Should you directly contact an employer you want to work for? Yes. But there’s a right way and wrong way to do that. Here’s how to contact a hiring manager. I recently saw a Facebook post asking the hivemind what they thought about reaching out directly to a hiring manager at a company with an …
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A French primary school teacher is all over the news this week for getting suspended from a job last year because of his appearance. Sylvain Helaine, 35, a.k.a. Freaky Hoody, lives in Palaiseau, which is somewhere near Paris, and has his face and entire body tattooed, including his tongue and gums. His eyes have even …
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Getting older? Awesome. It’s better than the alternative. But it makes getting a job much more difficult. Know what the stereotypes about older workers are so you can anticipate and overcome these barriers in an increasingly ageist hiring market. Ageism is a huge problem on the job market. More than 80% of North Americans aged …
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