By: Perri Capell After my column on whether to state an exact salary or a range on a job application was republished, readers again wrote to say they disagreed with my answer. A reader wanted to know whether it’s best to give an exact amount or state a range when the application requests salary history and […]
By Diane Hess I’m a college senior and just had my first interview. My interviewer asked me to call back in two weeks. He knows that I will not graduate for another month, and he said he is not in a rush since I have not graduated yet. Is this good or bad? Also, does […]
By: Virginia K. and David E. Gordon Everyone knows how much executives suffer emotionally after a job loss, but what about their spouses or life partners? One woman was petrified when her husband, a senior vice president with a New York communications company, told her he had lost his job. Since she only worked part time, […]
Did you know that an estimated 36,000 companies are “stolen out of business” every year – by their employees! This alarming statistic is reported by Profiles International, a developer of assessment survey devices. According to the recently released 2000 National Retail Security Survey, U.S. retailers lost more than $13.2 billion from employee theft. According to […]