I had the pleasure of getting to know Barbara Bourn, who came up with a really great idea for job seekers. She is the co-inventor of the ‘Laid Off-Need a Job’ bracelets which sell for dirt cheap on her website, www.laidoffneedajob.com. People who wear these bracelets are starting up conversations with people about their job [...]

I’m a member of a very popular online business group through Yahoo called BNC (Business Network Chicago) and just saw an excellent question from another member that I had to answer. Below, you’ll find the question and my response. Would you have given more/different advice to Jon? To all, I have recently gone through a [...]

Every day, I talk with someone who just got laid-off and now they don’t know where to begin their job search. When asked, most of them say they saw the writing on the wall weeks or even months before the layoff. If you hear grumblings about potential layoffs, prepare yourself now. Here are a few thoughts on [...]