http://employaidblog.com Uncut Observations on the Working Life Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:16:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Associate Press reports today that the job stimulus money created to support road projects in the US has barely impacted the rate of unemployment and done virtually nothing to help construction companies.  President Obama is asking for another 75 million for a second stimulus money from Congress for more ... http://employaidblog.com/2010/01/11/so-what-about-the-job-stimulus-money/ On Saturday, January 23, Employaid Events moves to White Plains, the backyard of NYC' s fast moving small business scene, for an information packed start-up business Event, presented by Employaid.com and Pace University Career Services. We are opening our doors for a seminar filled with advice from ... http://employaidblog.com/2010/01/05/employ-yourself-the-entrepreneurial-career-choice-event/ Everyone is beginning to realize that whether it is a friend, a date, an employer, or even a creditor, the first thing people do to get to know the real you is Google you, look you up on LinkedIn, or check you out on Facebook.  Getting smashed at a holiday ... http://employaidblog.com/2009/12/09/facebook-holiday-parties-and-you/ Maybe you are to those in your life.  Aquaintance, sibling, spouse, significant other, friend, lover - to those who know you - are one heck of a desirable ___________ (you pick the role.)  But what about that changes when you're looking for work?  Just about everything.  When you are presenting ... http://employaidblog.com/2009/08/20/are-you-desirable/ There aren't many golden tickets being handed out as a result of the federal money being made available for jon retraining, so says the NY Times today.  In a revealing article, http://tinyurl.com/negqlq, a big factor is that the economy is changing.  Many workers do not know where to turn, coming ... http://employaidblog.com/2009/07/06/wheres-the-golden-ticket/ We've moved from how to escape from your corporate career, to how to tell if your company is going under, to how to deal when your industry implodes, to how to write a marketing piece instead of a resume, all the way to giving up on the job search and ... http://employaidblog.com/2009/07/01/the-new-economy-of-work/ A few months ago, career columns were all about how to leave your job, or escape from your job, or develop a social media job search strategy, or write a resume, or present yourself to a prospective employer in ways that would dazzle, and so forth.  In the wake of ... http://employaidblog.com/2009/01/26/survive-at-work/ Here we are in January.  It is traditionally the time of year when bookstores display huge stacks of books on weight loss.  In a "what's up with that deal?", cookbooks are selling like hotcakes at this time of year as well.  What is happening here is that two ends of ... http://employaidblog.com/2009/01/14/reality-in-2009-migrating-to-a-new-industry/ From College to Cubicle Employaid is thinking Career Placement!   We're committed to being a resource to upcoming college grads who are entering the workforce. In September, we're shooting videos about the whole college to work scene. Whether you or someone you know is  in career entry mode, or you can remember that ... http://employaidblog.com/2008/08/27/college-is-overget-a-job/ I am writing this tonight on the way to St. Petersburg, Russia.  It is a place I never thought I would visit.  A world of mystery, harshness, and over-reaching government.  Of all the places to find an analogy to life in corporate America, this was the last place I thought I would find ... http://employaidblog.com/2008/08/05/dont-pick-up-the-bait/