Job Search

Warning signs that a job loss is taking a toll on your emotional wellbeing. The loss of a job hits both your pocketbook and your very identity. Negative feelings are only natural after being laid off and going through a job search — especially in the current economic climate — but there are some red … Read More

Software sales representative changes jobs in order to focus less on high-volume quotas and more on meeting client needs. Joe B. left his last position as a software sales representative in the government sector when the job became untenable. “As the third representative in the territory in three years, it took longer to re-establish trust … Read More

Editor’s note: This article was originally available to attendees of Ladders’ finance-industry career event held in New York on Feb. 9, 2009. One thousand applicants for one position. Ron Dadina couldn’t believe what he was hearing. The job wasn’t an open call for an entry-level position; it was a senior finance position at The World … Read More

Professionals are often very diligent about their career when they don’t have a job, but the fact is they should be just as diligent when employed. Assume success. Assume that all of your hard work over all these years has suddenly paid off in the form of you achieving what you’ve always wanted. You now … Read More

The hiring manager may not explicitly give you feedback telling you these factors are why you lost the job – but these pet peeves may be the factors that made the hiring managers look elsewhere. Remember the old saying, “The devil is in the details”? Think about how those details can be the devil in … Read More

The basics, such as sacrifice and patience, can soothe an otherwise difficult job search. My parents majored in sacrifice and minored in thrift. Every day for the first 30 years of my life I heard the word “sacrifice” as in, “We sacrificed a lot so you could be better off.” And they weren’t kidding. My … Read More

High-level sales director considers relocating her H.S.-age daughters in order to land a job. Parrish said leaving her previous position, as the regional director of sales for the Southwest region of Reliant, which sold software to school districts, was “a gamble. The company had been a startup, and it had grown tremendously. It had gotten … Read More

Flex time doesn’t only have to be for mid-level managers; interested executives can negotiate the same work-from-home time too. Most execs need to work on site 50+ hours a week. But some executive work is eligible to participate in a trend that started with lower-level employees: working from home. It is easiest to apply to … Read More

The best way to avoid a pink slip is to take risks that other colleagues won’t. I’ve said many times that to get the job you want, you have to protect the job you have. This is truer today than it’s ever been. In these difficult times, your job is a key asset, and it’s … Read More