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  • Office Holiday Party Etiquette -- Monster Twitter Chat Edition
    By Charles Purdy, Monster Senior Editor Work-related holiday events -- not everyone is a fan. In a 2010 survey, Monster.com asked people, "How do you feel about workplace holiday parties?" -- and 43 percent of respondents said that, at best,...
  • Job Search Next Practices: Online Identity as Competitive Advantage
    You'd be surprised, but only about one out of 10 of the technology executive clients I speak to have a built-out online identity - that is, they show up in more places than just LinkedIn. The time is past when...
  • Tippy-Toeing, Not Through the Tulips
    Tippy-toeing around the inevitable. Not talking. Shhh! Don’t want anyone to know. Holding off. Just keep it quiet. Leave the house each morning as per usual, pretending everything is all right when you know for a fact that everything is...
  • 7 Ways to Conduct a Job Search Like a Professional Athlete
    What does a professional athlete have in common with an executive? More than you think when it comes to strategies and mindset. Professional athletes have to have incredible focus. It’s all about the competition and no matter what physical strength...
  • Monster Global Poll: ”Ever Done Something Regrettable at an Office Party?”
    Poll Reveals That Approximately One in Ten People Have Engaged in Career-Damaging Behavior at an Office Celebration A poll conducted by Monster shows that too much cheer can be dangerous at the office holiday party, as one person in ten...
  • 5 Magic Questions: How To Sell Without Feeling Awkward
    Whether you like it or not – you, me and everyone else is in the “sales” business. Unless you can sell yourself, sell your team and sell your business – you’re likely to be in trouble in the modern economy...
  • Holiday Parties: How to Make an Impression to Help Your Career
    By Vickie Elmer for Glassdoor.com Holiday parties may seem like a time to kick back and enjoy -- and yet they also may be the best opportunities all winter to grow your network and add a little warmth to those...
  • We've Moved!
    Find our blog at its new home: MonsterWorking.com
  • Creating Credibility: Ten Tips for the Workplace
    By Dianna Booher, Guest Blogger Words have to match actions. In addition to meeting your deadlines and hitting all your goals, it's vital to establish trust in your word -- to build your credibility. In both verbal and written communications,...
  • Does Your Résumé Read Like an Obituary of Your Career?
    Peter A. Professional’s Career, 2000 - 2012 Here lies Peter Professional’s career. A victim of the current recession, Peter’s career has been on life support since a layoff from a healthcare consulting firm. Prior to its final demise, Peter took...
  • Personal Brand - YOU
    Executives, yes this means you, too. Understanding and communicating your brand will help you in all stages of your job search, as well as in managing your career going forward. Do you have a rock solid brand message that clearly...
  • Keep Your Job Search Going Through the Holidays
    By Charles Purdy, Monster Senior Editor Most of us have a lot to do during the holidays. There are more social events, more family obligations, more errands and chores -- our calendars start to look pretty crowded. So it might...
  • Others
    During a blogging and job search presentation I delivered a few weeks ago, one of the participant questions had to do with “what to say when you write a blog or make a tweet." A tip one of my English...
  • Seven Questions for Today's Job Seeker
    As a career management professional, I love to ask questions of clients. And the reason I love to ask questions is that I almost always get answers that reveal important information to help me better serve them. Take, for example,...
  • On Breathing and Tomorrow
    Just yesterday I thought about breathing And matters of air and such. In unprecedented times of change and challenge And the economy pained so much. Don’t you hear the silent screams That fall short of ever a sound? Can you...
  • Career Change - Tips for successful transition
    The facts are clear. Over the last decade, executives want a career change because they are dissatisfied with their job / industry, unhappy with salary, insecure about longevity of job, work in an obsolete industry, or a victim of corporate...
  • Your Executive Resume: No Longer Your Calling Card?
    Many things may happen before a recruiter or hiring authority ever sees your resume. These are some: s/he Googles your name, searches for you on LinkedIn, checks Facebook to see what kind of person you are, checks Twitter for evidence...
  • Mourning the Loss of Mark Hovind
    We are sad to announce the death of Mark Hovind, a valued Career Hub writer and contributor who passed away unexpectedly on February 5. For years Mark has kept Career Hub readers abreast of job trends. Founder of JobBait, Mark...
  • Letting Go
    I can’t decide if I would rather be referred to as the MOG (mother of groom) or GM (groom’s mom). I think I am more of a GM than a MOG. Either way, in five months, our son is gettin’...
  • Drip Dry
    Wouldn’t it be nice if there existed one universal hand-dryer system? I was in a beautiful new office building yesterday and for the life of me, could not get the towel dispenser to work. No matter what I tried, nothing...