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What Companies Can Learn from the Southwest Airlines Crisis

Success

Most travelers anticipate holiday air travel to be fraught with minor annoyances, winter weather and a greater volume of fliers—all likely to lead to a few hours’ delay or even some cancellations. Normal operations have since resumed.

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Yes, You Do Need to Start Applying for Internships This Early

On The Job

You may still be trying to recover from the holidays, but if you want a summer internship this year, you need to get busy -- right now. Tap into available resources. But, those who show initiative and resourcefulness often will succeed. Here's what you need to do: 1. Do your homework. Reinvent the wheel.

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Tasty Tidbits: Professional Development News & Views January 6, 2017

Eat Your Career

Resume Tips for a Portfolio Career. Resume writing is an arduous task. During the holidays, I was honored to participate in the Office Dynamics 12 Days of Christmas webinar extravaganza event! READ IT HERE >> . But it’s even more grueling for those who don’t follow a traditional career path. READ IT HERE >> .

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Dry promotions: Definition, considerations, and guidelines for employers

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When you increase the employee’s responsibilities and give them a higher-level job title without added pay, you are giving them a reason to leave the company in search of fair compensation and making it easier for them to find a better-paying job at a competing employer by building their resume.

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How to Search for Another Job Without Your Boss Finding Out

On The Job

I spent the holidays with family and friends, and the one subject that came up over and over again (apart from the discussion that we were all eating too much) was about jobs. Or, maybe you were careless enough to leave your resume in the office copier. But these days it's a much different story.

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Networking Key for Vets to Find a Job

On The Job

Read this story I did for Gannett/USAToday and promise yourself that you'll spend some time this Thanksgiving holiday giving thanks for our military and their families. Canella soon learned what other job seekers have discovered: Competing with thousands of others online is often like throwing a resume into a black hole. He declined.

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When working isn't fun: Ho hum, ho hum, it's off to work I go.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Polish up the ol resume It is all right to send your resume out and see what kind of response you get. In this new age of not doing anything more than a quick spell check on documents, make sure you do not have any spelling mistakes in your resume. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday.