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You worked in your field as a professional for over 20 years putting in long nights and weekends. Now you find yourself working at the local grocery. What can you do to keep you your spirits and get back into the race?   Detail

It?s important to understand what can and should happen if and when you get fired. After all, it?s not the end of the world no matter how painful.   Detail

Employer?s often use the wrong criteria to evaluate a job candidate. A survey showed the attributes of a good candidate aren?t the same as a top employee. Robert Cameron examines the problem and how to do a more effective job of pre employment testing.   Detail

A look at Impact Factory''s approach equality and diversity issues. Our focus is on examining people''s perspectives on difference, diversity, change management and the attitudes and feelings which are sometimes difficult for people around equal opportunities work.   Detail

What makes a good leader? Can you define specific leadership qualities? Or perhaps leaders are born, and not made? Our latest document takes a look at this minefield and asks ''How do you become a good leader?''   Detail

A savvy career education review may tell you it?s not your job that''s slowing you down.   Detail

This article describes how people can avoid layoffs and offshoring of services.   Detail

What do employers look for in potential employees? That was the question that was posted recently on a career discussion forum online. Naturally, for each different position, the particular answers to that question would be different. However, there are some common skills that employers look for in all employees, whether the employee happens to be a network engineer or a fry cook.   Detail

If you are like most job seekers, you have registered your resume on the major online job boards such as Career Builder, Monster, TheLadders.com, Headhunter, etc. But are you aware of the plethora of good information and job search tools that are available on these sites in addition to job listings?   Detail

One of the most key elements of success in a job search is the resume and the engineering resume can often be one of the more difficult documents to develop. The engineering resume is the engineering job seeker?s primary marketing document that sells the product ? the skills and experience of the engineer. To be effective, an engineering resume must grab the attention of the reader in 35-45 seconds. A good engineering resume will extend that attention span to over a minute. A...   Detail