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By now we all know Monster.com and LinkedIn, but practically every day new Web sites launch that aim to help you find jobs, stay on top of your industry, improve your career prospects or otherwise help you along in your work life. We sifted through the latest offerings and compiled the following list of sites that are worth a click. BRAZEN ...

1. Non-words Filler words such as "um," "ah," "you know," "OK" or "like" tell the interviewer you're not prepared and make you sound like a Valley Girl (or Boy). A better strategy is to think before you speak, taking pauses and breaths when you lose your train of thought. Everybody utters an occasional "um," but don't let it start every sentence. ...

The biggest obstacle to getting a new job may be the plate of spaghetti that falls on your lap. Even in these days of shrinking expense accounts, prospective employers often take job candidates out to eat as a step in the interview process. The breakfast/lunch/dinner interview makes sense for employers for several reasons, says Jill Zoromski, senior vice president and director ...

1. Why do you want to work in this industry? Bad answer: “I love to shop. Even as a kid, I spent hours flipping through catalogues.” Don’t just say you like it. Anyone can do that. Focus instead on your history with that particular industry and, if you can, tell a success story. Good answer: “I've always loved shopping, but my ...

You've adhered to the job-seekers' bible by networking with friends, family, the guy seated next to you at the ballgame and anyone capable of providing a connection to get you off unemployment and back on a payroll. The payoff, or at least a smidgen of hope, comes the day a network source comes through with the direct telephone line of a ...

It's no secret that in today's down jobs market, job seekers are firing off resumes into every digital hole they can find - and employers are feeling the pain. Take Liane Janovsky, a Fort Worth employment lawyer who had an opening for a paralegal this spring and posted it for free on Craigslist to save money. "I got a hundred applications ...

Being president of the United States is the toughest job in the world, and running for president is the second toughest. Current and former candidates like Hillary Clinton, John McCain and Barack Obama spend years gearing up for this ultimate job competition. As a job hunter, you can learn from both their successes and gaffes. Here are five lessons right from ...

When people find out I work for Monster, they often ask me for advice on their own careers. I give this standard guidance when people complain they have a bad job: Put your resume together, start looking and try not to let the situation get you down. It will pass. But every experience, good or bad, teaches you life lessons, and ...

Your job is making you miserable. You dread getting up in the morning, you have nightmares about your boss and the thought of looking at that spreadsheet one more time literally makes you sick to your stomach. But no matter who you turn to, you get the same tired advice: now is not the time to quit. Six hundred thousand people ...

NEW YORK - One chief executive tutors another. A mother on flex time shows her younger counterpart how to mesh career and family. Working together on a short project leads an older man to push his younger self to follow in his footsteps. Young people flooding into the work world often need someone to advocate for them: guidance on how to ...

Who doesn't network these days? Attend any job search seminar, and the hows and whys of relationship-building are front and center. Read any book on career advancement, and chances are it will focus on how to meet and cultivate others in your industry. After all, the mantra goes, it's not what you know but who you know. But with all that ...

[photo:42800] In most job-filling situations, the employer has the luxury of choosing from several well-qualified applicants, all of whom could probably do the job, especially now. With so many job seekers on the hunt, little things, like the common, but often unrecognized, mistakes described here almost always come into play. Even in a strong job market, intangibles (what's not on your ...

1. Withhold Your Resume Here's what not to do: Fire off a volley of resumes to human resources departments. "Sending a resume is simply a way to oblivion," says Jeffrey Fox, author of Don't Send a Resume. HR departments must quickly eliminate nearly all of the hundreds of resumes submitted for a single opening. At the first whiff of your extra ...

You've sent out 800 resumes, done one interview, received zero offers. You find yourself looking lower and lower on the totem pole and occasionally eyeing openings for line managers at the competitor that killed your former employer. It sounds ridiculous, but we all know it's true. You can be overqualified for a job. Why some employers think this way, we'll never ...

As the number of small businesses continues to grow, opportunities for admin/support staff are growing, too. Here are some reasons why you may want to make the move from MegaCorp Inc. to MiniCorp. h4. Higher Accountability “At my previous job, I often felt like a cog in a very large wheel – unknown, anonymous and unimportant to the company’s owners,” says ...

Job hunters, here's insight into what employers hate about your applications. Ann Mann, who advises persons in job-transition programs at Lee Hecht Harrison in Overland Park, collected pet peeves from a "recruiters' roundtable." The hirers' biggest gripes: - Applicants who apply to several positions at the same company at the same time. "It's an employers' market. They can be very particular ...

Rose McKinney recalls one job candidate who blogged and tweeted herself directly out of a job interview. This was not an entry-level job or a rookie mistake. The potential job position was a midlevel account manager. The candidate was experienced. "On paper she looked solid, someone worth talking to," said McKinney, president of Risdall McKinney Public Relations. "But on blog spaces ...

If you're looking for a job, you may want to do more than brush up your resume. You may also want to re-examine your Facebook page. More and more, employers are prowling social network sites - such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter - to check on potential new hires. "It can be a legitimate way to see if someone is a ...

[photo:28415] More companies are treating internship programs as extended job interviews for full-time positions. But unlike a straightforward interview, it's not always clear who you have to impress or how the decision maker will evaluate you. To help you figure out how to turn your internship into full-time employment, we asked for advice from former interns at companies on BusinessWeek's list ...

Just ask any job seeker these days: It's crowded out there. Two new books, "Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 2.0" (Wiley) and "The Job Hunter's Survival Guide" (Ten Speed Press), aim to help the jobless stand apart . Job Front talked last week with the respective authors, David Perry of Canadian-based executive search firm Perry-Martel International and Bay Area resident Richard ...