Archive for October, 2009

Consequences of accepting contract jobs

Posted on October 28th, 2009 by by carl

Contract jobs can be lucrative, can give you varied work and enable you to switch jobs frequently and get different experience at different employers without getting bored. We already spoke awhile back about how I turned a contract job into a fulltime one early in my career. We didn’t discuss consequences of taking contract jobs [...]

Overcoming the fear of public speaking

Posted on October 27th, 2009 by by carl

Overcoming the fear of public speaking is something that you might want to tackle but are afraid to do. So not only are you afraid of speaking in front of public, you don’t necessarily even want to figure out how to fix it. Maybe you don’t know how you could possibly get better at public [...]

Why are you still unemployed?

Posted on October 26th, 2009 by by carl

If you can’t find a job and are still unemployed after a longer than expected job search, you’re not alone. I know people who have been unemployed since March so they’ve been on the bench for going on 8 months. As a recruiter, I’ve met with plenty of people who get laid off or otherwise [...]