… Job interview coming up? Then PREPARE YOURSELF! … Job Interviews are tricky. They’re going to be asking you for specific examples. They’re going to be asking you for details, including names of people, dates, and outcomes … They’ll ask you about lengthy projects you’ve been involved in — how your role evolved, how you handled deadlines, how you handled pressures and difficult personalities. They are going to be testing you. — Are you ready for their tough questions? What you are about to discover here are over 177 MODERN, TRUST-BUILDING, FAITH-GENERATING, TOTALLY PERSUASIVE Job Interview Answers designed for today’s  [ Read More ]

Flip-Flops: Definitely not suitable for work Are American workers getting prudish? They might be. A new survey shows U.S. adults expressing more outrage at scantily-clad co-workers this year than they did last year. The report, commissioned by temporary staffing firm Adecco and based on interviews with more than 1,000 U.S. adults, found that 72% of Americans believe strapless or backless tops and dresses are “inappropriate for the workplace,” up from 66% (strapless) and 64% (backless) in June of last year. Showing a little skin below the knee by wearing shorts, flip-flops or open-toed shoes is also a bigger no-no this  [ Read More ]

If you are involved in an employment dispute, or need advice about an employment-related matter, you may need to hire an employment lawyer. An effective employment lawyer can help educate you on state and federal laws concerning wrongful termination, wage disputes, defamation, whistleblower protections, and other employment-related matters. Knowing when to contact or hire an employment lawyer can make the difference between satisfactory recovery of lost time, money, and damages, and never getting compensated for your loss. Below is important information you need to know about hiring an employment lawyer. Why You Need an Employment Lawyer Employment-related matters such as  [ Read More ]

By: Lloyd Chapman – Small business advocate | The Huffington Post Today, under various federal laws, the term “small business” can define a range of companies, from businesses with less than 50 employees, to publicly traded corporations as large as Lockheed Martin — the federal government’s largest prime contractor. This question of how big a “small business” is, is of critical importance to our national economy. For example, when the House approved the Republican-sponsored “Small Business Tax Cut Act (H.R.9)” last week, legislators neglected to mention that under the bill many hedge funds, investment firms, C-corporations and pass-throughs worth billions  [ Read More ]

By: Alex Knapp, Forbes Staff My colleague Dorothy Pomerantz notes that this weekend, the re-issued 3-D version of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, pulled down about $23 million in the Box Office over the weekend. This got my mind to pondering the mistakes that people make, ranging from making the Star Wars prequels to reissuing them in 3-D to actually going to relive the misery that was The Phantom Menace all over again. But mistakes are learning opportunities. And in thinking about Star Wars, let’s leave the prequels behind and focus on the original trilogy. It occurs to me that  [ Read More ]