TheJobBored

What officially qualifies you as a “road warrior?” I travel for business about 10-15 times a year. I know that’s woefully inadequate compared to other people’s bona fides. One of these days I’ll put up a post outlining my travel tips and strategy. I’d be interested to solicit other people’s techniques.
In the meantime, I found […]

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In my interview post earlier in the week, I mentioned counseling people about what to wear to a job interview. Then I ran across this post on CareerJournal.com (via this post on Snakes and Ladders) which solicited feedback from readers regarding interview attire. I encourage you to read the both articles in their entirety, but […]

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digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/educational/Resume_Tip_4_Quick_Ways_To_Make_Your_Resume_Stand_Out’;You’ve no doubt heard the old saw that your resume only has “X number of seconds” to catch a reader’s eye.
Part of the problem is, most people just use the same dull resume templates found in Word… or whatever your word processing program is.
A well-designed resume is eye-catching and professional-looking. You’ll know at […]

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To this list (10 Ways To Assess A Company’s Female-Friendliness, from Divine Caroline) I’d add an 11th tip:
11. Identify a Boys Club:
Over the course of your life, you’ve no doubt developed a sixth sense for when you’ve entered an environment where women are usually not welcome or common. If you walk in for the interview […]

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According to Valleywag, the layoffs at Yahoo are not only being mis-managed, the very notion that they resorted to layoffs when they maybe didn’t have to is a further symptom of management dysfunction.
Yahoo’s pending plans for layoffs have curious timing. You see, a number of Yahoos were in the job market already. A fair number […]

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A couple of years ago, I self-funded a web startup. My lead programmer was a health and fitness nut. Part of his “thing” was to sit on one of those bouncy exercise balls instead of a chair when he was doing his marathon coding sessions. He said it helped his posture.

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I once gave you my one best tip for writing a better resume. This has prompted several people to write and ask if I have a similar one “best tip” for job interviews.
I do, and it’s a very simple one.
Zen And the Art of Job Interviews
When it comes time to prepare clients for a job […]

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I’m actually a big fan of using balloons as stress balls. I like having a stress ball I can destroy in the end.
But if you’re less destructive than I am, this cool post will give you step by step instructions to make your own homemade (or officemade) stress ball.
And if you think this is just […]

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From my personal “Why Hasn’t Anyone Thought of This Before” file, Download Squad alerts us to the existence of CuePrompter, a free, web-based teleprompter application.
It seems to me this would be hugely useful for teleconferences or any presentations or public speaking engagements you might encounter. Instead of shuffling through papers, you can set up a […]

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Led by columnist Henry Blodget (remember him?) rumors abound this morning that Yahoo is considering layoffs of as much as 2,500 jobs in the next two weeks. This would represent between 15-20% of their workforce. Others are discussing similar rumblings.
My take would be that this is not because of a worsening economy or even weaknesses […]

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