This page includes our running collection of educational and funny videos about job searching, interviews, cubical life...in short, anything that strikes our fancy. Enjoy!

Good News on the Jobs Front

Economist says that slow but steady progress is a legitimate sign that the job market is improving." March numbers show 216,000 new jobs and the national unemployment rate dropping to 8.8%, the lowest level in two years. This video from KXLY, an ABC affiliate in Washington State, will be especially interesting to those in the Pacific Northwest, but the national data is good news for all of us.

Salary Negotiation Tips

If you're like most people, you dread the moment when the topic of salary negotiation rears its ugly head in a job interview. But there techniques for handling this delicate subject that help you stay relaxed, show off your poise and professionalism, and keep the door open for the best possible compensation offer. This short video doesn't give all the answers, but it does show that there really isn't just one way to negotiate your salary. It depends on what kind of person you are, what is comfortable for you, and, of course, what will work in the situation.

Common Military-to-Civilian Transitions

This short video provides number of very important tips about how to translate your valuable military experience into language--to be used on your resume and while interviewing--that makes sense to a civilian employer.

military speak. Rank, qualification, special training you may have received and awards you have received are all essential ingredients in your formula for success, but first they have to translated into their civilian / corporate side equivalents.

The examples used in this video will show you how.

Navigating Major Career Transitions

Here's a very helpful, very substantial Harvard Business Review video interview with Michael D. Watkin, author of Your Next Move, The Leader's Guide to Navigating Major Career Changes.

Over the years, I have been impressed again and again with excellence of the material produced by HBR. The HBR business channel, which I found on YouTube, fits right in with that tradition.

This video, which first aired on October 20, 2009, explores transition from the perspective of men and women who already have significant leadership experience, and while there is much about the experience of change that is universal, there are special challenges--and opportunities--for those who have already reached the upper echelons of management.