Job Search Refresher: Looking for a Needle in a Haystack

by: Fredia Woolf January 26, 2010

What is the current picture of the career marketplace?  Some statistics are downright dispiriting.  For example, the US Labor Department reports 7.2 million jobs lost in the US economy from December 2007 to December 2009, and a recent study shows that two thirds of those finding work are accepting jobs at 28% lower wages. The flipside of [...]

The Spicy Job Search Guide for 2010

by: Fredia Woolf January 5, 2010

Our friend Nicholas is back from the holidays.  He was determined to restart his job search with vigor and focus. But as so often before, this feeling of resolve and optimism has dissolved into sporadic activity and apathy.  So, what should Nicholas do to get his job search off to a great start for the new [...]