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How To Write Your First Resume (With Sample)

No resume is easier to write than the first one — and no resume is harder to write than that first specimen.
A first resume is easy to write because there’s very little to note. You don’t yet have a work history, or much of a work history.
On the other hand, a resume can be enormously [...]

Peter G. Miller | March 2nd, 2009 | Continued

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Feature Article #2

How To Write Your First Cover Letter (With Sample)

A resume without a cover letter is like a plane without wings, it just won’t fly.
If you have not previously been in the civilian workforce, if you are just finishing school or military service, then you will need to develop both a resume and a first cover letter.
Why You Need A Cover Letter
The purpose of [...]

Peter G. Miller | March 1st, 2009 | Continued

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Feature Article #3

Not Fired? Why Your Income Won’t Fall

Pink slips are becoming more common around the country but here’s a great oddity: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, hourly wages rose in 2008.
Huh? If people are losing their jobs don’t employers have the upper hand? Can’t they slash wages at will? After all, with rising unemployment levels who wants to lose their [...]

Peter G. Miller | February 28th, 2009 | Continued

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Feature Article #4

How To Get A Federal Government Job

In the midst of a lousy job market there’s one sector of the economy that would really like to see your resume.
Uncle Sam is hiring civilian employees — and when the federal government hires it offers both good pay and great benefits. There are full and part-time jobs as well as jobs for entry-level workers [...]

Peter G. Miller | February 22nd, 2009 | Continued

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Feature Article #5

Help — My Job Isn’t Perfect!

Every so often I speak with someone who’s having a hard time at work. Sure the pay is okay and the benefits exist, but lately the boss is a bastard, the schedule is a mess and no one appreciates them. I want to quit and I want to quit now, they say.
I listen to this [...]

Peter G. Miller | February 13th, 2009 | Continued

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News & Commentary

How To Beat The No Job Blues

The market for jobs is bad and getting worse. As this is written the official unemployment rate is 10 percent and 15.4 million people have lost their jobs November 2009. The real numbers — which include the underemployed and discouraged workers — are much larger.
These are lousy numbers and lousy times for many people. The [...]

17Dec2009 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued

How To Get The Best Jobs Online

The Internet is awash with job sites, many claiming to have millions of jobs, or the best local jobs or the jobs you really want in a given field or profession.
There is some truth to these claims. The Internet has made the process of finding a job very much faster and easier than in the [...]

1Jun2009 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued

Work & Wages — Are You keeping Up?

If you’ve been getting more money each year and maybe a bonus here and there you might think you’re doing pretty well. After all, part of the American dream is to get better at what you do and therefore earn more money as a result.
Unfortunately, you’re likely to notice that even with a bigger number [...]

24Apr2009 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued

10 Consumer Questions To Ask Every Empoyment Agency

What should you expect from an employment agency?
It’s not an easy question because employment agencies offer a variety of services to a variety of job seekers and a range of businesses. Some agencies specialize in entry-level positions or in given professions. Others are generalists.
Also, of course, there is the question of whether or not you [...]

17Apr2009 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued

How Many People Are Really Unemployed? What’s The True Percentage?

Every month the headlines include the latest unemployment figures. Unfortunately, the headlines and what actually is happening are often not the same.
To understand what’s going on you first have to grab your very own copy of the monthly federal report issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. You can always get the most-recent release because [...]

4Apr2009 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued

How To Get More Hours On The Job

There’s no doubt about it, Americans are working less — not just in terms of steeper unemployment levels but also in the sense of overtime.
Can you do something to get more hours at work? For a lot of folks, the answer is going to be yes. Here’s how:
By The Numbers
Figures from the Bureau of Labor [...]

16Mar2009 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued

Work & Foreclosures: Losing Jobs Means Losing Homes

Until the past few years foreclosures were rare. In fact, the Mortgage Bankers Association reports that in March 2005 just .44 percent of all loans were in the foreclosure process, a figure which grew almost seven-fold to 2.97 percent as of December 2008.
For 2008, reports RealtyTrac.com, 2,330,483 U.S. properties received one or more foreclosure notices, [...]

2Mar2009 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued

16 Ways To Lose Your Job

The city of St. Paul, MN has an interesting guide for employees. Entitled Once You Have A Job…Tips for Success, it includes things to do and not to do while at work.
One of the more interesting sections concerns various ways to get fired. It’s an interesting list, mostly common-sense and certainly not inclusive, but you [...]

2Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued

Late To Work? Why You’ll Be Fired

You hear it all the time. “But boss, I’m only five minutes late. What’s the big deal?”
Actually, it’s a very big deal.
“Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment,” said Horace Mann, the great educator, “is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person’s money as his time.”
No one has perfect attendance, [...]

1Mar2009 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
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