By JCS Career Center If you have been in the workplace for any length of time, you might feel it’s a whole lot like high school – the popular seem to advance to the corner office while others look on from their cubicles. That’s not just your sour grapes about…Read More
By Faye Katz I see it all the time. Individuals who dedicate the prime years of their lives to progressing their career, replaced with younger, cheaper and more tech-savvy versions of themselves. Often the experienced employees are let go with only a couple of years to retirement remaining. Highly educated…Read More
By JCS Career Center You are invited to an interview because your resume showed the prospective employer that your skills fit the open position. What your resume cannot show is how well you fit with the company culture, or for that matter, if your personality gels with the person who…Read More
JCS Career Center Some of us make health and fitness resolutions, others make financial, parenting, or self-improvement resolutions. Of course, many don’t make resolutions at all! If you’re the resolution-making type, you might want to include some workplace resolutions for the coming year. Why don’t you resolve to: 1. Make…Read More
By Jaclyn Ades Work, just like life, has its ups and downs. Maybe you’ve been assigned a new supervisor after 10 years with the same boss. Maybe a colleague resigned, and you are tasked with more responsibility. Whatever the circumstances, things don’t always go as planned on the job. When…Read More
By Tova Jaffee If you’re looking for a job, your job is to sell yourself. When I meet with clients seeking employment, I always ask about their skills, qualifications, strengths and accomplishments. I explain they need to market themselves and include those important points in their resume. I have found…Read More
By Laura Bristow If you are looking for a job but took the summer off because you heard it is a bad time to look for work, you must be happy that Labor Day has come and gone so you can get back to applying. Could there really be one…Read More
By Lisa Gorman “Don’t waste any time trying to be anyone but yourself, because the things that make you strange are the things that make you powerful.” So said actor Ben Platt when he accepted this year’s Tony Award for his performance as the socially awkward Evan in the Broadway…Read More
By Laura Bristow Recently, the Career Center at JCS conducted a series of focus groups with employers and jobseekers. One of the most surprising findings was how much the groups have in common when it comes to job search and hiring, even though they would appear to be on opposite…Read More
By Victoria Smith-Thompson, MS, BSW “Every working age Marylander with a disability, including those with the most significant disabilities, must have access to opportunities which lead to employment in competitive, integrative settings.” This mandate from the state sets in motion Maryland’s plan for Employment First, a program created to help…Read More
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