If you’re older than 40, chances are good that you have wondered, at least once or twice, “Are they overlooking me because of my age?” And, unfortunately, chances are also good that they are. So here are some tips so you can get in front of employers instead of getting weeded out before you have…
Have you ever set a goal for yourself and fizzled out? A quick online check will tell you that, according to most measures, only about 10% of New Year’s resolutions actually happen, and I see much the same pattern in the rest of life. Why do we fail to keep these promises to ourselves? Step…
You know the supposed wisdom floating around out there: do a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life, blah blah blah. But is it true? Do you really need to love your job? The answer, of course, is that it depends. Some people absolutely need to feel their work is…
You may have heard about so-called ghost jobs, but what are they and why do they exist? More importantly, how can you avoid them? Ghost jobs are simply postings for fake jobs. In other words, unlike scams, these are job postings from real employers, but there’s no actual job to be had. There are a…