Category: Ramblings

The Career Ramblings community of readers have given us great feedback and have been very interactive. This is the exact environment we were striving for when we started this site just 3 short months ago. We have a question for you – How did you first hear about Career Ramblings? Go ahead and take 30 […]

March has been a record month for Career Ramblings in several ways. We have received over 52,000 page views so far this month as well as several individual posts gaining a lot of popularity. Our highest viewed posts this month are: 7 Reasons Why You’re Not Finding A Job 9 Reasons You Are Not Successful […]

Yesterday we were made aware of a funny and friendly competition between bloggers in an NCAA March Madness type of bracket set-up held by Derrich.? Career Ramblings was the number 7 seed playing against the 2nd seed and one of my favorite?blogs,?Steve Pavlina.? Thanks to your votes, we pulled off the upset! Round two is […]

In the past, we have written?about interviewing and interviewing etiquette.? To practice what I preach, I’ll tell you about my latest experience interviewing for a position.? I recently went through?2 rounds of interviews for a position?at a university in?northern California.? When?I tell you to prepare for the unexpected in interviews,?I really mean it.? I probably […]

How many times have you had a problem with your computer system?? Regardless if you are a student, professional, or a home body, if you are like me, you’ve probably experienced quite a few headaches figuring out your laptop or PC.? I have had my laptop since August of 2004.? Back then, I was anything […]

A Technorati Ranking is becoming a must-have for all blogs and sites that feature user generated content.? Technorati ranks these sites by the number of links and blogs that link to your particular site.?Although?Google has been using this criteria as part of it’s search engine rank formula for some time now, Technorati is still the […]

Happy Valentine’s Day to all. Given that today is that special day for all couples and this is a site about careers, I thought what better to write about than dating on the job? Just as I was going to write, I found a site that has already covered this topic thoroughly. I have included […]

With all the excess dollars being spent by George W. Bush, I found some of these figures interesting and scary (from an email I recently received from a friend): Political Math The next time you hear a politician use the word “billion” in a casual manner, think about whether you want the “politicians” spending your […]

We have a few new updates to give you about our site. The first one welcomes a new contributer to Career Ramblings and the next two are related to new comment features. The Tune In We are very pleased to present you with a new weekly feature called The Tune In. The Tune In will […]