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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 [...]

5 Steps to Making a Fresh Start for Job Search

“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.” – Vince Lombardi

New Year, new start (right?)! Any resolutions? How many will you keep and how many will you break? [...]

Hired Help – Job Search Made Easy

“As technology advances, it reverses the characteristics of every situation again and again. The age of automation is going to be the age of “do it yourself”.” – Marshall McLuhan

I traveled down to Wall Street in NYC from my midtown location the other day having not been down there in a few years. I [...]

Top Five List for Job Search Repairs and Maintenance

“Just because nobody complains doesn’t mean all parachutes are perfect.” – Benny Hill

If you’ve been a long time reader of CareerAlley, you will notice that I’ve been including a fair number of “Top List” posts. This helps me shake up the content a bit but also provides readers with a quick hit list [...]

5 Reasons to use Company Career Sites

“I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.” – Warren Buffett

You’ve had a late night and work and are headed to the subway and a very late dinner at home. It’s raining out tonight, so you decide to take an underground short [...]

Look Both Ways Before You Quit

“It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.“ – Warren Buffett

There is a reason hotels charge more for the beach view than the inside building view. It’s all relative, the other guy’s view always seems to be better (you know, the grass [...]

5 Tips to Digitalize your Job Search

“Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to be.” – Jack Welch

I just read that the last company to manufacture typewriters just announced they are ending production. “Typewriters? What’s that you may ask (ancient history). In one way, it is a little sad for those of [...]

The Best Companies to Work For – Vol 20

“Remember, it doesn’t matter whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.” – Darrin Weinberg

I’ve been getting lots of calls from recruiters lately. Some are looking for candidates and some have noticed my company’s job postings and are looking to fill the jobs (even though they were not asked [...]

The Best Places to Work – Period

“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

I often think, why bother unless you strive to be the best. I’d like to think that the vast majority of us set out to do the best we can. Now some [...]

The Best Companies to Work for – Vol 16

“The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.” – Socrates

It’s still a tough job market out there, and although many companies reduced their workforce last year, many actually added jobs. While not every company on the Best Companies list added jobs, many did. Today’s [...]