Richard M. Knappen

Richard M. Knappen is the president of Chessmen Career Movers, an outplacement, career management, and consulting firm that is one of the oldest and largest locally-owned companies of its type in Southern California.

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Old Guys (and Girls) Rule

Older employees outperform younger workers. So why aren’t they hired more often?

A Job is Your Destination But Do you Know How to Get There?

If we know where we are going, we are more likely to get there. A job search is the same. If one has a written goal, a direction, the possibility of achieving that goal is ...

Welcome to the New Age of the Job Search

In these tough economic times, one needs to expand the thinking; one needs to become flexible to changes in the ways in which a job search is conducted, and to open one’s mind to new ...

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