Download This Career To-Do List for Your Recent Grads
Posted on June 10, 2019
Congratulations! Summer is here, the hectic days leading up to graduation are over, and now you and the students you’ve helped mold can relax. For a minute. OK, that minute is up! As your newly-graduated students move into active job seeker status, there are several tasks you can enco …
How to Offer a Better Severance Package for Displaced Workers
Posted on May 27, 2019
No employer wants to ever consider having to lay off a large portion of their workforce — but it happens. In 2019, alone, we’ve already seen major layoffs from large companies like General Motors, Buzzfeed and, most recently, the final white-collar cuts by Ford. Smaller organizations …
Rethinking Job Descriptions: The Secret to Reaching More Candidates
Posted on May 13, 2019
Right now, unemployment is the lowest it’s been in over a decade. In fact, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 3.9 percent of Americans were out of work at the end of 2018 and those record lows have maintained through the first quarter of 2019. While …
Gig Economy Jobs: Be Sure They’re Right for Your Students
Posted on April 29, 2019
When companies like Uber and Postmates started, they expanded the number of gig economy jobs available. In fact, a 2018 report from Upwork revealed, in the past five years, the number of American freelancers increased from 3.7 to 56.7 million. While many anticipated the increased amou …
4 Ways Younger Job Seekers Can Step Up as Baby Boomers Retire
Posted on April 15, 2019
Baby boomers have always been defined by their sheer numbers. Even now, as they reach retirement age, 41 million baby boomers are still working according to a 2018 report from the Pew Research Center. This equals out to them still accounting for a quarter of the workforce. As more and …
Don’t Let the College Admissions Scandal Ruin Hiring College Students
Posted on April 1, 2019
Last month, the news broke that a group of wealthy parents had been paying extravagant sums of money to cheat the college application system and get their children into top schools. The scandal and the surrounding sense of entitlement have some employers questioning whether a college …
Why Asking to Be Hired Is a Great Job Search Strategy
Posted on March 18, 2019
Imagine if getting a job was as simple as walking into an office and asking to be hired. How much easier would your life be? Well, right now that might be one of the best ways to land a job at your dream organization. A new survey from CareerBuilder found 50 percent of companies have …