Oscar Del Ben of freestylemind.com explains how the erosion of job security affects you, and describes four great ways to start developing a second, alternate income stream to supplement your paycheck.

There have been several recent changes in my online empire. In addition to the new blog community search tool I recently introduced to the blogosphere, I’ve mentioned my new freelance site a few times, and my recent interview at ABCnews.com, but I wanted to take this opportunity to officially invite you all to visit Thrilling Heroics Consulting, a new sister [...]

Ever since I discovered Google Custom Search, I’ve been using it to pinpoint the exact kind of awesome articles, tips and tricks I’m looking for much quicker, and to increase my efficiency and decrease the time it takes me to find answers or write up blog posts. Personally, I’m a big fan of productivity lists, how-to’s, and life hacks, so [...]

Tech/management blog Rands in Repose has a few really interesting little tips about creating that resume. The author, an engineering manager in Silicon Valley, says he spends about 30 seconds glimpsing at each resume that comes across his desk, so you had better grab his attention! One of the most important (and funniest) realities is to write like you’re a [...]

Jason Alba on rebranding yesterday: About three weeks after launching [the Jibber Jobber site] I realized that I had to … can you believe it … rebrand! And you know what, it has been very difficult to get over the initial perception of “job search tool.” That’s kind of okay because it was optimized for those in a job search [...]

So, on Monday I took the day off and went down to Palo Alto for an interview. My friend Patrick Briggs works for a small internet startup called Zazzle.com. They were founded in 1999 by brothers Jeff and Bobby Beaver and their dad Robert, did R&D into new printing techniques for a few years and came out with some awesome [...]