How Many Americans Are Happy at Work?

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According to a recent survey of close to 2,400 US employees conducted by Mercer, half of US employees are not happy in their jobs. Here are some other interesting stats from the survey: Thirty-two percent of  US workers are currently considering leaving their organization, up from 23% in 2005. T...

Do You Have Interview-Ready Hair?

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I've known a lot of men who were sensitive about their hair. Guys who didn't want to part with their long locks for the sake of an office job, men who were concerned they didn't have enough hair, and others who checked out the gray around the temples and thought about coloring it. But men rarely tal...

Should LinkedIn Be Afraid of BeKnown?

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Monster.com just launched a new Facebook application called BeKnown that lets users create a separate professional identity profile while on the Facebook platform. You may be thinking, "I already have a LinkedIn profile for professional networking. Why do I need another one?" While it's true that m...

Another Job Lost Due to Inappropriate Tweeting

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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 just heard about belongs to Scott Bartosiewicz, ...

Dress Your Resume and Your Body for Success

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I often tell my clients that rewriting a resume is like cleaning out a closet. It's hard to clean out our closet because we can become emotionally attached to some of the items in it. Perhaps it's a dress you bought a decade ago that is no longer in style or a pair of pants that no longer flatters y...

Four Interview Tips for Sarah Palin

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You could say that Sarah Palin had a bad interview experience last week when she visited Boston and was asked about Paul Revere's famous ride. Here are four interview tips for Palin and anyone else trying to perform better during an interview. Research the company you are meeting with before the i...