5 Tricks to Stay Motivated When Working at Home
Staying motivated at work can be hard but for remote employees it can be downright impossible.
Unlike an office environment, at home there are a ton of temptations and distractions that can easily sap your productivity and your career trajectory.
“Working from home is essentially an independent way of working. Even if you have managers …
5 Job Search Tips for Baby Boomers
By the time many of us turn 50, there is a good chance we have been working for 35 or more years. Of course, this is taking into account those teen summer and college jobs that helped pay for books, clothes and parties. That is an awful lot of work experience regardless of what those …
3 Best Ways To Customize Your Resume
Customization is key. Never before have those three words applied more to the job market. Today, recruiters and hiring managers aren’t looking for resumes with generic experience; they’re looking for job seekers with resumes that directly relate to the role being filled.
In fact, 87 percent of the 411 HR professionals surveyed by SHRM in …
Power to the People: Glassdoor’s Speaker Series Debuts
Glassdoor is excited to announce its new Speaker Series, welcoming influential leaders, visionaries and extraordinary people to share their stories with Glassdoor employees. This new program debuted with Glassdoor’s very own co-founder and chairman, Rich Barton. In a talk on the power of transparency and doing what’s right for ‘the little guy – and gal,’ …
5 Questions To Ask In A Job Interview
Job interviews aren’t only about impressing the interviewer; they’re about sparking a new relationship with your future employer.
The key to a successful interview is to keep the interviewer talking. Sure, while you want to share why you’re the best candidate for the position, you also don’t want to dominate the interview. On the other …
Glassdoor’s Candidates’ Choice Awards 2015: Winners Announced
When it comes to the job interview process, some employers offer an amazing experience that can make you want to join the company on the spot. However, some companies offer an interview experience that may make you want to start your job search all over again.
So which companies are getting the candidate experience right? …
20 Jobs with the Biggest Pay Raises
Thinking about a new job? Before you start your job search, you may want to consider a job that’s among those seeing the biggest jumps in total pay over the past year.
To help, Glassdoor is here with our newest report on the 20 Jobs with the Biggest Pay Raises, identifying the top 20 jobs …
8 Tips To Take Action With Your Career
Most careers don’t begin with a dream job. After one or two years, many careerists find themselves looking for a new opportunity to advance themselves. After five, 10 or even 20 years in your career, other types of career goals often emerge.
Maybe you are looking for more work-life balance. Maybe you have discovered that …
5 Things To Know Before Going Into A Job Interview
You walk into the interview room and you are ready. You’re looking good, feeling confident, and ready to show off your skills. But then things start to go south. The interviewer isn’t smiling, he doesn’t seem that interested in what you have to say, and wait‑‑did he just yawn?
Even if you give stellar responses …
6 Things To Think About Before Giving A Salary Range
To give or not to give a range?
That’s one of the daunting questions jobseekers ask themselves before entering the negotiating room. Choosing the wrong strategy can leave more than $1 million on the table over a 45-year career, according to analysis by Salary.com. That’s a lot of money and probably not coincidentally, why negotiating …