Looking for work or career change in NH/Boston? Run - don’t walk - to @NetworkForWork #NW4W

I’m fresh off yet another incredibly valuable event hosted by Network for Work professional networking group. Leaders Tammy Hildreth, Jim Starrett, and Paul Philbrick assembled a panel of 6 professionals who specialize in various aspects of career transition — the sometimes exhilarating, sometimes daunting experience most members are working their way through as we speak.
During [...]

New Pink Slip Lemonade Story: Wide range of experiences + career path detour culminate in dream job for guest blogger Pamme Boutselis

This story of making Pink Slip Lemonade from layoff lemons comes from guest blogger Pamme Boutselis of TrackAhead.com, an education and career focused social network launching later this summer.  
 
The phone call came mid-morning on my first day back from vacation in early August ‘08. I had just inked the contract for my daughter’s upcoming wedding [...]

Today@1ET - Online Q&A w/CFP - managing finances while unemployed - Boston Globe-sponsored

Recently laid off? Don’t miss this! 
Certified Financial Planner John LeBlanc, principal and co-founder of Boston-based Back Bay Financial Group, answers questions about dealing with personal finances while out of a job.  The chat will be held at 1 PM Eastern today, Tuesday, June 9, here on boston.com. A NAPFA colleague of mine, John [...]

Employed-but-worried? Squeeze every last drop out of employee benefits

There was good news on the national job front last week, relatively speaking, with both new claims and total jobless slightly down for the first time in months. Still, what passes for good news these days — the loss of “only” 345,000 jobs in May — remains sufficient justification to take precautions with your personal [...]