Careers

Your employee compensation and benefits package can be the deciding factor for many potential employees. And it’s not just the money. To make your company competitive and attractive to job candidates, you have to offer an exceptional total benefits package.
Here are some suggestions for creating a compensation package that will be attractive to today’s employees.
1.    Salary

By Judi Perkins, FindThePerfectJob.com

Stepping outside of your comfort zone and following up on your resume with a potential employer is a hotly contested topic. The prevailing belief: if the company wants me, they'll move mountains to hunt me down and bring me in or hire me. True - and not true.

Over time, following up with targeted companies teaches you to examine a lot of misconceptions, understand what being pro-active means, and allows you to reap the benefits.

Here are some basics to practice when you make that call:

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By Melissa Suey, Career and Leadership Coach, RedSkyLeadership.com

A reader asks, "Companies say they don't discriminate against older workers, but it sure feels like it. What advice do you have for those of us who are 50+ and looking for work?"

My response: Your question is perfectly timed as I recently finished facilitating an eight-week WorkReady 55+ program, geared to help older workers use age to their advantage in their job search. As we wrapped up the program, I asked each participant to share what was most helpful. How alike their answers were!

When you’re a student, you work to achieve the highest possible GPA. When you graduate, I’m sorry to say, that number doesn’t really matter.
When it comes to getting a job, employers don’t want to know what you did, they want to know what you can do. Here are 9 real-life skills that you can pick up in college – that will actually mean something in the real world.
1.    Knowing how you learn