TheJobBored

via Cheezhead, we learn about a new employment website targeting the Life Sciences industry: Beaker.com.
Obviously, I can’t resist posting about this site so I can make the same Muppets gag that Joel did.
But also, because I think this sort of thing will be a trend for the foreseeable future.
Niche Job Boards have long carved out, […]

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Yesterday, I had a quick post about the one page resume myth.
But what happens if you can’t even fill one page? Usually, you’d only encounter this situation if you a) haven’t had much work experience or b) held only one job for a long period of time.
There are solutions for these problems.
If you’re a student […]

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Let me take the time here to quickly address a pet peeve of mine.
Your resume can be more than one page. Trust me.
I don’t know why this is, but a certain segment of the populations holds fast to the notion that a resume can be one page and one page only. This is simply not […]

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If you have career or job search question you would like answered on this blog, click here to Ask Brian.
Reader Sarah asks:
I enjoy reading your site and have already learned some useful tips from it. I have a random question that I can’t find an answer to anywhere on the internet: What does […]

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In the pantheon of at-work-timewasters, computer solitaire has to stand alone in the first rank.
Sure, there’s also Minesweep and now online soduku and Facebook Scrabble, but surely more work hours have been wasted playing that stupid included solitaire program on your Windows PC than anything else.
Except maybe online porn. But you have to really be […]

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Great post on the perils of working from home over at Snakes and Ladders: 7 Reasons For NOT Working From Home.
I know, I know. People hate it when I tell them that working from home is not what it’s cracked up to be. It’s like movie stars saying it sucks to be rich and famous.
For […]

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This is a quick aside… cause I don’t get this. Someone might be able to enlighten me in the comments. I’m no economist.
I don’t know about you, but the last few months, conversations amongst friends and co-workers, etc… it’s all been about how expensive everything is. Gas… we all know. But have you been to […]

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A weekly wrap-up of the forwards, email, jokes, You Tube videos and water cooler chatter making its way around America’s offices this week.
I think we all pretty much assumed that Bill O’Reilly would be nightmare boss to work for. Perhaps you’ve already seen the clip floating around of a 20-years younger O’Reilly freaking out on […]

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1) The Administrative Assistant-
On the one hand, the administrative assistants and secretaries keep the world turning. They route the communications, schedule the workday, make the meetings happen, facilitate the introductions and most importantly, manage your manager. You always want to be deferential to their power to keep you in the loop.
But it is their relationship […]

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… According to Weddles.
If you don’t know Weddles, they have, for several years now, published a guide to online job search. The poll I’m going to reference is an online poll from Weddle’s readers. They seem to have a decent grasp on the realities of the modern job search:
“Most job seekers use a number of […]

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