Career and life planning resources for college students, recent grads, and career-changers.
Job searching for highly sensitive people can be more stressful than it is for the average person. Although being an HSP is not a disability, it does come with limitations. You may have trouble functioning in environments and situations that would not bother most people. And since highly sensitive people are a minority of the…
Job hunting is tough – often harder than a job itself. One of the worst parts about searching for a job is rejection. If you’re looking in a tight job market or don’t have a lot of experience, you may face even more rejection than usual. Sometimes job seekers have or develop a fear of…
by Vicky Oliver This summer, as college grads peddle their freshly earned degrees into prime positions in the skilled workforce, they may come up against unwritten rules of decorum when it comes to workplace fashion. In the professional world, appearance matters. With their impressive resumes in hand, college grads hoping to enter the job market…
FlexJobs has detailed three new online scams that specifically target job seekers interested in work-from-home jobs. These job scams include the reshipping scam, the Post Office scam, and the online interview scam. According to a FlexJobs survey with over 2,600 respondents, 17 percent of job seekers have reported being a victim of a job scam…
Job interviews can be intimidating even for the most experienced candidate. To make matters worse, many interviewers don’t know the right questions to ask so they include dumb questions that offer no insight into a candidate’s potential success in the position. When asking stupid interview questions, hiring managers can expect generic answers or lies from…