According to The Bureau of Labor Statistics, older workers have been especially hard hit by the stagnant job market. Of the 5 million people out of work for 6 months or more, 53 percent are age 55 and older, and the duration of unemployment for those 55 and older is 52.7 weeks, much higher than […]
Rule of thumb: less is more 3-8 words No phone numbers No addresses No web addresses You don’t have to be serious Have fun! Get your users attention. Decide: branding or action campaign? Branding: Heavy on logo Action: – “Buy now” – “Download here” One clear, strong message Give […]
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New year, new resume? If you’re thinking about sharpening (or creating!) your resume, you probably have questions about format and what to put down during the years you took off to raise children.
To Our Daughters, You are empowered like no other generation of women in history.
If you’re working in a professional environment or as a volunteer, the last thing you need is to be confronted by that person who makes you feel about two inches tall. Didn’t we graduate from high school already? Working with or for “mean girls” shouldn’t be intimidating. Authors Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster offer tips […]
]With the kids back in school, there’s no better time to act on your resolutions—like “What do I want to do when I grow up?”
We all need what Vicki Medvec has got—a better way to negotiate what we want while making the other person feel good about giving it to us.
It’s easy to dismiss what we get paid to do as “just a job,” but as Michelle Brod, who lives in Hanover Park, has learned, what you do—even part-time—influences how you feel in so many other areas.
I have more than 30 parenting books sitting on my shelves at home. Nary a one on self-improvement. This is not because I think I am perfect—far from it. I just never have the time to focus on me. When I learned of the e-book release of life coach Marla Majewski’s “The Girl I Used […]
