by Barbara Safani | Jun 26, 2011 | career management, career research
According to a recent survey conducted by YourTango and ForbesWomen, 75 percent of women surveyed said they would not marry someone without a job and 65 percent said they wouldn’t get married if they were the one who was unemployed. But 91 percent of single...
by Barbara Safani | Jun 25, 2011 | career management, networking, on-line identity
I try to follow social media trends and the impact it has on the world of work as best I can but lately I’m finding it hard to keep up with all the career-killing mistakes people are making due to inappropriate tweets. The latest Twitter “whoops” I...
by Barbara Safani | Jun 6, 2011 | career management, on-line identity, personal branding
Representative Anthony Weiner has fessed up and admitted that he was the one sending lewd photos of himself on Twitter and that his account was never hacked. I write a lot about managing your online presence and digital dirt during a job search but the same rules...
by Barbara Safani | May 6, 2011 | career management
Every year before Mother’s Day, a few annual surveys come out about working mothers. Salary.com has the What’s Mom Worth? salary wizard which calculates how much someone would be paid for all of the jobs moms do (teacher, cook, chauffeur, etc) and reminds...
by Barbara Safani | Apr 18, 2011 | career management
This month’s Career Collective post offers advice for career changers. You can find additional suggestions from my esteemed colleagues at the end of this post. I frequently talk to people who want to change careers. They often tell me one of these four things: I...
by Barbara Safani | Apr 13, 2011 | career management, career research
According to a recent job search trends report published by the Career Thought Leaders Consortium, a think tank for career industry leaders, job search is changing fast. Resumes and hiring managers’ attention spans are getting shorter. Google is the new resume...
