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Five Steps to Boost Your Salary

Vicki Salemi gives "Five Steps to Boost Your Salary." Vicki's five tips will help you use proven ways to start the year with a greater income while being respectful to your company's bottom line.

Making Mistakes and Handling Criticism

Terry Arndt, "Making Mistakes and Handling Criticism." Terry's article talks about ways to acknowledge mistakes and how to work through them in a professional manner.

Prove It and Get Hired

Kevin Donlin writes "Prove It And Get Hired." Being confident when writing a resume, or sitting in an interview, is one of the biggest factors cited by HR professionals. Kevin Donlin gives some great pointers about how to show this confidence in a... (More)

Disqualified for being Overqualified

Joan Lloyd answers the question, "have you been disqualified for being overqualified?" Knowing when this happens, how to identify it, how to deal with it, and how to overcome it will help everyone understand this difficult, yet frequent, hurdle in... (More)

Dealing With Salaries

Joan Lloyd has a series of questions with short, great answers. Her questions cover including salary requirements in cover letters, listing employment for companies that went out of business, and dealing with age on resumes.

Assertive or Aggressive

Dan Bobinski discusses the differences and explains that practicing assertiveness while avoiding being overly aggressive can help you get your foot in the door, gain that promotion, and earn more respect.

Tips to a Successful Interview Follow-up

GL Hoffman reads Heather Eagar's article, "Tips to a Successful Interview Follow-up." Her 5 tips will make interviews memorable and GL's comments certainly help to re-state her important points.

To Find Work, Do What Works

Kevin Donlin says "To find work, do what works." It may seem obvious, but Kevin's tips and quickly change your luck from to response to job offers.

Five Tips for Cover Letters

Heather Eagar writes about 5 tips for writing attention-grabbing cover letters. These tips will give your cover letter and resume the boost they need to end up on the top of the pile.

How to Email It In

Marshall Brown talks about being more effective with online job searching and resumes. Being able to stand out in the crowd online can make the difference between getting a call back and getting ignored.

Stretch Assignments

Nicole Williams talks about Stretch Assignments, the projects that expand your skills and limits. Going after the stretch assignments are a great way to move yourself into position for a raise or a promotion. Nicole's advice talks about where to find... (More)

Be Prepared for any Interview Question

Heather Eagar talks about interview questions. Knowing the types of questions will help you know what the interviewer wants to know, how to answer, and what questions are illegal.