Several years before Taylor Hicks was crowned the 2006 American Idol winner at the famed Kodak Theater, it was a much smaller stage that he claimed in his native Birmingham, Alabama. In a venue called The Open Door Cafe, Hicks and his band mates tossed up a mixed salad of classic-bluesy rock and Southern rock, […]
The process of confronting one’s own termination can be rather similar in its phases to the loss of a loved one. This is especially true of employees long embedded in their career with one particular company. The immediacy of disbelief is followed by a sense of betrayal, engendering the next stage, which is anger: itself […]
If you are a single mother either gainfully employed or aspiring to reenter the work force, you know that the demands of daily life can be akin to scaling a mountain whose pinnacle seems well out of reach. Juggling the simultaneous and often incompatible needs of job or job search and family while stretching finances […]
Looking out on the morning rain, I used to feel so uninspired. And when I knew I had to face another day, Lord, it made me feel so tired. Before the day I met you, life was so unkind, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â But your love was the key to my peace of mind. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Aretha Franklin – […]
In an ailing economy, a rigorous job search can be can frustrating and intimidating, particularly as some sources state that as many as 85% of available jobs never appear in newspapers or Internet job boards.  While the statistics vary, the truth underlying this certainty has long been known among astute job seekers. Candidates hoping to […]
Given the need to run leaner and meaner in an increasingly competitive environment, career professionals have streamlined the interviewing process.  Essentially a process of elimination for both interviewer and job candidate, it is no longer “business as usual” to conduct a first or sometimes even a second interview in person. Instead, the telephone has become […]
