Changing Your Mind About a Job Offer

Changing Your Mind About a Job Offer

Over on the SittingXLegged blog, there is a post about candidates who accept a job and then back out of the offer in order to take another, higher paying position. Rescinding an offer carries significant risk, because by doing so your integrity may be questioned and...
Career Management 101

Career Management 101

Over on the Cube Rules blog, there is a post about the fact that people take various career paths following a layoff, but few plan for such an event. People plan for so many life events; weddings, college, vacations…Yet few map out a career management strategy...
Time, Time, Time is on Your Side

Time, Time, Time is on Your Side

Penelope Trunk of the Brazen Careerist blog recently posted on the ROWE (Results-Only Work Environment) policy instituted by Best Buys that is changing the way some people think about work. In the ROWE environment, employees are given the autonomy to structure their...
Good Things Come to Those That Wait?

Good Things Come to Those That Wait?

Over on the Compensation Force blog, there’s an interesting post about internal job posting policies at large companies and their potential impact on employee retention. Companies with strict posting policies that state that employees must be in their current...
To Niche or Not to Niche

To Niche or Not to Niche

Over on the Itzbig Blog there’s a post about the value of niche job boards. The post references a recent Career Journal article that reports recruiters find that the niche boards offer better quality candidates.I’ve been thinking about this from the job...