Career Center Blog tag:blog.nwjobs.com,2011-09-27:/careercenterblog//94 2012-02-02T17:01:00Z Movable Type Pro 4.21-en Midwinter tax deduction reminders for job seekers tag:blog.nwjobs.com,2012:/careercenterblog//94.16527 2012-02-02T10:07:39Z 2012-02-02T17:01:00Z Groundhog Day is once again upon us, and you know what that means for the average worker: 6 to 10 more weeks of tax preparation, of course. (Unlike the choices of a certain Keystone State rodent, this is one prediction... Randy Woods http://blog.nwjobs.com/hireground/author/randy_woods/ Weather, sick days leave working parents snowed under tag:blog.nwjobs.com,2012:/careercenterblog//94.16510 2012-02-01T10:00:00Z 2012-01-30T23:02:19Z Nothing like a snowstorm to bring a smile to children's faces, fill the air with the smell of fresh-baked cookies and ... summon the two-headed demon of work-life balance and gender-role conflict. So it was in my house last month,... Natalie Singer http://blog.nwjobs.com/careercenterblog/author/natalie_singer/ Use verbal jujitsu to overcome interview objections tag:blog.nwjobs.com,2012:/careercenterblog//94.16502 2012-01-31T10:00:00Z 2012-01-30T21:55:01Z Superman had Kryptonite. Achilles had his heel. And Bill Gates somehow managed to get ahead and be marginally successful (ha ha) in business without having a college degree. My point? Everybody has weaknesses and vulnerabilities. And if you're seeking work... Matt Youngquist http://blog.nwjobs.com/hireground/author/matt_youngquist_1/ Career Inception: How to conduct a 'stealth search' tag:blog.nwjobs.com,2012:/careercenterblog//94.16506 2012-01-30T14:00:00Z 2012-01-30T10:26:34Z In Christopher Nolan's hyper-cerebral 2010 film "Inception," a gang of nefarious agents go to great lengths to plant subliminal ideas in the heads of powerful people to make them feel as if they created the ideas on their own. After... Randy Woods http://blog.nwjobs.com/hireground/author/randy_woods/ Five simple ways to avoid the layoff axe tag:blog.nwjobs.com,2012:/careercenterblog//94.16491 2012-01-26T19:01:04Z 2012-02-01T17:36:50Z If the Great Recession has taught us anything, it is that no one is irreplaceable. A tailspinning economy and shrinking revenues can spark a panic among management, leaving even the most loyal and talented employees vulnerable to the chopping block.... Randy Woods http://blog.nwjobs.com/hireground/author/randy_woods/ Elephants, aliens and other interview tests of character tag:blog.nwjobs.com,2012:/careercenterblog//94.16478 2012-01-25T10:00:00Z 2012-01-24T19:11:09Z Recently, glassdoor.com released its Top 25 Oddball Interview Questions of 2011. It's a worthy read and a good self-test. Statistically, the chances are low that you would get one of these fringe questions -- but what if you did? In... Natalie Singer http://blog.nwjobs.com/careercenterblog/author/natalie_singer/ Networking gets you a shot, not the job tag:blog.nwjobs.com,2012:/careercenterblog//94.16469 2012-01-24T10:00:00Z 2012-01-20T17:57:45Z Growing up in Alaska, I distinctly remember a summer in high school when I was looking for the chance to earn some extra money. At that time, a friend of the family said to me, "I know of a construction... Matt Youngquist http://blog.nwjobs.com/hireground/author/matt_youngquist_1/ Time to clean out unproductive networking contacts tag:blog.nwjobs.com,2012:/careercenterblog//94.16477 2012-01-23T19:24:56Z 2012-01-23T19:45:37Z Last November, talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel struck a nerve with many people when he announced his second annual National Unfriend Day, which encouraged people to delete certain "friends" from their Facebook pages who are not really their friends. You know... Randy Woods http://blog.nwjobs.com/hireground/author/randy_woods/ Time running out on ESD's entrepreneurial training program? tag:blog.nwjobs.com,2012:/careercenterblog//94.16467 2012-01-19T20:03:35Z 2012-01-19T20:26:00Z For many of the long-time unemployed, the idea of starting and running their own business is a tantalizing dream of self-reliance. (Wouldn't you love to be your own boss this week and declare your own snow days?) Some of these... Randy Woods http://blog.nwjobs.com/hireground/author/randy_woods/ Five organizational tips from a self-confessed slob tag:blog.nwjobs.com,2012:/careercenterblog//94.16450 2012-01-18T10:00:00Z 2012-01-17T18:47:08Z I'm a slob. This is not conjecture or self-deprecation, it's a personality trait. Ask my mother. When I was a teenager she referred to my room as a pigsty. She'll tell anyone I'm a slob. I actually think she exaggerates,... Natalie Singer http://blog.nwjobs.com/careercenterblog/author/natalie_singer/