Women Career and Education

This person values your opinion of him or her, and you’d be glad to help them advance. The problem is you’re unsure of what to say or how to say it!
Here are four tips to keep in mind when preparing your recommendation.

1. Ask the employee about the new position they are applying for. What types of job duties are involved? What sort of characteristics are they looking for in a good employee? In your letter, describe certain instances where this employee or colleague really shined – such as staying late to complete a mission-critical project, working diligently to help a customer make a product decision, providing thorough technical support or service, and so on. These specific situations have more effect on the person doing the hiring than general run-of-the-mill phrases like “terrific manager”, “enthusiastic worker” and so on. Read more!

If you’re like most people, you probably don’t particularly enjoy job interviews. They’re certainly amongst the most stressful occasions that you’ll have in your life.
Are there any tips that’ll help? There certainly are.

The five tips below, if taken to heart and acted upon will probably give you an advantage over about 80% of all job applicants who do little or no preparation for the interview. And that is probably the biggest tip in itself - and a theme that runs through all five tips below - PREPARATION.
The more you prepare beforehand, the more confident you’ll be going in to the interview, and the more confident you’ll appear during the interview.

So, without further a do, here are the five tips that’ll put you streets ahead of the competition at job interviews: Read more!

Many women (and an increasing number of men) decide to put their careers on hold from time to time. The most common reason for doing this is to become a full-time parent after a new baby joins the family. Other reasons include taking time off to care for an ailing parent, going back to school to pursue a degree, starting a home business, or taking an extended leave due to stress or illness.

Regardless of the reason, people who have put their careers on hold often make the decision to re-enter the workforce.
If they have been away from the workforce for a significant period of time, they may be at a disadvantage when they try to resume their career. Their values may have changed due to their nonworking lifestyle; their skills may not be as sharp due to lack of practice; technological advances may even have caused their once sought-after skills to become obsolete.
There’s also the issue of lack of self-confidence, as people desiring to re-enter the workforce consider those and other roadblocks now in their path. Read more!