Author: Daisy

Beyond Job Boards: Targeting the Source

This article originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal By JOSEPH DE AVILA July 2, 2009 For many Americans looking for work, the first stop is an online job board…. Read more »

Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve When You Interview

By Laura Gassner Otting You’re called in for an interview for the job that could launch your encore career. The standard advice would be to promote your achievements, but that… Read more »

Dressing for job interviews in L.A.

This article originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times By Emili Vesilind June 14, 2009 The LA Times really nailed it in this article. Being ready for an interview is… Read more »

Jobless Professionals Yearn to Do Good

This article originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal By Kyle Stock June 9, 2009 A few months ago, Andrea Kornfeld was working on a computer program to shave milliseconds… Read more »

The Winds of Change

This is the last installment from our guest blogger, KSS, who wrote several posts as she went through her process of applying to graduate school — something she was not… Read more »

No Place Like Home

This article originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal. By Anna Prior May 24, 2009 The dismal job market has twentysomethings realizing that they can — and maybe must —… Read more »

The Case for Working With Your Hands

This is a very satisfying article from the New York Times Magazine on 5/24/09. Rich with ideas for adults facing new realities and parents wondering about what’s to come for… Read more »

Losing the Income, and the Camaraderie

This article originally appeared in The New York Times May 16, 2009 by CATHERINE BERGART I WAS around No. 1,892,450 of the 2,111,000 people who lost their jobs in the… Read more »

Small Business Development Center(SBDC): Low Cost Workshops

Business Plan Writing Discuss the major elements of a business plan, and learn strategies to completing all major sections of a business plan.Two-day workshop Legal: Contracts Discuss the elements of… Read more »

"I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside."

Sometimes it doesn’t feel like this is so easy, does it? Wayne Dwyer’s quote is a good one to repeat over and over — a mantra of sorts — especially… Read more »