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May 16th, 2012
According to Allison & Taylor, the leading provider of 3rd party reference checking, there is a new trend emerging for submitting your job reference list to potential employers. The press release adds that this new format for listing references will be a game changer. After seeing their samples, I have to agree. This new format [...]
April 11th, 2012
Last year, when I had a radio show on Fox 910 in Roanoke called “Career Matters,” I also produced a daily vignette the station aired Monday through Friday. The Career Matters Minute offered career advice in less than a minute. The show went off air in late 2011, but I thought I would revive these [...]
April 9th, 2012
The unemployment numbers are out again, and officially they show that the rate of unemployment is on the decline, down to 8.2%. But an article at the Employment Spectator, begs to differ. It states that the numbers are muted because there are 164,000 fewer people looking for work, as if they just gave up. But [...]
March 29th, 2012
You’ve probably heard all the commotion regarding employers that are requesting Facebook passwords from job candidates so they can take a peek into their personal life. This would allow the hiring director to see what’s been posted, as well as personal photos, games played, articles read, and what is routinely “liked.” Facebook’s counsel is threatening [...]
March 12th, 2012
Tax season is underway, and I know I have options when it comes to tax preparation: I can do it myself and hope I don’t make an expensive mistake. I can buy software and hope that I understand exactly what the program is asking me to do, or I can bite the bullet and shell [...]
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