By Alina Dizik, Special to CareerBuilder.com With increasing costs to higher education, pursuing a college degree can be tough for some. But...
Happy Saturday!
Silly title to this post. Happy + Saturday goes without saying! It's a gorgeous day here in the Pacific Northwest. The sun is shining an...
Hank's capture video
I loved this video! It made me cry because it's such a happy event. You can see what a gentle soul this little guy is just by his demean...
Best Day Ever!! (Hank and me updates)
After four crazy, emotional roller coaster days of searching for Hank, posting signs, checking the live animal traps, I received the followi...
7 Questions That Make Interviewers Cringe
By Beth Braccio Hering, CareerBuilder writer Chances are you've prepared answers to a variety of questions an interviewer might throw yo...
5 Ways to Botch a Phone Interview
Selena Dehne, JIST Publishing Phone interviews are a fairly fundamental part of the job search process. Yet many candidates fail to progress...
Blue Monday
I'm not in a happy place this morning. There are many reasons: 1. Still no sign of Hank (see yesterday's post below). Each time I ch...
Platinum Blonde and Beyond
It was her trademark, her calling card and, in 1931, the name of a film for which she received third billing. Platinum Blonde had originall...
Chasing Hank
Meet Hank, a two-year old, 35-pound Formosan Mountain Dog: I spent most of my weekend volunteering with a dog rescue group, Saving Great Ani...
Can Facebook really help you land a job?
By Alina Dizik, Special to CareerBuilder While Facebook can sometimes seem like a way to simply post a few photos or let your friends know a...
My head has been buried in the sand
I've been really good lately about ignoring the the one thing I don't want to talk about. Recently, another blogger mentioned that y...
Want to get hired? Think like a publicist
Alina Dizik, Special to CareerBuilder Being a publicist is hard work, but public relations pros may have all the right answers when it comes...
The gym and a snow day
This will be a short post because I have a cat in my lap, with his head draped across my left arm. It's my cat Mickey (a.k.a. Mickey Mou...
Toothache from hell and pictures from my day
I woke up this morning thinking I either have bronchitis or maybe pneumonia. Every time I cough, my lungs burn and hurt, and my throat is ra...
What to do when job searching takes longer than expected
By Selena Dehne, JIST Publishing Even the most talented, educated and experienced job seekers may have a difficult time finding a job in tod...
Rising from the ashes
Where have I been? I've been right here, even though I've been away from my blog for over a week. It wasn't a planned or intenti...
For the Love of Film (Noir): About Ida Lupino
This review was part of the For the Love of Film: The Film Preservation Blogathon to benefit the Film Noir Foundation. One of the great dame...
What are transferable skills, really?
Beth Braccio Hering, Special to CareerBuilder Q. How does a quantitative analyst for a hedge fund get hired as a strategist for a profession...