Career Advice

How To Make the Most Of A Gap In Your Employment

Although it might be tempting to spend time while unemployed hiding in bed bewailing your bad luck, there are much more profitable ways your time can be spent. In fact, time spent unemployed can turn into a great investment into your future employment and marketability. Keep reading to find out how.

How to Get a Job With No Professional Experience

Trying to get a job without previous professional experience is like the chicken and the egg. You can’t get a job without experience, and you can’t get professional experience without a job. Here’s how to hatch your career goals and capture that first professional job.

Best Online Soft Skills Programs

Many people seem to think that soft skills are simply packaged up with your DNA and personality; you either have them or you don't. Although it is true that some people naturally have certain soft skills, that certainly does not mean soft skills cannot be learned, strengthen, or polished up as well. Let's look at some of the best online soft skills programs to help you improve in this area.

Three Reasons to Decline a Job Offer

You'll get many jobs offers in your lifetime, but that doesn't mean you should accept all of them. Life is too short to spend time in a job you're not completely blissful with. Therefore, you should probably decline a job offer in the following situations.

How to Write an Interview Thank-You Note

Smart job candidates who want to distinguish themselves from the competition always send thank-you notes after job interviews. A thank-you note accomplishes many things; it brings you back to mind to the interviewer, it demonstrates your maturity and professionalism and it allows you to reiterate your interest in the job. Here’s how to write a great interview thank-you note.