Recruiters get sneaky to uncover the real you
Do you put salt on your food before you taste it? When behind the wheel of a car, do you tend to be impatient or even a bit aggressive? Or are you too cautious, stopping at yellow lights and forgoing...
View ArticleSidestepping the ‘old pay’ trap
Not so long ago, you could assume that a new job would mean a bump up in salary; the only question was how much. But lately, says career coach Ford R. Myers, that’s changed. “In this recession,...
View ArticleWill your stars stick around in a recovery?
It seems Fed chief Ben Bernanke isn’t the only one who believes the economy is about to bounce back in a big way. A new report by outplacement giant Challenger Gray & Christmas says that employers...
View ArticleMaking the leap to a nonprofit job
You’ve probably never heard of Mark Mattia, but odds are you’ve seen his work. He was the marketing mind behind Skittles’ long-running “Taste the Rainbow” ad campaign. These days, Mr. Mattia, 51, is...
View ArticleThis health insurance exchange works
Lawmakers wrangling over health care reform could do a lot worse than to take a close look at Manhattan-based HealthPass, a nonprofit clearinghouse for small businesses (with two to 50 employees)...
View ArticleAvoiding the wrong hires
Ask any business owner about the worst hire he or she ever made, and most can tell you a horror story or two. “Probably my biggest mistake was a chief technology officer who seemed to have great...
View ArticleJob-training nonprofit weathers hard times
One day last fall, Mary Mulvihill, executive director of Grace Institute, and Jolene Handy, its head of career services, were in an Upper East Side coffee shop trying to figure out how to entice...
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