Posts Tagged ‘hope for your job search series’
There Is Hope for the Long-Term Unemployed – 5 Programs You May Not Know About
The good news is that the job market has experienced some recovery of late. The bad news is that it can still be difficult for the long-term unemployed to find work. However, largely through the efforts of private citizens, programs are beginning to develop in various parts of the country that are dedicated to helping…
Learn MoreNorth Carolina Program Proves That There Is Hope for the Long-Term Unemployed
Miranda Hairston is the marketing director for K&P Consulting in Charlotte, North Carolina. She’s been in the position since January of 2014, but for a long time she was afraid that she might never find another job, having fallen victim to budget cuts that eliminated her job with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School system. She had no…
Learn MoreHow One Man Found Happiness After Being Fired
Alex Korchinski got fired—and it was the best thing that ever happened to him. Of course he wasn’t all that happy in the beginning, but with hindsight, he came to see that it wasn’t entirely without its benefits. Alex first told his story on his website, alexgivesup.com, and later it was reprinted in The Huffington…
Learn More6 Out-of-the-Box Job Search Ideas That Worked
I am constantly striving to educate my clients—and the general job seeking public—that sitting at home scrolling through the job boards all day is NOT the way to find a job. I’ve published many articles on hidden job market strategies, and over the past week, I have been taking a microscopic look at individual job…
Learn MoreHow One Woman Found Full-Time Work by Staying at Home
People work for all manner of different reasons. Usually, of course, the primary motivator is the need for money. Fulfillment, however, is also a huge factor; and ideally, the two will go together. For Huffington Post blogger Stephanie Giese, however, it didn’t quite work out that way to begin with. Stephanie lives in central Pennsylvania,…
Learn MoreHow One Man Found a Job Without Applying at All
Chances are you’ve never heard of Ernie Miller. He’s just a guy who found a job he really loves. What makes him interesting, though, is the way he found it. He didn’t go through the usual channels. He didn’t pound the streets carrying resumes, didn’t network, didn’t search the job boards. He found a job…
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