Today's children and teens recognize the value of earning extra spending money or gaining volunteer experience. Creating a resume is an important initial step in the process of obtaining employment or volunteer opportunities. In addition, a resume can help a student in future academic pursuits.

The U.S. unemployment insurance benefits program was founded in 1935 to help alleviate the devastating economic impacts of the Great Depression. The program continues today, buffering the impact of job layoffs and temporary losses of employment.

Team-building activities encourage participants to build camaraderie, improve communication, develop collective strategies and establish trust. The successful completion of most team-building tasks requires cooperation, listening to others, sharing of ideas or the willingness to try new approaches.

Evaluating employee performance is a common practice in many organizations. Some organizations ask you to participate in the evaluation by having you complete a self-evaluation form prior to your review.

It is important to measure employee productivity to track performance and to identify workers who are either excelling or failing on the job.

Creating a five-year career plan doesn't only give you goals to look forward to; it helps you to clearly see your career path and what you must do to achieve your goals.

During a job interview, your interviewer will probably ask you to share your greatest strength. This question provides a great opportunity to impress your potential employer. Stating that you have good organizational skills is one of several good answers you can provide.

Part of starting a new job is meeting all of the other employees and getting to know them. You can become acquainted more quickly if you take the initiative and introduce yourself. An efficient way you can introduce yourself to fellow workers is to create a well thought-out introduction email.

Diversity and equality in the workplace are vital to a healthy, growing company. Employing people of all genders and races can make an organization stronger. If you hold a position of influence in your company, you can help to ensure that your company is treating people equitably and has appropriate diversification.

A pre-employment background investigation is commonplace with even the smallest business. If you have a record of misdemeanor convictions, you must expect the records to be located by your prospective employer.

Team-building activities help teams learn trust and respect for one another. Whether a team is working on a big project or trying to win a big game, mutual respect is important to the team's success as well as its morale.

Many people think of a resume as a listing of previous job experience—a challenge for someone who's never held a job. Nevertheless, many potential employers request a resume along with your job application. If you've never held a job, your resume should focus more on what you know than where you've worked.