Job Search Basics Overlooked, Part 2: Staying Focused and Encouraged
Like many job seekers I talk to, when I was searching for a job, I found myself at the most unorganized and unfocused time in my life. After several weeks of accomplishing and doing nothing, and feeling more miserable and depressed about everything, [...]

For the next weeks, I am going to start exploring a few common mistakes and “turn-offs” we see happen in a job search. These are easy to avoid, yet are large enough to make the difference between your resume being reviewed – or a recruiter even considering talking to you.
Today’s starter: applying for positions [...]

Want to hear tips right from HR professionals? Check out Laurie Ruettimann’s blog Punk Rock HR. She is running a contest asking for people’s best job searching advice, and most of the comments (70+ at the time of my writing this post) are from HR people.
From encouraging to practical to downright humorous, the [...]

Next to a successful placement, the next favorite part of my job is talking to so many different people and what people say. Here are two of my favorite quotes from the last couple of weeks:
“I love that job!!! Do you have it in California?”, from an enthusiastic chemical engineer graduate.
“Have you ever seen [...]

PRI is back into the blogging world, and for that matter, stay tuned – Facebook and Twitter are on their way by the end of this month, along with a whole new Web site.
We’re happy to say that in spite of a tough job market right now, people are still finding jobs, and PRI is [...]