Workplace
Best Gift Ever – A Jewneric Channuka Contest: ENDED
Buffer As we approach the end of the Gregorian year we find many reasons and occasions to give. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Kwanzaa or Channuka we all need to think... Read More »
Washington Jewish Federation Closes Its Doors on Fridays
Buffer In what must have been a very difficult yet ultimately responsible decision, the Greater Washington Jewish Federation has announced that it will be officially closing its offices each Friday... Read More »
ParnasaFest: Jewish Networking During Bad Economic Times
Buffer Dear Jewneric readers, I, along with Dani Klein and Susanne Goldstone, have started a new project called ParnasaFest. The idea is for Jews to network both in person, and... Read More »
Wordle Shows Visual Representations of Any Text with Cool Biblical Implacations
Buffer Today, someone sent me the link to a new web 2.0 site, Wordle. Wordle gives you a tag cloud of any text you put in. Someone already mashed up... Read More »
Mistakes and Second Chances
Buffer I would like to share a story with you. A few years ago, I worked with a job seeker who made a serious error in judgment. He had worked... Read More »
Shutdown Day – “Could You Survive Without Your Computer for One Day?”
Buffer WebWorkerDaily wrote a post today, “Could You Survive Without Your Computer for One Day?” asking if it would be possible to live one day unplugged from society. As Shutdown... Read More »
Dream Jobs
Buffer Many of us have dreamed of working in a high profile industry: sports, publishing, television or the movies. The work may sound exciting, almost like it is not work... Read More »
“I would like to send my children to Jewish school and live comfortably, but I have to make more money. How can I get the highest job offer for the work that I do?”
Buffer I recently had dinner with an observant Jewish professional in his mid 30’s. He felt that to send one’s children to private day school, buy a house in the... Read More »
Re: Kippot At Job Interviews
Buffer I was going to write this as a comment to an earlier post by Lavie Margolin, “I regularly wear a Kippah. Somebody told me not to wear it on... Read More »
“I regularly wear a Kippah. Someone told me not to wear it on an interview. What should I do?”
Buffer It is important that you do what you are most comfortable with. If you plan to wear the kippah every day to work and want a company to respect... Read More »
