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It’s always difficult coming up with the right words to say when resigning. One man, Chris Holmes AKA “Mr. Cake,” not only found the right words, but he also found an interesting way to resign when starting a new business and went viral in the process! Chris quit his job as a Border Agent at [...]

Have you applied to 1000′s of jobs and are wondering, “Why you didn’t get the interview?” Job hunting can be brutal. You’ve spent hours upon hours entering the exact same details on each employers website, and you’re starting to think that you are missing some secret to scoring that interview. Or, is there a glaring [...]

As LinkedIn celebrates surpassing 200 Million members, they recently sent me this email congratulating me on having one of the top 1% most viewed LinkedIn profiles for 2012. This came as a surprise to me as I am relatively unknown compared to famous business mavens and other social media rock stars that can be found [...]

The Creative Resume When searching for a job, we don’t recommend using gimmicks unless they are truly amazing. The majority of time they will backfire, but if pulled off just right, you may just land your dream gig! In the world of amazing resumes, Philippe Dubost created a resume you’ll have to see to believe! [...]

The team at JobKaster is debating on which logo design to use. Wanna help? Complete the survey below to cast your vote! Should we stick with the original logo or go with the new design? Click here or on the picture to take the survey We need your help! If you’re graphically inclined, you can [...]

A routine. That’s all you need. Everyday after work, I shut down my computer, fight the traffic, and head straight to the gym. I love it. I love the banging of the plates as the weights are being racked, the feeling of the weights pushing down on your muscles, and the grunting and shouting as [...]

If you’ve listened to the doom and gloom on the news recently, you know that unemployment is a hot topic issue. We did a little research on the actual numbers and came up with some interesting results. We’ve also designed this handy little infographic to help us understand all those numbers. We’re not big numbers [...]

Many people have asked us why we chose to build a map based job search application. After one particularly long afternoon Houston commute, I started looking for jobs closer to home. I tried the major career search boards, but the zip code search they used didn’t always return jobs within the area I specified. I [...]