Job Help: Get Your Resume Read, Avoid Job Scams, Switch Careers

When will the job market pick up again? Economists shrug their shoulders. Maybe by next summer—maybe. Until then, most workers have little choice but to stick with their current jobs, even though chances are they’re overworked, underpaid, and all in all unhappy. If you’re one of the unfortunate millions currently unemployed, the task of finding a job is downright daunting, especially because some employers make it a policy to only hire people who already have jobs—figuring that if they’ve survived layoffs so far, they have to be standout performers.

Young boss, old worker: BFFs! Not!

…or so worries Donald Trump, according to his blog. (Donald Trump blogs! Fo real? I put my so-not-Trumpesque fortune on an intern tapping out his infrequent, blandly written posts.) He/the intern writes: In today’s multi-generational workplace, it’s not unusual for an older worker to have a younger boss. In order for that relationship to survive, [...]

Gen Y Workers Are “Spoiled But Smart”

And no, I’m not writing this because of the fresh batch of summer interns who turned up in the offices this week. I got no bone to pick with you lot, especially if you help me fact-check my articles. Stef Witteveen, CEO of Randstad USA, stopped by today on a visit from its headquarters in [...]