Using big words on your cover letter can sound impressive but realize that someone has to read it. According to Jimmy Sweeney, President of CareerJimmy, you could lose up to 95% of your audience. As he states in Big Word WARNING… No one talks like that! make your points easy to understand by using words…

When speaking with someone going through a difficult experience communications need not be elaborate to make a difference. Robbie Miller Kaplan offers five tips to ease the experience. 1. Write a note to share your sadness, feelings, or memories and let the recipient know they are in your thoughts and prayers. 2. Bring a meal.…

There are times when you’ll want to take your twin beds and sleep closer to your husband- instead of falling through the crack try Twin Doubler- it makes two twin beds in a large king sized bed.

Do you have the perfect resume? Did you proof read it? That’s not enough to keep your resume from the trash can! Before you click send consider which email address are you sending your resume from? Here are three dont’s of resume submission.Don’t send your resume from your work account- it is unprofessional, reflects badly…

This summer, if you come across a religious family in transit, instead of staring, say ‘Hi’. You may even want to congratulate them on upholding a tradition begun at the Exodus. Read S. Horowitz’s warm commentary about the Jewish treck to their summer destinations on The Jewish World Review.

With both mom and dad in the workforce, young Jewish professionals are faced with an important challenge – what to do about childcare? Grandma? Live in? Au Pair? Can I afford it? Yonah Wolf sorts out the options. As a young Jewish professional with a budding family, it seems that every conversation that I have…

The summer is quickly upon us. Like a Jewish rite of passage, it’s time to take the weekly commutes to your summer destination. No matter if you go to the Catskills, The Hamptons, Deal or anywhere else there is only one guarantee- you will have lots of traffic getting there. This article is filled suggestions…

Many yeshivot (jewish schools) now require parents to purchase “chesed dollars” or gift certificates to local establishments so the school can get a percentage donation from the store. For parents this can add up to a lot of dollars to spend for a family and people look to get rid of them. The solution: Give…

Martin Bodek’s humorous inside look at the Jewish wedding ceremony. Kabolas Ponim – this means, “How come the ladies get all the good food and booze while we’re stuck with four tins of Chinese food, sponge cake, and one bottle of Old Williamsburg?” It is here that the chosson’s friends psyche themselves up for merriment…

Some countries have banned wearing religious symbols. Though they claim the purpose is to prevent anti-Muslim hostility, in reality, they seek to prevent all religious hostility by creating a ghetto mentality. Shh. Don’t let anyone know you’re Jewish so you won’t have any problems. Has the 21st Century turned into a recycled 19th Century? What…