Need tips to survive a job layoff?

Feel like Gilligan stranded on Layoff Island?

As a result of corporate downsizing many qualified candidates are now looking for a job.

Bouncing back from a career crisis can strengthen your ability to lead others, force you to develop new skills and reposition you for a comeback. Read the rest of this entry »

How to Write a Resume that Gets Read

With the influx of available skilled workers hunting for jobs, human resource personnel are extremely selective.

If their company is seeking a purple dinosaur, wearing green tennis shoes, that plays the ukulele… that’s the only person that gets the interview, and subsequently the job.

Accomplishment-based resumes, especially those which establish your qualifications, will sell you perfectly to a potential employer. Read the rest of this entry »

Will a Push-up Bra or Miniskirt Help or Hurt Your Career?

Are you a sassy and seductive femme fatale looking for a promotion? Or, are you a conservatively clad careerist looking for feminine clothes with a little sexual flavor?

Depending on the career, dressing sexy at work can give you a competitive edge or ruin your chance to rise to the top.

Here is my seasoned perspective on the dressing sexy at work debate. Buckle your seatbelt as you peruse my observations how you can dress sexy at work and its effect on your career climb. Read the rest of this entry »