While on a job hunt, facing rejection is an inevitable part of the process. While it can be disheartening, dealing with rejection constructively can lead to …
Job Motivation
Sick of Work or Stuck in a Rut?
At any job there comes a time when you begin to question what the hell you’re doing. You daydream about leaving at lunch and never coming back, or imagine …
13 of the Best TedTalks for Your Career (and Your Life)
There are hundreds of TedTalks to sift through that focus on any topic you could think of. I have rounded up the best of the best that will give you …
11 Books That Can Take Your Career to the Next Level
There’s only so much time in a day, and even regular readers tend to lean towards fiction or celebrity tell-alls. When’s the last time you read something that …
10 People Doing a Better Job than You
You know that ecard that perfectly sums up our lives when we feel overwhelmed with life? If you don’t know which one I’m talking about, here it …
How Your Job Search is Like Getting Drunk
I have spent many late nights searching for jobs, and many late nights drinking. Sometimes on the same night. While the objectives are different, the …
Sleeping on the Job? How to Stay Alert Without Caffeine
Coffee this and coffee that…don’t get me wrong, I like to have a nice cup o’ joe in the morning to wake up and get my ass in gear for the day. However, science …
How to Turn Around a Bad Morning
“My alarm didn’t go off!” Meaning you hit snooze too many times and now you’re late. You opt to skip breakfast, but spill coffee all over yourself driving to …
Hate Springing Forward? 5 Ways to Prepare for Losing an Hour
Daylight Saving Time seems to come earlier every year. When we found out it’s going to be on Sunday, March 13 this year, some of us were happy (it stays light …
11 Inspirational Quotes To Make Your Job Search Suck Less
Job searching is a full-time job—a tedious, repetitive, soul-sucking full-time job that you don’t get paid for. It’s difficult to stay motivated, but not …
5 Easy Ways to Get Out of a Rut
We "should" begin the new year with momentum and motivation to burn, but for some of us, the winter blahs drag on until the first blooms of spring. We set goals …
11 Signs You’ve Had it Up to Here With Your Job Search
This time of year can be especially difficult if you’re looking for a job. You have to carry on with the holidays as if everything is fine, while friends and …
Be Organized: 7 Amazing Tips to Try Right Now
You know those frightfully #organized people we're all jealous of? The ones who have everything at their fingertips, they're at Inbox Zero 90% of the time, with …
10 Ways to Stay Focused All Day
Ever have a week when you worked so hard you couldn’t remember exactly what you did? We’re bombarded with information at work and at home, overwhelmed to …
40 Presidential Quotes to Motivate Your Job Search
“Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today.” – Abraham Lincoln “In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand …
50 Motivational Quotes for Job Seekers
“Anything is possible, if you’ve got enough nerve.” – J.K. Rowling “Don’t confuse your path with your destination. Just because it’s stormy now doesn’t …
30 Motivational Quotes for Job Seekers
Job searching can be many things – discouraging, devastating and stressful being three of them.When you hear “no” over and over again – or worse, go months …
Summer Break Doesn’t Mean Vacation. Keep Your Job Search Active!
Just because the sun is shining, and it’s warm and inviting outside, there is no excuse to take a break from your summer job search. After all, your competition …
5 ways 2014 Olympics taught us never to give up on your job search
Last night, the Closing Ceremonies marked the finale of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Find out how lost luggage and smashing through a door can …
Watching HBO’s “Girls” Is Good for Your Career
If you’re one of the 6 million weekly viewers that tuned in for season 2 of HBO’s Girls, you’re probably pretty pumped about season three’s two-part premiere …