If you’ve ever visited a country where bargaining is the norm, you learn very quickly that you have to be willing to walk away. If the salesman knows you really, truly want what he’s selling, the price is going to be far greater than the price if he
Month: March 2014
Finding a new job can be a painful, tedious and humiliating experience. There’s nothing like sending out hundreds of resumes and having only a few companies actually respond — and then you go through the interview and hear nothing. It’s disheartening and you can start to think, “Maybe
Let’s say your boss has been sexually harassing you, so you hire a lawyer and sue. It might be a good idea to clean up any positive references to your boss on your Facebook account, because then it might look like his sexual conduct wasn’t unwanted, right? Wrong.
I received a pitch from RepNup, a company that helps you check your Facebook history so you can clean it up before your employer or hopeful employer looks at it. I figured, what the heck, it’s free, so I’ll take a look at what comes back in my
Some people dismiss certain “types”of job candidates out of hand, regardless of skills, experience or potential. If you don’t fit their idea of what an employee should be like, you’re rejected. This is, of course, illegal in the case of race, religion, disability and a few other things,
I receive tons of email (evilhrlady@gmail.com) from people asking how to manage workplace situations. While bad employees are just as prevalent as bad bosses, these people are asking about their bosses. If you see yourself in these emails, stop it! This employer doesn’t respect talent: I have a
Do you want to make more money? Sure! We all do! Ahh, Sally Struthers. (I know, I’m dating myself with that.) Anyway, on this episode of Stacking Benjamins, not only do you get to hear me talk about hair, you get to learn inside tips from Barbara Friedberg and Greg
When you’re looking for a job, you’re looking for ways to stand out. Social media can help you do that, but doing it correctly to push your profile to the top can be tricky. I spoke with search-engine-optimization strategist Elisa Adam, who has 15 years of experience promoting online
Clark Walker got a job through Instagram. Sarah Salbu got her job through Twitter. I got this job through blogging. Can you get a job through social media? Maybe. I’m going to be straight — it’s not the all-purpose job hunting solution that some of have made it out to be. But, you
You’ve heard that you should always negotiate your salary and benefits, because the worst that will happen is that they’ll say no, right? Generally that’s true, but occasionally, you get a job offer pulled. This happened to a woman, identified as W, who had a job offer as a