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• How to Make Money While Looking for a New Job

  It’s easy for workers who have recently been laid off to quickly get discouraged, especially when faced with dismal economic news and grim job prospects. While traditional office jobs may be difficult to snag, there are many inspiring, nontraditional Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 04, 2009 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Career Change, Cool Careers, Employment Trends, Job Hunting, Work

• Accountability Groups Help Unemployed Stay Motivated

  The New York Times just reported on a new phenomenon in job hunting that has arisen as a result of the high unemployment rate among white-collar workers – accountability groups. According to the Times, membership in various networking organizations across Read More... Posted Monday, February 02, 2009 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Employment Trends, Handy Resources, Job Hunting, Networking, Ownership & Initiative, Productivity, Goals

• Economic Downturn Humbles - But Does Not Negate Needs of - Gen Y

  I’d suspected as much, and then I read it in the Economist . Sometime between the beginning of the economic downturn and now, Gen Y has become unentitled. Says the article that confirmed my thoughts: Jessica Buchsbaum first noticed that something had Read More... Posted Monday, January 26, 2009 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Attitude & Motivation, Current Affairs, Emotional Intelligence, Employment Trends, News and Politics, Work

• Should You Take a Voluntary Severance Package?

  Way too many of my friends and acquaintances have been faced with this dilemma recently: my company has given me the option of leaving the company voluntarily with a severance package that sounds pretty good. Do I take it and run, or stick around and Read More... Posted Monday, December 22, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Compensation, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, HR Issues, Job Hunting, Troubleshooting

• Free Agency: Are We Talking Near Future or Far Future?

  If the journalism world is any indication, one would think free agency is just around the corner. I’ve heard through word of mouth that nearly a dozen of the top media outlets have announced layoffs in the last month, and lately, when I do an interview, Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 17, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Life Balance, Daily Life, Work

• Job Market Isn’t As Dire for Young Workers

  My friend Penelope Trunk has a great post on why young workers actually have a lot to be thankful for this holiday season. The data she shares is very compelling: Jobs for low-level candidates are increasing. This data comes from a report from Beyond.com Read More... Posted Monday, December 08, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Job Hunting, News and Politics

• What’s Next for the All Digital World?

  So Ziff Davis Media , one of the leading integrated technology media companies in the country, just announced that PCMag , its flagship brand, will go all-digital. The final print version will be the January 2009 issue. For the past seven years, PCMag Read More... Posted Monday, November 24, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Ownership & Initiative, Technology

• The Older You Are, the Less Stress You Have?

  A friend who is in the Communications department at the American Psychological Association kindly provided me with the just-released results of their Stress in America survey, broken down by generations. As soon as I read it, I was itching to share the Read More... Posted Friday, October 31, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Attitude & Motivation, Employment Trends, Life Balance, Daily Life, Work

• But I Want to Go Into Finance!

  I just got this e-mail from a WCW reader: “Dear Alexandra: When I was younger, my parents, who used to watch the old TV show Family Ties, used to call me Alex P. Keaton. I’ve always had a knack for numbers. I got my first savings account when I was in Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 15, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Job Hunting, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Bridging the Gap Between Employers and Interns

  Everyone knows that today’s twenty-something employees are ambitious, motivated, and dedicated to changing the business world for the better. However, it is hard for young employees to understand the importance of marketing themselves, getting to know Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 01, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Best Practices, Employment Trends, Entrepreneurship

• Looking for a Raise in All the Right Places

  According to the Associated Press , U.S. workers can expect skimpy raises in their base salaries next year, but top performers may still fatten their paychecks with merit compensation. A study just released by Hewitt Associates , a human resources consulting Read More... Posted Monday, September 08, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Compensation, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Work

• Recruitment Spotlight: 5 Tips for Deciding What to Pay Someone

  For many organizations, determining a set compensation package for each job title is a significant and time-intensive role of the HR department. Assuming that you don’t have this set package to work from, however, how might you go about deciding how much Read More... Posted Friday, August 29, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Compensation, Employment Trends, HR Issues

• Don’t Quit Your Day Job: Juggle and Be Merry

  Juggling multiple jobs is becoming more and more common, as people seek work that will provide an additional paycheck or personal satisfaction that is lacking in Job #1. Over at Stepcase Lifehack , Thursday Bram, a writer who has done this herself, has Read More... Posted Monday, August 11, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 3 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Employment Trends, Life Balance, Productivity, Daily Life, Blogging, Work

• New Online Advocacy Org Provides Relief for Strapped Young Professionals

  I’m pleased to share with you the formation of a new online advocacy organization called Qvisory that is dedicated to helping young adults with their money, work, and health concerns . Qvisory was the brainchild of Andy Stern at the Service Employees’ Read More... Posted Monday, August 04, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Compensation, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Handy Resources, Personal Development

• Hiring Managers Slow to Accept Online Degrees

  Well now, this is kind of scary… While employers and hiring managers are seeing more job applicants with online degrees these days, they’re not exactly clamoring to hire them. According to Vault.com’s 2008 Online Degrees Survey , while 49% of those who Read More... Posted Monday, July 28, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Continuing Education, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Job Hunting, School