Tag Archives: summer job search

How to Get a New Job by Labor Day

  Finally, after the long winter, Memorial Day is here! It’s the unofficial start of summer. And it’s an exciting season for the job searcher. It’s the best time to look for a job. And here is why: Many job searchers take the summer off There’s less competition for you It’s the barbecue, graduation and […]

Have a job by Labor Day

  May 22, 2013 Finally after the long winter, Memorial Day is here! It’s the unofficial start of summer. And it’s an exciting season for the job searcher. It’s the best time to look for a job. And here is why: • Many job searchers take the summer off o There’s less competition for you […]

Surviving Unemployment: Job Search Closed on December 25th.

When I was growing up in the late 50s and early 60s, my father’s family would gather December 25 to celebrate Christmas.    My uncle who didn’t have children yet played Santa Claus for his eager nieces and nephews.  While Santa was in the living room giving gifts, we were told Uncle Walter was not there […]

Declare your freedom from your past job.

It’s the 4th of July weekend.  And we are celebrating our independence as a country from another country that was interfering with the path we wanted to follow.  We needed to rid  ourselves of the ties that were holding us back in order to be free to pursue our goals.  It was a difficult fight […]

Eight Job Search Tips for the Dog Days of Summer

While others are enjoying the lazy, hazy days of summer thinking that no one gets hired in the summer, nothing could be further from the truth.  It may take more patience but if you remember the story of the tortoise and the hare, you know that the one who  continued on even though progress was […]