(Black Enterprise) — As part of our Job Seeker’s Readiness Guide (July 2010 issue), we look at how you can improve your career opportunities through your résumé, your network, your skill set, your profile, and your flexibility (see the July issue of Black Enterprise). Here, we give you five tips for raising your visibility at work… […]
(Black Enterprise) — Call it a dream to work from home in your PJs, choose your income, your hours, and plan working vacations. But the reality is roughly 27 million professionals in North America are working freelancers. With job satisfaction at a 22-year low, freelance work–including writing, blogging, consulting, graphic designing, etc. — has increasingly been […]
(BusinessWeek.com) — High unemployment, rising poverty, and the public’s dismay over corporate greed continue to challenge the market system and the legitimacy of business itself. Feeling the heat even amid talk of recovery, many large organizations are increasing their focus on corporate social responsibility. The problem is that their efforts have not made much of […]
(Economist.com) — IN THESE times, the overpaid fat-cat in the corner office makes a barn door of a target. Particularly in the financial services sector, where even at those companies bailed out by the taxpayer, senior executives have been quick to return to obscene bonuses, often coupled with poor performance. To add insult, such behaviour […]