I focus a lot on reaching financial independence.
There are a few different paths you can take to get there, and I have stayed incredibly focused on the fastest, most direct path, which has kept it ...How Much Money would you Need to Walk Away? is copyrighted by 20somethingfinance.com without consent to republish.
One of the first pieces of advice I always give to job seekers is to network with the people you already know – friends, family, neighbors, former colleagues and fellow college alumni. These people are valuable members of your LinkedIn network and, ideally, will be happy to introduce you to potentially helpful contacts in their [...]
It’s back to school week for many students. This post should be timely for those of you still working on your education.
I haven’t had to spend much time thinking about education tax credits and deductions ...Education Tax Credits & Deductions in 2012 is copyrighted by 20somethingfinance.com without consent to republish.
For workers, “show me the way” can be just as important as “show me the money”. In the survey, more than half (54 percent) of workers interviewed said knowing their career path is very important to their overall job satisfaction. Nearly one-third (31 percent) of respondents feel this feedback is at least somewhat important. Workers [...]The post Survey Finds Career Pathing Tied to Job Satisfaction appeared first on Resumebear Online Resume.
A new survey by Aon Hewitt reveals that salaries for U.S. workers continue to rise incrementally as concerns remain about the stability of the global economy. However, workers have the potential to offset low base pay increases through performance-based awards. According to Aon Hewitt’s survey of more than 1,300 U.S. companies, base pay increases for [...]The post Survey Shows Marginal Rise in Salary Increases in 2012 appeared first on Resumebear Online Resume.Local Talent Needed for Customer Service Positions at Industry Leading Organization As the job market in the United States continues to show signs of improvement, Adecco Staffing US, the world’s leading provider of recruitment and workforce solutions, is in need of job seekers with superior customer service skills for inbound call center positions based in [...]The post Over One Thousand Jobs Available In Florida appeared first on Resumebear Online Resume.
Are you prepared for the salary talk? Generally the salary conversation is saved for the tail end of the interview process. However, sometimes recruiters may jump the gun and catch you off guard with the prodding question that might make you feel self-conscious or uncomfortable: “how much are you currently earning?” or “how much do [...]The post Let’s talk about s…Salary appeared first on Resumebear Online Resume.
Work and personal life blend as people stay in the loop while on the go American puts in more than a month and a half of overtime a year – just by answering calls and emails at home. In a survey of U.S. working adults sponsored by Good Technology, more than 80 percent of people [...]The post Americans Working More, But On Their Own Schedule appeared first on Resumebear Online Resume.
ResumeBear BLOG : SEARCH Contact us Login Join ResumeBear Resumebear Online Resume ResumeBear Online Resume Builder Resume Delivery Resume Tracking Featured Resume Cover Letter Tips Interview Tips ResumeBear Home Free Mobile Apps Millennial Unemployment Rate is 12.7 Percent in July August 6, 2012 3 Comments Tweet Generation Opportunity , one of the largest grassroots organizations connecting with Millennials through advanced social media outreach and traditional , boots-on-the-ground organizing , announces non-seasonally adjusted NSA 18-29 unemployment rate data for : July The youth unemployment rate for 18-29-year-olds specifically for July 2012 is 12.7 percent NSA Additional notes : the youth unemployment rate for 18-29-year-old African Americans for July 2012 is 22.3 percent NSA the
Make your Current Job More Satisfying As the famous Stephen Stills song goes: “If you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you’re with.” Although the song was written about personal relationships, it’s also great advice about how to look at a job you’re not quite ready to leave. So, how can [...]The post How to Make your Current Job More Satisfying appeared first on Resumebear Online Resume.Fresh, new, innovative, resume and career tools from ResumeBear are launching August 2012! Sign up to be one of the first to receive wave 1 of our beta invites. The ResumeBear Team is working around the clock to bring you the most awesome career website and mobile app ever launched! You don’t want to miss [...]The post Be The First To Know! appeared first on Resumebear Online Resume.Survey Reveals Email, Phone Call Are Preferred Methods for Post-Interview Follow-Up Job seekers may want to trade in their monogrammed letterhead for smartphones to thank potential employers for meeting with them. Eighty-seven percent of managers interviewed for an Accountemps survey said email is an appropriate way to express thanks after meeting with a hiring manager, [...]The post Farewell to the Handwritten Thank You Note? appeared first on Resumebear Online Resume.
Finding a job can be hard. Finding a job when you’re not exactly sure what kind of job you want can be really, really hard. Perhaps you’ve recently graduated, you’ve been laid off from a shrinking industry or you just have a sense that you might be happier in a different career. If you find [...]Who you know tops job performance when it comes to moving up in an organization, according to a survey of 516 workers in the U.S. and Canada. The survey by talent and career management experts Right Management was conducted from May 16 through June 15, 2012, and found: 44 percent of respondents think it’s who [...]The post Want to Advance? Who You Know Tops Job Performance appeared first on Resumebear Online Resume.
Like professional athletes, we now live in a time of career free agency, where we must regularly prove our unique value in a competitive and frequently changing marketplace. This means that it’s no longer enough to have a good reputation in one’s current position. We need to think about how we’re perceived in the broader [...]