Category - Career Tips, Professional Networking, Recruiters and Recruiting, Resumes and Cover Letters

Dorothy Tannahill Moran Are you afraid to make a career move in this economy? The buzz right now is that everyone is holding on to their current jobs with a death grip due to the grim economy.  The overarching belief is that there are no jobs out there and for the ones that do exist, [...]

For months I have been observing an increase in a rather counterintuitive phenomenon: top-notch management people leaving their jobs in the midst of the worst recession in 60+ years.

What is the status of diversity initiatives in an unstable economy? “This is where the rubber meets the road” said Frank McClosky, vice president of diversity for Georgia Power in a recentlypublished article for SHRM Online.* “It’s amazing how diversity initiatives are so important during good economic times, but drop off during bad times. During the next [...]

Three Modes of Service Delivery in Uncertain Times There’s no doubt about it, customer service is taking a serious dive in this recession. I know you’ve experienced this personally. Declining sales, fear in the workplace, and cuts in service spending are running headlong into customer expectation…and the results are often not pretty. As a recent [...]

Op-Ed Columnist The Horror Show By BOB HERBERT Published: August 9, 2010 The employment situation in the United States is much worse than even the dismal numbers from last week’s jobless report would indicate. The nation is facing a full-blown employment crisis and policy makers are not responding with anything like the sense of urgency [...]