What gets people hired? Let successful former job seekers describe the smartest job-hunting tactic they ever used in their careers. Of the four here, one reduced his reliance on online searching, another decided to be who she is, a third sourced contacts from the business that let her go and a fourth relentlessly followed every lead.
By the second day of the World Routes conference, the printed PowerPoints and trinkets from cities all over the world pile up on the 355 tables for airlines.
A list of weekly networking events around the Las Vegas Valley. Want to see a meeting here? Send your information to bizbriefs@reviewjournal.com.
Fresno State fans booed anything negative that happened to their football team Saturday night, but they should’ve saved their energy.
Star power and Oscar aspirations are reigning at the box office, where the space adventure “Gravity” and the Somali pirate docudrama “Captain Phillips” are holding off all comers.
Caesars Entertainment Corp.’s abrupt exit from a $1 billion casino project in Boston has also resulted in the company dropping the Gansevoort Hotel Group from the redevelopment of the Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall on the Strip.
Caesars Entertainment Corp. has a bigger debt load than what Detroit owes its creditors.
Before North Las Vegas’ embattled Craig Ranch Regional Park became a $130 million headache for City Council members, the site was home to the city’s most popular golf course.
It’s a measure of how long ago President John F. Kennedy died that, at the time, television was described as a young medium. With the shooting in Dallas, TV grew up.
President Barack Obama on Friday nominated the Pentagon’s former top lawyer to help craft the nation’s counterterrorism policy as secretary of homeland security, suggesting a shift from the department’s emphasis on immigration and border issues to a greater focus on security against possible attacks.
Another 10 people have died in hospitals after drinking toxic bootleg liquor in northern India, police said Sunday, raising the death toll to 42 in the past three days.
JaVale McGee already has proven to be one of the NBA’s most offbeat personalities.
The absence of transparency in public-sector collective bargaining is disservice enough to taxpayers. But when the government proxies who negotiate labor contracts blatantly violate the few provisions in state law that lend accountability to the bargaining process, making it impossible for elected stewards to provide scrutiny, the resulting deal, no matter the terms, cannot be allowed to stand.
Fred Harmon, who oversees marketing and entertainment at the Tropicana, says he and some collaborators were brainstorming about what to put in a showroom that has been sitting there, beautifully remodeled and quite empty, since February.
Bishop Gorman junior Chelsea Crovetti found herself in serious jeopardy of losing the first set of her Sunset Region girls singles final Saturday.
Suzi Rajnai shed tears a decade ago when she learned that big-cat illusionist Roy Horn was near death after being mauled by one of his white tigers onstage at The Mirage.
Halloween is still more than a week away, but it’s never too early for some frightening TV.
Tanner Hansen asked for one thing when he woke up bloody and beaten in a hospital bed 10 years ago: a mirror.
Tiny Shoshone, Calif., near Death Valley, welcomes visitors to celebrate its heritage during its annual Old West Days, scheduled for Nov. 1 to 3. This fun-filled weekend appeals to history buffs, nature lovers and folks who enjoy country music, lively dancing and barbecue.
Setting the tone for a team that prides itself on its toughness, Wranglers enforcer Adam Huxley dropped his gloves four seconds into Las Vegas’ 11th ECHL season opener Saturday night at Orleans Arena.
Eric M. Hilton was honored for his community service during the fifth annual Volunteers in Medicine Ball on Oct. 12 at The Venetian. The event raised money toward the goal of opening a downtown clinic.
Antonio Fargas once thought a dream retirement would be a move to the Bahamas with lovely breezes and ocean views.
Having witnessed the recent UNLV-Hawaii football game at Sam Boyd Stadium as well as Saturday night’s third annual Monster Energy Cup at the little stadium on the outskirts of town, I have come to the conclusion that UNLV would be better off if Tim Cornett were allowed to ride a 450cc dirt bike on game days.
Initially, it appeared Philadelphia Eagles coach Chip Kelly might instantly revolutionize the fast-break offense and take the NFL by storm. That was the knee-jerk reaction after the season’s opening week.
Dear Savvy Senior: Can you offer any tips for finding low-cost cremation services? I don’t want to stick my kids with a big funeral bill after I die. — Still Alive
Every workplace is cursed with one. Every extended family learns to endure one. Every church tolerates, well, several of them. But when a busybody poisons your condominium building, a place where you escape every other life nuisance, things reach a whole new level of “mind your own damn business.”
