Tell the Chicken Little in your life to take a hike; we all have at least one who run from office to office sparking worry and despair. Often starting a conversation with “Did you hear about….?” Folks here’s a fact: if you are buy into the conspiracy theory that the job market is crumbling then you probably are going to spend the next few months in a state of utter despair.



If you have a job and you like it consider yourself lucky and be grateful.

If you have a job and you don’t… Continue

Now that I have your attention…..Did you know that the turnover rate for employees under 30 is six times greater than that of employees that are over 50? Yesterday I blogged on http://blog.wiserworker.com/ about tough times, and if your are going to survive and more importantly thrive you need to become tough job seekers. Stay with me……



Overnight I pondered on how this applies to the world of recruiting and guess what it does and in more ways than one. As the labor markets as well as… Continue

Is it possible to be too aggressive in the search for a job? I say NO, in some cases I am sure it’s happened however more commonly job seekers tend to send a resume or fill out an application and then wait and then, well ….wait some more. To those job seekers I say….get out there and make it happen! If it’s a job you want and think you are the ideal candidate follow up and make sure you are don’t become just another applicant in a pile of applications.





Just yesterday I was… Continue