Research
Do research and figure out what the salary level is at the place where you are about to start working. Do research and figure out what is the average salary level is in your sector. It is likely that there is some maximum salary level even how well qualified one might be.
Keep the expectations to […]

Overweight people will have trouble getting hired. One of ten personnel managers would not have let overweight persons meet with customers. And most companies are looking to hire people with a normal weight.
This is according to a study of 2000 personnel managers done by Personnel Today.

Prefer to hire people with normal weight.
Half of the […]

The stress and demands on the workplace leads to increased chances of using various drugs to cope with the work situation.
According to Hans Dankert to Politiken / NTB, “People can deal with discomfort in our lives. Some tries to get pills trough their doctor, some even try to get illegal medication.”
The use of drugs […]

If you retire in your mid 50s you have a higher chance of shortening your life than if one continued working.
Everybody dreams about devoting more time to family, gardening yachting and the more joyful parts of life. According to a study of 3500 employees at Shell Oil in Texas published in the British Medical Journal, […]

Googleable
With the Web and Google it is common for employers to try a quick search on potential people on Google and other search engines. The reason for such a check can be to make sure the information and references are correct, but also see if the person is presentable.
Make sure what comes up is presentable.
Blogs:
If […]

Positive Words:

achievement
active
developed
evidence
impact
individual
planning
transferable skills

Avoid these negative words:

always
awful
bad
fault
hate
mistake
never
nothing
panic
problems

Walk the paths less traveled
It is important to try to find alternative ways to getting a job than only going for applying for jobs that have been advertised on big web sites or in news papers.
The best thing is to try to avoid the spots that the big masses are going for, one have […]

The big line of people wanting to work
It sure can be frustrating getting declined and they tell you that there were 150 people applying for that job.
It is frustrating in a number of ways, sure you did not get the job, but also if you spent considerable time writing a good cover letter and […]

Olav Thon, the Norwegian real-estate magnate and billionaire, repeated a statement he has said before; he aims to work till he is 94 years old.
He is according to Dagbladet not surprised that people in their 40’s struggle with the motivation, and that one possible cause is that when you are 30-40 you have children that […]