Looking to boost your CV? Work experience abroad might be better than another qualification

“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller If you are a graduate looking to widen your career opportunities then work experience is crucial. This may sound paradoxical for graduates. How are you supposed to get your first job if it requires already having worked in a similar [...] [...]

Jobs from the Best, Biggest and Most Admired Companies – Vol I

“A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.” – Harry Truman My first major in college was music. My “dream” was to be a successful entertainer. The definition of “success”, of course, is much like the definition of “happiness”. It is a personal [...] [...]

Online Marketing: A Career Path That’s Taking Off

“It’s a job that’s never started that takes the longest to finish.” – J. R. R. Tolkien Online marketing is a career opportunity that’s hot and growing hotter. Among them, social media marketing is currently one of the biggest career opportunities in online marketing. People with knowledge or experience in online marketing can find marketing jobs [...] [...]

Top Picks for Job Search – Companies on “The List”

“Anything worth doing, is worth doing right.” – Hunter S. Thompson So when you look for job opportunities, do you just do a search based on job openings or do you have a “list”? If you are now thinking “what list?” then this post is for you. So, just like today’s quote, getting the right job [...] [...]

The Advantages of Working in Sales

“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” – Bruce Lee Many people think that people are born to be a natural sales person to have a successful career in the industry, along with uber confidence and the almost important gift of the gab. However, in reality there really is no one that is [...] [...]

The Best of CareerAlley Job Search

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” – Dr. Seuss The year is winding down and we will soon have the usual flood of “the best of” and “year-end top 1000 countdowns”. So, in case you’ve missed some of my posts or [...] [...]

Who’s Hiring in Finance Vol 2- Targeted Job Search

“When the truth is found to be lies” – “Somebody to Love”, performed by Jefferson Airplane (written by Darby Slick) Very tough times at work lately. So, in order to put some hope in my day, I went off and purchased a lottery ticket. I’m not sure about you, but for me buying a lottery ticket [...] [...]

Making a Molehill out of a Mountain – Find a Recruiter

“It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.” – Adlai Stevenson A former coworker called me a few months ago (having tracked me down after 20+ years) and wanted to meet for lunch to catchup. Her career over the last 20 years had started out quite good, but [...] [...]

Spring Cleaning for Job Search

“Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.” – Phyllis Diller Yes, even job search requires Spring cleaning every once and awhile. If you’ve been on the job hunt for a few months or more, it is not a bad idea to take another look [...] [...]

10 Happiest Big Companies of 2011

“Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” – James Dean Working in a big company has its highs and lows. You might not know everyone in the office personally on a day-to-day basis. But your opportunity to network and make connections in the long run increases drastically. Larger companies also tend to [...] [...]