Author Archives: John N. Frank
How do you quit? What about an interpretive dance video?
In the meantime, I’d say resist the urge to tell your boss what you really think when you leave a place. It could come back to haunt you, as I detail in my book. Continue reading
Age discrimination getting to you? Try these job hunting tips
Being a 50-plus worker today is tough. Being a 50-plus job hunter is even tougher. How do you get your foot in the door, much less get seriously considered for a position, in this environment? Continue reading
Where are the best cities to job hunt? Here’s a surprising list
The bevy of smaller Midwest cities seems to be saying the rust belt days of the Midwest are fading, in some places at least. Continue reading
Is LinkedIn Premium worth the cost for job hunting?
Another promised benefit, being able to see who was viewing your profile so you could contact people directly about jobs, also was an illusion. I discovered people can still mask their identities when looking at your profile. Continue reading
Remember when companies offered health insurance?
Employers will run away from paying your health insurance costs like lemmings jumping off a cliff, believe me. The same pattern we saw with retirement plans, i.e. company-funded, guaranteed payout retirement plans giving way to people having to fend for themselves in 401Ks and IRAs, will repeat itself in health insurance. Continue reading
Job Networking — three helpful phrases can go a long way
The second phrase is “do you know anyone at,” because you can’t know everyone but you can hopefully know somebody who knows somebody, who knows…you get the idea. Continue reading
Job Opening — Designer, Birmingham, Al.
This came to me from a college alumni listserv, good luck and always be job hunting. Continue reading
How to Land a Job Right After College: a guest post
The following guest post was sent to me by an associate of the author. I agreed to run it because it contains some job-hunting basics that are worth remembering. Continue reading
Job opening — Communications, South Carolina
Good luck and always be job hunting! Continue reading
Millennials and job churn, when will employers get it?
It would be nice to see the negotiation pendulum swing back to workers sometime soon, it’s been on employers’ side ever since Ronald Reagan busted the air traffic controllers union in the 1980s. Continue reading



