When you have a child, there’s a lot of things that change. One of those things, is mealtime. Remember the days when you and your significant other went out to eat at a restaurant and sat there for hours just hanging out enjoying the food? Well if you have a young one, that romantic mealContinue reading “How To Go Out To a Restaurant With a Toddler”
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How To Job Search While Working Full Time
You’ve heard the phrase, looking for a job is a full-time job, right? I’ve probably said it multiple times in my previous blogs. What happens when you’re working a full-time job and trying to find a new job? Should you quit so you can focus 100% on looking for a new role? Well hold yourContinue reading “How To Job Search While Working Full Time”
3 Tips For Balancing A Full-Time Job as A Working Parent
Remember when you were in your 20’s and all you needed to worry about was your job and what you were going to do on the weekends? Those were the days weren’t they. Well fast forward a couple years and now not only are you working 50 hours a week, but you also are aContinue reading “3 Tips For Balancing A Full-Time Job as A Working Parent”
Your Guide to Winning: Preparing for Multiple Interviews on the Same Day
One of the trickiest parts of applying for jobs while you’re currently employed is the interview process. Leaving work to go to an interview is not ideal, especially if you have limited vacation time. You don’t want to be spending days and days going back and forth to interviews for opportunities that you might notContinue reading “Your Guide to Winning: Preparing for Multiple Interviews on the Same Day”
5 Fun and FREE Activities for Toddlers
As a parent, finding things to do with your toddler can sometimes be a part-time job, and as a parent of a toddler, you are always looking for things to keep them entertained. And for some reason, probably a little after the tv was invented, society decided that sticking your kids in front of aContinue reading “5 Fun and FREE Activities for Toddlers”
What You Should Know BEFORE Hiring A Career Coach
If you’re looking to make a career change, or jumpstart your job search, you’ve probably thought about looking into hiring a Career Coach. Then you ask yourself, but what does a Career Coach do and can they get me a job. If you do a Google search, or you know what, go to Ask JeevesContinue reading “What You Should Know BEFORE Hiring A Career Coach”
Working From Home Vs. At The Office As a Parent
Since the invention of offices, the daily grind has been commuting to the office, stay at your office until work is over, and then commute home from your office. If you were lucky, you didn’t have too long of a commute to the office, but many people spend years of their life commuting. As technologyContinue reading “Working From Home Vs. At The Office As a Parent”
Your Guide to Answering Difficult Interview Questions If You’re Currently Unemployed
You’ve been out of work for a while, but finally you got that long awaited interview. You’re probably nervous and excited and wondering what interview questions you should be preparing for. Whether it’s a phone interview with a recruiter or a Hiring Manager, there are a few questions that you may get asked b yContinue reading “Your Guide to Answering Difficult Interview Questions If You’re Currently Unemployed”
3 Reasons Why Your Job Search Is Failing (And How to Fix It)
Searching for a job is hard….and stressful…and tiring…..and frustrating…..and sometimes it may even feel hopeless. At times, it may feel like you are so stuck you are never going to get out of the place that you’re trying to get out of and you may as well give up. Well I’m here to tell youContinue reading “3 Reasons Why Your Job Search Is Failing (And How to Fix It)”
4 Hacks For Job Searching on LinkedIn
If you are looking for a job and aren’t using LinkedIn, you are making a mistake. Now to be clear, I don’t work for LinkedIn and I’m not trying to sell you on their services, so this comes from an unbiased place. But LinkedIn is basically a professional version of Facebook and if you’ve readContinue reading “4 Hacks For Job Searching on LinkedIn”
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