General consensus and research shows that the serious unemployment we are experiencing will lag 12-18 months behind any economic recovery. What's more, 60-80 percent of all jobs are filled through networking, inside contact and word of mouth. It is through networking contacts that you will hear about the hidden job...

"There must be radical healing of the gatekeepers if our globe is to truly be healed." Malidoma Some; World Leader in Spirituality & Heterosexual Ally.

Taking a stand for love in this world has always been a part of my life's mission. With the recent deaths of the remaining parental...

Six years ago I buried my mother. Last month I buried my father. Two weeks ago I buried my grandmother. Still in my thirties, I am relatively young to be an orphan. As a result, over the past few weeks I have found myself projecting thirty and forty years into...

Fifteen years ago at my grandmother's funeral was the last time I saw my dad. Two weeks ago I was standing in front of him face to face. It wasn't the visit I had hoped for. He had departed his body 3 days earlier, and I was in attendance at...

Is it possible to have too many days that exist to officially send the messages of hope and inspiration? Is it possible to have too many days that exist to honor lives of people who have died in the name of that same message of hope, inspiration, and equality for...

Are you happy or exhausted at work? I have been hearing constantly for months from clients about the unhappiness they are currently experiencing at work and how exhausted they are. I have a number of clients who have conveyed experiences of having to cut the departments they manage in half,...

"I used to think that it was anger that motivated me...Then at some point I realized it wasn't really anger that was keeping me going..it was doing the work...Now...I don't think it's either the anger or the labor that keeps us going year after year. It is the love!" My...

Ninety percent of our eligible workforce remains employed even though we are currently experiencing the worst unemployment rate in 26 years. Stress levels are high during this time of economic uncertainty--and not just for those who are laid off. Unfortunately psychological stress can sometimes lead to negative behavior. A study...

In 1983 Bobby Griffith died instantly when he threw himself off a freeway overpass in Portland, Oregon. He could not reconcile his self-loathing and his religious mother's fiercely determined quest to heal his homosexuality through the Bible. It took Bobby's tragedy for his mother, Mary Griffith, to understand that it...

In an economic climate where unemployment is at a severe level how do you negotiate for the salary you are worth when you do land your next job? What are some of the qualities you want to bring forward in the negotiation process? Is it a good idea to be...

If the walls at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Los Angeles could speak they would tell you that last night was the kick off of the 27th Los Angeles Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Outfest, 2009. Outfest is one of the oldest, continuously running film festivals in Los Angeles and...

What are your greatest strengths? I am always a little surprised when I still hear people say that interview questions like this one are still the most popular. One dimensional questions like this are not the most popular among sophisticated, well trained Hiring Managers and Recruiting professionals.

In old fashioned...

Let us dream of tomorrow where we can truly love from the soul, and know love as the ultimate truth at the heart of all creation - Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson made the painful decision to give his animals up for adoption following the court battle he went through in...

Service comes in many forms. In my article last week I discussed how positive images in television are serving LGBT youth. As Pride month comes to completion this weekend with the largest celebrations occurring throughout the biggest cities in our country (New York, Chicago, San Francisco, etc.), Prayers For Bobby...

Television is often touted as one of the banes of our culture, but it can also be of great service to the empowerment and uplifting of society. To honor this phenomenon I kicked off my Gay Pride weekend in Los Angeles at a star studded panel, "LGBT Youth in Television...

Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law. ~Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy, A.D. 524

"We will keep fighting for love!!" declared Dan Choi to thunderous cheers at the Meet in the Middle rally for Gay Marriage in Fresno, CA. It was just four...

This is the first in a series of articles that will draw deeply on my ten years of Talent Acquisition (recruiting) work for Fortune 500 companies throughout the entertainment and staffing industries. It is my intention for these articles to support you with real, hands-on information. I intend to draw...

Are you advertising your job search? Twenty four hours after publishing my last article I received an e-mail from savvy, Eric Barker. This Ivy Leaguer just completed his MBA at Boston College and did a nosedive into the worst job market of our generation. So, he let his creative...

"I just realized that overmyjob isn't the best Twitter name 4 job hunting. Also I should probably shave & put on a shirt for my Facebook pic, eh?" This was the status of someone in my Facebook network just this week. It confirmed for me that there are people who...

I want you to know that I think my family is great, so why don't you people just stop all this hate? I know that love comes right from the heart. My parents taught me love from the start."-Hannah Jurs-Allen, fifth-grader, daughter of lesbian parents.

The November 2008 election saw...