by Barbara Safani | Jul 13, 2010 | career management, career research
My colleague over on the AOL Jobs and Careers Channel, Lisa Johnson Mandell, just wrote a post about the ten toughest and easiest cities to find a job in. St. Louis, Detroit, and Miami top the list for worst cities for finding employment and Washington, D.C, San...
by Barbara Safani | Jul 6, 2010 | career management
I was recently interviewed by CBS news about unpaid internships. There was a time when the only people who sought out unpaid internships were students who wanted to gain valuable work experience and were willing to forgo a salary to get it. But in today’s...
by Barbara Safani | Jun 28, 2010 | interviews
My daughter landed a plum internship this summer as an assistant to a musical director and casting director for the national tour of a very well known Broadway musical. On her first day she observed a typical theater audition, cattle-call style and in less than eight...
by Barbara Safani | Jun 24, 2010 | resume
Sometimes when I write a resume for a client, I include an excerpt from the performance review as a strategy to better market the client. Occasionally when I use this technique, I get some push back from clients. The response is often, “I’ve never seen...
by Barbara Safani | Jun 21, 2010 | career management
According to the most recent report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more employees left their jobs voluntarily in March (1.9M) than were laid off (1.8M). You may be wondering why so many are quitting their jobs in what is still a volatile economy, but the...
