by Barbara Safani | Oct 10, 2008 | resume
On last night’s hilarious episode of The Office, the issue of business ethics was explored and staff members confessed assorted lapses in judgement ranging from taking an extra half hour for lunch to sleeping with the paper sales rep in order to get a good...
by Barbara Safani | Oct 3, 2008 | resume
With all the recent M&A activity in the finance community, many job seekers now face a new challenge when updating their resumes: “How do I accurately describe my work history on my resume without confusing my reader, offering misleading information, or...
by Barbara Safani | Sep 29, 2008 | interviews
In the recent McCain/Palin interview with Katie Couric, the candidates referred to the interview as “gotcha journalism.” Job seekers often feel that the job interview process is a similar “gotcha” experience, full of potential land mines and...
by Barbara Safani | Sep 28, 2008 | resume
I recently attended the National Resume Writers’ Association annual conference in San Diego and had the pleasure of hearing Paul Forster, Co-Founder and CEO of Indeed.com speak. Paul offered some excellent tips for resume optimization that can help job seekers...
by Barbara Safani | Sep 16, 2008 | career management, networking, on-line identity
The sobering developments at Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch have served as a catalyst for many to examine their current work situations and future career management strategies. Here’s some food for thought as we navigate through these difficult times. Make...
by Barbara Safani | Sep 11, 2008 | career management, networking
On September 11, 2001, we realized how precious and fragile life is and how important it is to stay connected to family, friends, and colleagues. I’d like to think that everyone became a little bit more caring and human that day.I frequently blog about the...
by Barbara Safani | Sep 10, 2008 | networking
On October 2, 2008, the Human Resources Association of New York (HRNY) is celebrating their 60th anniversary with a wine tasting event at Club 101 in New York City. If you are an HR professional, this is a great way to meet other professionals in your field and if you...
by Barbara Safani | Sep 9, 2008 | career solvers news, resume
Career Solvers will be presenting three resume workshops for the National Society for Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) at Columbia University on Saturday, September 13, 2008 to help prepare participants for the association’s national conference in Atlanta in October. Over...
by Barbara Safani | Sep 8, 2008 | career management
According to 24/7 Wall Street, some of the country’s most well-known companies including Citibank, Sears, Washington Mutual, AT&T, IBM Merck, Ford, Circuit City, Rite-Aid, Gap, and AIG will need to cut thousands of jobs before the end of the year in order to...
by Barbara Safani | Sep 7, 2008 | career management, networking, on-line identity
I just got an invitation to connect from someone on LinkedIn with the following message: “Since you are a person I trust, I want to invite you to join my network on LinkedIn.” I have some real issues with this invitation and here’s why: This message...
