Here’s a useful site for those of you looking to work in “The Biz.” Variety’s The Biz bills itself as the first job and networking site for entertainment professionals.
You don’t have to be a star, baby, to be in show business. The current most popular tags on their site are Sales, Marketing, [...]

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Here’s a very useful article by David Allen, author of the extremely useful book, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity.  
I stumbled across his website about 7 years ago, and spent about an hour reading various tips, many of which I implemented immediately - and more importantly, still use today.  He offers a collection [...]

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I read an interesting article about The Slight Edge Philosophy - it’s not a new concept, but one that can have a huge impact on your career, your salary, your productivity, and in fact your overall quality of life as a whole.
Here’s a brief excerpt from the article:
“WINNING IS ALWAYS A MATTER OF SLIGHT EDGE. [...]

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Many of you have read Tim Ferris’ outstanding book, The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich.  If you haven’t - you should!  It’s one of the three most powerful books I read all of last year.  
If you’re at all familiar with his book, you’re probably wondering why in the world [...]

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Here’s a useful resource for your career and your job search. The US Government Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles information on job markets, job types, job titles, salary information, job outlook, and more. They make this information available to anyone who wants it. It can be a great way [...]

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Nearly everyone has some sort of gap in employment at some point in their career.  The days of “lifetime employment” are all but extinct.  While most gaps are relatively short, up to a few months, sometimes they end up being much longer.  Or perhaps it’s not really an employment gap but a career gap - [...]

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I saw a post on a job search group in Yahoo! Groups and sent an email to the job seeker with several suggestions.  I’m not including the original post here but am including the text of the email I sent her, in the hopes that someone else can also benefit from this.  In case you’re wondering, the title of this blog [...]

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No, I’m not talking about your favorite team, or even a sport at all.
A company called Scorelogix has come up with a statistically valid way to predict the probability of an individual losing his or her job.
“Job Security Score™ is an innovative, proprietary score from Scorelogix which predicts the probability of an individual [...]

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Having a bad day or week at work? You may have read this joke before as it has been widely circulated online, but I thought I’d post it in case you could use a good laugh…and a reminder that even if you are having a really bad day in your dry, room-temperature cubicle, it’s probably [...]

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…and steps you can take to identify if your job is at risk, and protect yourself if it is.
There is an excellent article called “Lay-Offs — Are You Next?” on George Lenard’s Employment Blawg.
“How can you tell if you are one of the predicted millions of employees who will be in danger of [...]

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