Careers
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Career Corner: In a Post-Pandemic Workplace, Are Remote Workers at a Disadvantage for Promotions?
Despite restrictions now lifting, many workplaces are offering employees the choice to either return physically or remain remote. You might choose the latter assuming that since you have been able to perform your job just fine from afar as remote workers during the pandemic lockdown, that continuing to stay virtual makes no difference. However, your…
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25 Hashtag Tips for Your Job Search or Business
Have you created a branded hashtag for yourself as a job seeker or for your business? When people like, share, and comment, it’s a win for engagement. Hashtags are used to indicate a topic, category, conversation, theme, event, campaign, social issue, your brand, location, contests, Twitter Chat, crowdsourcing content, and more on social media platforms,…
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Career Corner: LinkedIn Reveals Which Jobs Are Seeing a Hiring Increase in 2021
With the pandemic forcing many companies to lay off employees, it has left a lot of workers suddenly looking for new jobs. Contrary to what you might think, open positions have not dwindled across the board. In fact, data from LinkedIn shows some fields are actually quite promising for prospective candidates. Jennifer Liu of CNBC…
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MONTCO Careers – Neumann University
Located in Aston, Neumann University is a Catholic university in the Franciscan tradition, which emphasizes respect for individuals, concern for the environment, and social responsibility. Neumann offers undergraduate degrees in a broad variety of subjects, three doctoral programs, six master’s degree programs, and an accelerated bachelor’s degree program for adults. Director of Alumni & Parent…
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Initiatives Help Minority-Owned Businesses in Philly Region Navigate the Pandemic
When a group of more than 150 Black-owned hair salons and barbershops in the region found themselves struggling during the pandemic, especially in obtaining Paycheck Protection Program loans, they realized that it would be easier to figure things out together, writes Jeff Blumenthal for the Philadelphia Business Journal. As a result, they formed the Pennsylvania…
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Conquer the Employment Gap on Your Resume and LinkedIn Profile
There are many reasons why people may have employment gaps on their resume and LinkedIn profile. Some may be by choice and others based on circumstances. Some reasons could include COVID, elder care, foster care, child care, raising a family, medical or health, mental health, relocation, natural disasters, education or training, downsized, termination, resignation, travel…
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MONTCO Careers – Citadel Credit Union
For more than 80 years, Citadel Credit Union has been proudly providing members with a breadth of financial services, expert guidance, and innovative tools to help strengthen and grow businesses, families, and communities. Citadel offers a full range of financial products to help you save, plan, and prepare for your future. Citadel has been certified…
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Career Corner: 8 Easy Attitude Adjustments to Stand Out in a Positive Way at Work
Your advancement in a company often hinges on what distinguishes you as a worker. If there is nothing you have done that makes you remarkable in comparison to a dozen other people at the company, why should your boss be interested in promoting you? If you have grown complacent, there are absolutely ways you can…
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Secrets to Writing Résumés for Bots Versus Humans
The secret to writing a résumé for bots versus humans boils down to two things – keywords and résumé format for Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) vs. humans. I do not believe in the black and write résumé for humans, but I do for bots. Résumés with a pop of color may help them stand out…
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Wall Street Journal: Pandemic Prompted La Salle College High School IT Director to Reconsider His Career
When the pandemic started, Braden Bonner was still working as an IT Director at La Salle College High School, writes Lauren Weber for The Wall Street Journal. The 31-year-old Erdenheim resident started interning at the Catholic boy’s school while he was a senior there, and continued working while he studied in college. After graduation, he…
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MONTCO Careers – Penn State Great Valley
Located in Malvern, Penn State Great Valley is a special mission campus and graduate school of the Pennsylvania State University. Its academic programs include engineering, information science, MBA, data analytics, finance, and leadership. Educational Media Specialist This position will work closely with both faculty and the Instructional Design Department and is responsible for conceptualizing, processing,…
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Career Corner: Preparing to Switch Careers
Sometimes you just realize the career you thought you wanted isn’t working out, and other times the decision to make a change is forced on you by factors like the economy. Regardless, switching careers midstream is stressful, but certainly not impossible. Courtesy of Business Matters there are some basic steps any candidate thinking of going…
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15 Job Search Strategies to Land the Dream Job
As a job seeker, you want the best ways to get noticed, get an interview, and land a job. Below are 15 job search strategies, tactics, and resources. APPLICANT TRACKING SYSTEM – You need to make sure you understand how to format your resume to Arial 12 point font for the Applicant Tracking System and…
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MONTCO Careers – Qlik
Based in King of Prussia, Qlik helps enterprises around the world move faster and work smarter by providing end-to-end, multi-cloud data integration and analytics solutions to more than 50,000 customers worldwide. Senior Director of Global Digital Marketing This position drives digital marketing strategies, planning and execution for paid search, remarketing, etc. to drive awareness and…
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Career Corner: Unusual Yet Effective Ways to Make Your Résumé Stand Out
Everyone wants to stand out in their résumé, and yet we generally pass down the same rules for what to include on one. That contradiction sends a muddled message that leaves people unsure if being unique in your résumé is a good thing or not. Courtesy of John Spooner of CNBC, being different is good,…
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MONTCO Today Careers—Line Cooks, Servers, and Dishwashers at MBA Café
The Kitchen at the MBA Café in Norristown New Restaurant! The MBA are happy to announce that our in-house restaurant, The MBA Café, is under new management and will be open for lunch service effective July 6, 2021. Montgomery Bar Association’s restaurant is seeking full-time Line Cooks, Servers and Dishwashers for Breakfast and Lunch Monday thru Friday, and catered parties in the…
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70 Tips to Optimize Your Résumé to Get Hired
When was the last time you updated your résumé? Is your résumé formatted for bots or just humans? Fonts, borders, shading, tables, lines, and more matter. Your résumé format should lead to a successful interview to land your dream job, but it could lead to the proverbial black hole when applying online. Showcase that your…
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CNN: Narberth-based Wonderspring Early Education Struggles to Find Employees Amid Childcare Worker Shortages
Childcare centers nationwide, including Wonderspring Early Education in Narberth, are forced to work under full capacity amid a shortage of childcare employees, reports Vanessa Yurkevich for CNN. Childcare workers, or teachers, as they are called at Wonderspring, are 98 percent women and almost 50 percent people of color. They are paid poverty-level wages to watch…
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