To help those struggling to land a job, global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. will suspend normal business operations for two days so its staff of professional job-search coaches can provide free advice to callers from across the country. The firm’s 32nd annual...
When looking for a new appliance, vacation spot, or restaurant, many of us search online for product reviews to help us in our decision-making process. The same logic applies when recruiters search for candidates. If others speak highly of your professionalism and performance, your chances...
The economy, which continued to gain momentum throughout 2016, is expected to remain strong in 2017. However, the election of Donald Trump, which promises to shake things up in Washington, D.C. and around the country, could have the biggest impact on the job market,...
Subscribe on iTunes Here! Or find The Challenger Podcast: HR Passport on your favorite podcast apps. Colleen is back with expert job search coach John Wirkes to answer your job search questions! Topics include the question of salary, best practices to follow-up after an interview, tips...
As the nation’s roughly 2 million college freshmen take the first steps on their career paths, the employment experts at global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc., offered some advice on which areas could offer the most fertile employment landscape over the next decade....
Keep Your Chin Up, Job Seeker The circumstances of how one comes to lose his or her job may differ, but the questions that follow are the same: What will I do now? Do I have enough savings? How am I going to tell my family?...
As if people didn’t need another reason to be wary of the job search, a new analysis from Challenger, Gray & Christmas found job seekers and employers alike need to be aware of a new threat: online recruitment scams. Scammers use a few different techniques to...
The growing economy means more jobs, and the nation’s 151 million workers may find themselves looking for greener pastures. The latest numbers show 5.5 million job openings and the quits rate at 2 percent, according to the Job Opening and Labor Turnover Survey from the Bureau...
Could Pokemon Go become Networking Go Dozens of job search apps already exist, like Shapr, Linkedin, or Meetup, but they do not have the active users that would ensure the right person for the job is hired. They also lack the game-like or sheer nostalgia quality...
