Since your first résumé, you have been told to be creative, stand out from others and possibly even knock an employer’s socks off. While this is typically great advice, there is such a thing as taking it too far. No matter what approach you take, your résumé is an advertisement of YOU with the goal of securing a first interview. If you advertise outrageous, ridiculous or crazy, don’t be surprised when you are Continue Reading
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The Most Interesting (and Ridiculous) Jobs Out There
Here’s a curve ball for you. Chances are, you had no idea any of these jobs existed. From insanely monotonous to surprisingly obsolete, here’s the wildest list of jobs companies actually pay people to do. The Doorman Back in the day, the doorman used to open the door. Today, most doormen have been replaced by machines. Doors usually aren’t that heavy, and people generally don’t expect the same formalities that they Continue Reading
Make a Living from the Couch—And Get Paid to Watch TV!
Hold on to your remote for this one—you can get paid to watch TV all day. You heard right! Netflix hires specialized TV watchers called, ‘taggers’ to watch TV shows and movies from their catalog and ‘tag’ each program. Similar to tagging a blog, taggers choose from a massive thousand-word pool to choose words that best describe the show. The tags are used to help Netflix narrow down searches and personalize Continue Reading
Considering a Frozen Food Tasting Job? It May Not Be as Good as You Think
As a freelance illustrator, Matthew taste-tested frozen foods to make ends meet. Everything from frozen Chinese food to French fries, he ate it. Four hours a day, for 3 days of the week. And for $16.50 an hour, it almost seemed worth it. But it wasn’t—this job isn’t what it’s cracked up to be. The excessive salt would cause terrible blisters in his mouth. Fried food has never appealed to Continue Reading
Rocky Mountain High: Jobs in the New Marijuana Economy
All those years of pot growing in your basement may not be a waste of time. As demand for legal marijuana grows, legal growing jobs do too. How would you like to legally grow pot for a living? It’s not that far fetched anymore—this budding new economy has lots of jobs to offer, and lots of them pay very well. Some people have made millions! So what kinds of new Continue Reading
Interview Strategies: “Tell Me More About Yourself.”
“If you could be any emoji, which one would you choose?” “What would you say is your greatest weakness?” You’ll have to answer tough questions during an interview. There’s no way around it, and you can’t predict exactly what you’ll be asked. Try answering the following questions to help yourself prepare. Give it a shot and see how you do, it might just help you land that job you need! Continue Reading
A Surprising Reason Why Men Get Hired Over Equally Qualified Women
Why do major corporations like HP have a disproportionate amount of men in management? Is there a massive sexist conspiracy to hire only men for well-paying jobs? According to an internal report, there’s definitely not! According to the Hewlett-Packard internal report, women (on average) applied less for top positions, because they doubted their ability to meet the qualifications. It’s a self-inflicted wound! Men, on the other hand, tended to overestimate their Continue Reading
5 Questions You Need to Know How to Answer
We’ve all been there. You spend hours preparing for the big interview. You know all the names, the mission statement, and anything they could possibly ask. Once inside, everything is going well, until you’re blindsided by a question you couldn’t anticipate. Not knowing what to say, you stumble, thinking to yourself, “how could this happen?” Don’t be set back like this again. There’s a way you can prepare yourself for Continue Reading
5 Ways to Build Your Career with YouTube
You don’t have to be a celebrity to earn a living on YouTube. You don’t need tremendous talent or expensive equipment either. Making money on YouTube may seem like an unattainable dream, but it’s actually quite possible with the right strategies. Thousands of ordinary people make a living on YouTube, and you can join the ranks by following five simple tips. Before we begin, just remember that YouTube is freely Continue Reading
The Debt-Free Medical Career that Actually Helps Patients
Faking illness is a time-tested way to skip out on work or school. For decades, workers and students alike have faked a cough and the sniffles, and gotten away with it. What you’re about to read may be surprising, so brace yourselves: You can get paid to fake illness. That’s right; medical schools pay people to fake illness to help train doctors. People hired for this position are called, ‘Standardized Continue Reading