When recruiters read resumes, they often wonder about career gaps they may suddenly notice. These career gaps often raise questions that HR people would like to be addressed even before they call appl…

About one-third of all job applicants lie about their background in their resume. On the other hand, roughly two out of every five respondents have also lied during their interviews.

Job hunters wh…

There are dozens of job search sites out there. You've heard of at least a few: Monster.com , CareerBuilder, JobSearch…

If you make a list of the top four or five places to find jobs (or em…

I read a fascinating (but lengthy) piece not long ago by Bob Sutton (a management professor at Stanford University) on The Peter Principle. In case you've forgotten it, The Peter Principle is an i…

Dan Schawbel has a timely piece on Mashable at the moment on using social networks to build your resume.

Schawbel list 10 useful social networking sites to help you strengthen your resume and (surpr…

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help. – Ronald ReaganThe internal revenue service wants to make sure you "fulfill (your) fed…

Casual Friday has eeked its way into every day of the week. I remember when we had to earn the right to dress business casual on Friday, but only if we hit our sales numbers. Then during fund raisin…

Dan over at Idea Sellers covers the absurdity of job security in our current environment. He references the recent strike at GM and the UAW members' job security requirement.

With competition, …

I found this listing of 10 ways to motivate your employees. I don't have employees, but when in the corporate world – I had my share of people who worked for me.

1. Communicate both sales goals …

In this month's edition of my company's newsletter I talk about the fact that associates are your greatest asset.

I believe that. Associates represent you and your brand image to customers, …