Career Advice & Insights

Age discrimination is an issue – but you can prevail by not making it a bigger one. Pete Kresky can’t really say he’s experienced blatant age discrimination, but the 70-year-old marketing executive and job seeker said he suspects it’s there. “I’ve never personally been confronted with my age, but I know they figure it out, … Read More

In an era of consolidation, hiring software collates every applicant’s resume. Just make sure you stay at the top of the pile. What happens to your resume when you apply to a company that then goes through a merger or acquisition? Let’s say you applied for a job at Merrill Lynch in early September 2008. … Read More

Should senior executives attend job fairs as part of their job-search plan? The answer is yes, but not for the reasons you may think. “Job fair” sounds like such a quaint term. Nostalgic, but in the way that’s only good if you remember coming away from one with an internship or entry-level gig that would … Read More

Don’t join the herd at the job fair, Stephen Viscusi advises. Make yourself stand out by approaching companies that aren’t actively canvassing for talent. Today’s job fairs seem anything but “fair” to me. Have you noticed lately how every local TV news report has a weekly segment on a career or job fair? The footage … Read More

Are you coming off a career break? Here are seven tips to speed your re-entry. Many individuals who have left the workforce for family or personal reasons may find that they have to return to work sooner than they had planned. What’s more, many people who had been planning to return to work are having … Read More

An analysis of the dying finance, real-estate and auto industries, and what to do if you’re in the center of a perfect storm As a hedge-fund manager at Bear Stearns in the summer of 2007, Ron Dadina didn’t worry too much about the wave of bad investments and economic turmoil he saw engulfing the groups … Read More

Ways to show a company your value and compel them to bring you onboard As I coach clients across the country, I’m always impressed by their caliber of accomplishments. It’s amazing to see some of the feats they’ve realized. Having said this, it’s important for candidates to remember the value that they bring to a … Read More

Susan LoGuidice returned from a sabbatical in Europe with not one, but two interviews lined up. To hear Susan LoGiudice tell it, getting laid off from her real-estate management job last December was a chance to have a moment of freedom. “I looked at it like I had been paroled,” the UpLadder member said. “I … Read More

Sales rep finds new job and has fun selling himself at networking events along the way. John Delaney wasn’t happy to get laid off. But looking back, he said looking for a job was kind of fun. “Except for waking up in the middle of the night and wondering what would happen to me, I … Read More