th, 2008
The ups and downs, as well as joys and sorrows, a business owner faces can be dramatically amplified and multiplied when he is running a family business. Several top family companies like Gucci are known to have a long history of internal fighting among family members dealing with problems ranging from who should take the lead to when the family head should retire. This is why family businesses are usually perceive
Common Faults with CV's
January 2nd, 2008
The HR managers in the interview department have their own versions of CVs that they would like to forget. Imagine receiving curriculum vitae that simply reek of half-truths and embarrassing inclusions. Most of the people who write curriculum vitae for the first time fall into either one of two categories. They either err on the side of bravado or on the side of fear. This article would like to focus on the former.
CVs for Postdocs Leaving Academia
December 26th, 2007
A curriculum vitae is not just for people who would like to enter the academic field. It is also something that an individual has to consider when they will be leaving academia. There are cases where people who have been involved in scholarly research would like to pursue something that requires a lighter take on the subject.
There are people who have been involved in postdoc studies for several years and suddenly
Getting Personal on Your Resume
December 12th, 2007
If you’ve grown accustomed to writing resumes that are haphazardly done, you might want to think it through before doing that to your curriculum vitae.
It is very important that you ensure the credibility and the neatness of your CV as this is one of the most formal documents that your prospective employer will read about you. This particular document is one of the things that you will need to polish until i
Taking a Year Off Without Hurting Your Career
December 10th, 2007
Some professionals would feel so burned out with their work that they need a break, a really long break. And this is not because they want to become bums, but because of severe cases like stress-related migraines that even a three-hour massage cannot help.
You feel like doing the same: taking a year off from work and return to the same office once your vacation is done. Just in case you are wondering, yes, you can
Keep your Curriculum Vitae Simple
December 5th, 2007
How do you keep your CV simple? It’s an honest question but it also carries with it so many implications such as what to retain and what to take out. You might want to be able to read through this first in order to know how it is to create a CV that is straight to the point, yet contains all vital information.
One thing you should remember is that there are no absolute rules whenever you’re making your