The comments that followed Barbara Kiviat’s recent Curious Capitalist blog, Rich people still have jobs; poor people don’t offered only top-of-the-head reactions to the numbers and possible reasons for them.
I thought it more curious that it seemed to bear out what Napoleon Hill claimed in Think and Grow Rich, that if the same number of rich people and poor people receive the same amount of

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When you’re looking for a job, differentiation is key. You need to make a positive impression that lasts. You need to bring to the table something that sets you apart from your competition.
Often, that element is continuing attention to training and education. For technology positions, this is especially true because of the pace at which the field changes. Now, when companies are cutting out everything

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If your job search is getting harder instead of easier, consider that your why may be overwhelmed by your how.

Each of us has a reason for doing what we do. In this case, we have a reason, or maybe a few reasons, for engaging in a job search.

It’s not because you got a pink slip. That’s in the past, and while it certainly colors your

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