This is a guest post from our friend Gloria Bell of Red Stapler Consulting. All too often we fail to stop and think about appearance. So much emphasis has been put on “what’s inside” of a person, we don’t remember that a job interview is a lot like a first date. There has to be [...]

Hopefully myfirstpaycheck.com is helping you find a part-time job that puts a little spending money in your pocket and helps pay the bills, but you should expand your search if you are looking for information about careers.  One of our favorite blogs, The Infrastructurist just posted a great blog post ‘You’re Hired! Four College Majors [...]

Our friend Jennie Withers, Author of ‘Hey Get a Job!‘ – an e-book of job tips for teens (available at heygetajob.com) sent us the following great guest post about how guidance counselors and teachers can help teenagers find jobs. What do you think? What other adults can you ask for help? Counselors and teachers are [...]

We’re big fans of Dan Schawbel, a leading personal branding expert for Gen-Y. He is the author of “Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success (Kaplan, April 2009)” and has a lot of great advice for teenagers looking for summer and after-school jobs. Dan was generous enough to talk with us about [...]

TAMAR LEWIN has a good article in The Times about the college financial aid system and the confusing FASFA form. You should check it out if you are trying to figure out how to pay for school. You are generally not going to be able to pay for college with after-school and summer jobs (especially [...]