If you are a job hunter currently and have been hitting some dead-ends in your job search, working with a recruiter can be a potentially be the detour you need to get your career back on the highway. However it is important to keep in mind the nature of recruiters and recruitment agencies in general. […]

If you are having trouble getting another position, it may not have anything to do with your professional image. It may have to do with your references. You can hire a reference checking firm to check your references to see if someone is undermining your career options. This happens more often than realized and can […]

Everyone is different on what they consider to be good career success. While one person is going for the big bucks others may be interested in being more socially active. At the end of it all, you want to pick a career that will speak to you personally in creating a meaningful and profitable life. […]

For the majority of people these days, the career path begins once you graduate from college. But graduation day can also mean the day when the real world finally starts. College is a time for learning and choosing the field you want to pursue. But learning about integral calculus, Homer, and supply and demand curves […]

It may be nice to get statistics about jobs that you are interested in, but the real scoop comes from people who have worked those jobs for the last few years. If you are thinking of planning a career change, look around to the people who inspire you. They can be your role models. Most […]

After researching other positions, you realize that you need further education to transition to a new career. Going back to school can be daunting for someone who has a family, a full-time job, and/or limited resources. You may be looking at these qualifications and time commitments and wondering if it is just beyond your reach […]

Given that men and women in today's workforce change careers an average of 2-4 times over the course of their working lives, the statistics appear to imply that the probability of breaking from one's current career path is as high as a marriage dissolving, if not more. In both cases, it is easy to see […]

Don't be unhappy! Rejoice with them. The more people you know who are sitting happily in new positions, the more your networking circle into other companies grows. No one likes to be the last person holding their post in the event of job meltdown, but that doesn't mean it's a bad position to be in. […]

Successful career planning requires only one thing: a willingness on the part of individual to sit down periodically and evaluate where they are in their career. Both how far along they have come, as well as how far along they are towards achieving any goals they have set for themselves. If you have not […]

If you are unsatisfied with your current position or your career and therefore are looking to make a switch but maybe not very far, working with your company's HR department may be an effective strategy to uncover available opportunities in your current company itself. Recently I myself was looking for a change out of my […]