As I'm sitting in my kitchen having my morning coffee prior to work, my roommate walks in through the front door (twenty minutes after leaving for work) and announces that he has quite his job. I was startled and asked him why? Did he have an argument with his boss? Did a customer take out their frustration on him? Was he fired and just too embarrassed to say so? No... He nonchalantly said “the job no longer interested me.”

The first step to finding a good job is to show up for the interview. I know this sounds obvious, but approximately fifty percent of job candidates never show up for the interview. I hate to say it but I've been guilty of being a No Show in the past. But why do people do it?

Always keep these three things in mind for every interview

We all know about thrift stores such as the Salvation Army and Goodwill – a determined shopper can find quality articles buried in those racks.

There are always career opportunties in the healthcare and medical industry. Some career positions are better than others and some despertly need new professionals while a couple of sectors are full. It can be difficult to figure out which field to go into. You don't want to choose one based only because they're hiring and working environments within the healthcare sector are wide-ranging.

According to research, one of the top 10 most popular New Year's resolutions is job-related. However, the craziness of January and February and than tax season can steer us away from our resolutions. While many of these goals are forgotten and never achieved here are the keys you need to open doors and take control of your career.

What new things will do in 2008? An expected big change in 2008 is employment. The employment rate is expected to increase by 15.6 million jobs during the 2006-16 decade, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Everywhere you go whether it is a mechanic's shop or a fast food restaurant, some form of technology and computers is being used. It may be a computerized cash register or the machine that cleans out your engine but it is a computer and everyone needs basic computer skills to function in today's job market.

It is that time of year again. A fresh start to leave last year's problems (hopefully) as a learned mistake and a time to set new resolutions. The problem with a nice long weekend or for the lucky ones a week long vacation is that we must all return to work. But only are returning to work we are returning to work in a new year.

Monster.com might be the biggest job website but is it a dinosaur? Job specific websites such as Indeed, Linked In and Peek Face are getting attention of career professionals who want to only look at career opportunities that are targeted to them and their industry. Specialized job sites do for career opportunity listings what Google does for search engine information – they list hundreds of listings from thousands of sites and create a free, searchable index that caters to one area or industry.