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Will Companies Ever Woo Again?

Posted 3 weeks 16 hours ago by Linsey Knerl

While the current condition of the job market is debatable, no one can argue the importance of feeling secure and appreciated in your current position. Many employees will agree that companies have a long way to go in their “courting” processes, and claim that most employers have ignored the needs of their long-time employees. But even new employees are taking notice of a new trend of hiring and training that puts intimidation and hard-facts before gift baskets and company swag.

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A Google employee perk we can all get free

Posted 37 weeks 3 days ago by Paul Michael

Deals, Technology, Consumer Affairs

I recently found an amazing (and I don't use that word lightly) resource from Google that I think is completely under-used and seriously under-marketed. This resource is called Google Talks and it contains over 170 fascinating lectures, given to the very lucky and privileged Google staff, most around 1 hour long.

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8 Good Reasons to Become a Contractor

Posted 1 year ago by Andrea Dickson

Filed Under: Career Building

Contracting: it ain't your grandpa's job. No, really.

There was a time, not that long ago, in which Americans would graduate from college, get a job, and stick with that job until retirement. As we all know, those days are long gone. But I still know a fair number of people who stick it out in boring, dead-end jobs because they don't want the change (or, of course, some people simply can't afford to leave their job for whatever reason).

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Is This Job Worth It?

Posted 1 year ago by Troy Hadley

Filed Under: Career Building

This post technically isn't about me. It's about a friend, a lousy job situation, and soliciting feedback from our readers for a friend of mine.

Tiffany is an engineer who works for a small start-up. She makes a very good salary, has benefits, and doesn't have a particularly heavy workload at the moment (her company is building a product, so the work comes in fits and starts, so she's been chilling for a couple of months while the hardware is being built). Anyway, Tiff is kind of bored right now, but otherwise OK. She's the only female in her office, and works with about 12 men who are much older than she is (she's 27, they're all about 45-57).

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Earn More Money by Demanding It

Posted 1 year 16 weeks ago by Andrea Dickson

Career Building

It can be very easy to be manipulated into accepting a lower salary than you are worth. Part of this is a lack of information - it's hard to know what a job should pay. The other part is simply a matter of confidence; you often have to simply expect more in order to get it.

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