Informalities Can Kill Your Job Search

The economy is way down and the pain is not only being felt at the pump. It’s being felt in the job market. Unemployment hit an all time high last quarter as more and as more and more people hit the streets looking for meaningful employment, bad habits are accompanying them.

Sarah Needleman of the Wall Street Journal wrote a story today about the informality used in social media, text messaging and other “typical” lines of communication. Often times, the informalities deep six candidates.

Pondering Self Employment

If you’ve been reading this blog, I’ve been entertaining a new job situation - one that allows me to make decisions that make a difference, possibly go the management route without having a degree (based on merit rather than pure unattached human resources rules) and that puts me in a position to do what I [...]

On the Job Hunt

For the past two and a half years, I have worked for Northrop Grumman - first on a Navy project and then on the corporate side providing desktop support and now Unix administration as well. The time has come to say goodbye. Well, not quite yet. Let me explain.
Change is in the air. [...]

Emmense Technologies Re-launched with Consultant Flair

I’ve never been real good about keeping New Years resolutions but after looking back on 2005 and looking forward to 2006, I decided it was time to keep a few.
So I’ve spent the past few days, between jobs and naps; empty pizza boxes and soda cans preparing to re-launch Emmense Technologies. I let it [...]

First Day at a New Job

I’ve been looking for a new job for a few months as I attempt to steady my failing finances. The past week has seen a bit of a flurry on that front.
I interviewed for a job with a local ISP last week. They thought I was overqualified but it was only a part-time [...]