The biggest question most candidates have about a new job, after finding out what they’ll actually be doing, is what their salary and the associated terms and conditions will be. This is nothing we don’t already know, but what most people do have trouble with is how to...

Today’s article is a request from a reader to diagnose why he is having trouble getting interviews in his desired career segment. His first working experience was tainted by a bad experience in a job that required him to work 14 hours a day. Although he is now working part-time elsewhere, he has been finding it hard to break out of a...

About four years ago I wrote an article of appreciation to my Personal Assistant (PA), “H-san,” about what a great job she was doing. As I wrote, she was one of the best schedulers, salesman deflectors, and mind readers in the business. We developed a business relationship where she felt...

The recruiting business is kind of like a funnel. At the top, at the widest point, you have the job boards and paper media. These companies serve as the first stop in your job search, providing quantity of opportunities, market pricing, and variety. This is good if you’re simply doing research, or getting into the job market for the first time. The idea is to go...