Q TIPS:
Quick and Quintessential Career & Job Tips
Job-hunting tips from the December 4, 2000 issue of QuintZine.
If you have career change on your mind, you're
probably not too happy with your current job. While
you're waiting to find that new job or career, you
can blow off steam.
This unique Web site offers people the opportunity
to relieve stress by ranting about their job/boss
or co-workers in a safe environment.
Visitors can also view other people's gripes
about their jobs and sign up for a newsletter
that publishes the three best rants of the week.
They can also purchase T-shirts and
mugs and send messages to their friends about the site.
Loyalty to your employer doesn't pay, reported
US News and World Report not long ago. While
merit raises have hovered around 4 percent in
the past decade, corporate profits have risen 9
percent, and executive salaries are up 13 percent.
The older you are, too, the smaller percentage raise
you can expect. It often pays to look for greener
pastures, especially in an economy where employers
may be offering big incentives to lure warm bodies.
Working for a dot-com? You might want to be
especially poised for a job or career change.
Job losses in the U.S. Internet sector reached
record levels this fall, when almost 5,700
workers were downsized. According to a report
from recruitment firm Challenger, Gray &
Christmas, the number of dot-com layoffs has
increased monthly.
U.S. Internet companies have laid off more than
22,000 employees since last December, as young
Internet companies struggle under pressure to show
profitability. The dramatic drop in the value of
technology stocks has also affected the level of layoffs.
Most layoffs have occurred in companies focusing
on consulting, financial, and information services,
while the retail sector saw the
second highest number of job losses.
The report predicts that this holiday season
will provoke a shakeout in the business-to-consumer
sector, leaving many dot-coms, and their employees, by the
wayside. Read the full story on C-Net.
If you have career change on your mind, you're
probably not too happy with your current job. While
you're waiting to find that new job or career, you
can 