Career Advice & Insights

Pharmaceutical sales resume focus keeps career on track. Ja’Net Adams wasn’t looking for a job in 2008. The 27-year-old mother of a one-year-old was a sales representative at Pfizer, the largest pharmaceutical company in the world, and had no intention of entering an unfavorable job market or relocating outside North Carolina. But fate said otherwise, … Read More

Oasis in Water Treatment Software Sales Trying to find a job after relocating is difficult. You’re in unfamiliar turf and may be far beyond the boundaries of the network you would typically rely on to make introductions and pass along your resume. Try doing it from another country. Mike Porter took the leap of faith … Read More

Considering the impossible job and the unlikely career move pays off. “It was like a home run waiting to be hit,” said Andy Manning of landing his position as vice president of operations at Pitney Bowes International Mail Services. Manning is an operations manager with 17 years experience in the industrial gas industry. His resume … Read More

Renea Morris, a PR director, waited for the right opportunity to make a difference. When Renea Morris saw the job listing for an executive director of communications and marketing at Ohio University, she knew it was the job she wanted. “That job started to speak to me; it was exactly what I wanted to do … Read More

Six job seekers that landed senior-level positions share the lessons they learned from the job hunt Whatever career experts may have to say about the job search, there’s nothing like first-hand experience. These members of Ladders shared their stories and offered specific tactics from their own successful searches. Focus your search strategy. “The challenge is … Read More

No industry is recession-proof, but a bigger company might be a better option. No industry is recession-proof, but marketing manager James Kasprzyk reasons that healthcare and medicine are “somewhat insulated from the valleys of the overall market.” His assumption was shaken in May when he was laid off from a Flagstaff, Ariz., company that manufactures … Read More

Landing a dream job with a growing company Rob Onofrietti never gave up on the mortgage industry. When house prices began to plummet in 2007, mortgage delinquencies skyrocketed, securities backed with subprime mortgages lost their value, and mortgage lenders across the country began shutting their doors. By August 2007, more than 40,000 workers had lost … Read More

Strive to show your worth in dollars and cents. “In difficult times, training is one of the first things that gets cut,” Suzanne Frawley said. “Now many companies look at training as a cost center for their organization.” After nearly four-and-a-half years as a training and development manager at Novartis Animal Health, Frawley’s position was … Read More

6 steps to ask for a raise or negotiate a salary. One of the most common complaints I hear from job seekers and employees is that they are not paid what they are worth. I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard that complaint. I would be paid what I’m worth and … Read More