Careerhacker

“Research shows that employees are willing to leave their job for a pay raise of 20% or less,” according to Armando Gomez Career Advisor for AskMen.com. However, how can you raise your value at your current job? Mr. Gomez and eHow.com provide the following suggestions.

See:Climbing the Corporate Ladder. [Armando Gomez – AskMen.com]How to Climb the […]

DNL Global
provides a short online test to asses your ability to thrive in a ‘global’ career:

DNL Global, Inc. invites you to evaluate your global readiness using the
following free self-assessment test. The questions below represent a sampling
of our “Global Ready” assessment process. This evaluation utilizes the results
of the […]

A recent article in SIReview revealed some startling statistics on workers spending and savings means and habits. Here are some statistics:
* 40% of workers live paycheck to paycheck.
* 55% say they would need to earn more than $500 per paycheck to live comfortably.
* 21% do not set aside any money for savings.
* 37% of workers […]

Do you ever wonder how other successful career minded professionals schedule and invest their time? Computerworld offers an short yet insightful look into the schedule of a prominent healthcare Chief Information Officer. John Halamka as CIO at both Beth Israel Deconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School has seemingly achieved career success retaining a position […]

Penelope Trunk discusses “How to get your company to listen to your ideas” at her Blog Brazen Careerist. Penelope states that “most employees don’t sell their ideas to their company properly.” “When you have an idea, sell from the perspective of the people who can make or break your outcome. Think about what obstacles would […]

CAREER HACK: If you are in an area where Security Clearance positions are in demand consider applying for these positions and gaining clearance. If you are able to receive Security Clearance it can boost your salary by 25% on average while providing stronger job security.
Would getting a security clearance be better than getting an MBA […]

The average U.S. hourly wage has been increasing steadily over the last 10 years. The increase has been from $12.51 an hour to $16.75 an hour, an increase of 25%. If increases continue at the current rate then in 2017 the average hourly wage will be $20.00 hourly (about $40,000 annually), $26.30 hourly in 2027 […]

Jane May, in her Careerramblings.com blog, provides the following 21 Strategies for Managing Workplace Culture. As she writes, “Some [career minded professionals] might hate the company [they] work for, or are unclear of the companies’ culture. As a result, [they] are not able to manage workplace politics. The following list of strategies for managing workplace […]

10 blue-collar jobs with highest annual earnings Occupation Average earnings of full-time workers

Drillers, oil well

$62,409

Supervisors, electricians and power transmission installers

$62,347

Locomotive operating

$59,517

Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

$58,062

Railroad conductors and yardmasters

$57,672

Power plant operators

$56,545

Supervisors, […]

The website the Vault evaluated scores of video resumes to select the 5 best submissions. Here were their observations:

A confident, poised video resume can make up for deficits in your written resume.
If you use the Q&A format, try not to jump immediately to your answers - wait a second or two.
Speak at a fairly slow […]