Category Archives: Interviewing

Learning a language can be very useful, but it also can be a waste of time. It is pointless to learn a language you will never use again, so don’t waste your time.

For college students, internships are an invaluable way to gain experience and learn what life is like in the professional world.

I remember the first big job interview I had after I graduated college. It was with an international corporation and I was applying for a writing position.

With the advent of the Internet and job search sites like monster.com and careerbuilder.com, finding a job is a little bit easier.

Personal care is really important for our health. It seems simple to us, but for some people it’s not.

Facebook vs MySpace. It’s the battle of the century. OK, well, battle of the decade. Social networking has become the latest communication fad.

A friend once said to me, “Resumes have about as much truth to them as a Harry Potter book.” I asked him what he meant and he told me that, for him, resumes are just telling the employer what he or she wants to hear. What do you think? So why are they such a Read more...

The number one fear of Americans is public speaking. That’s right, public speaking. Death was number six on the list; six!

My friend once went into an employment agency in need of immediate work. He handed over his resume and list of skills and after a three minute glance at it, the woman informed him that all she had available was a job being a personal marketing tool.

Does it start in grade school as sides are chosen, or much much earlier? Whatever it spawns from, it seems wrong to me to put others down for being different. Why can we not focus on the strengths we each possess rather than pointing to the differences?