Rather than feel like Chicken Little, running around squawking "The end is near", I just have to believe that the information below is on track.
Right now we are all cutting back (businesses as ...
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Archives for March 2009
I am Old and No-one Wants to Hire me
It is amazing to me how many people believe the reason no-one is calling them in for an interview is because they are old.
Really? How does the employer know how old you are when reading your ...
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A Career is a Journey
Guest Post by Carol White Llewellyn
I have often envied people who knew exactly what they wanted to do in life. My career path has been more like a canoe ride down an uncharted river. I ...
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Another Happy Ending
When it rains, it pours. I heard from another former job seeker who recently acquired a job. (Thanks for letting me know!)
This talented and entrepreneurial writer found her way ...
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Forget About Submitting Your Resume On-Line
Stop applying for jobs on-line immediately! You are wasting your time. Here's why. A civil service agency in Rochester received over 1000 resumes for one entry level job.
Your ...
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How to tweak your resume
I've said it before- I am not a good resume writer, I am just reading a lot of job postings. Therefore, anyone can be great at writing a resume!
The new and "must do" ...
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Best Advice for Interviewing Strategy
I love the philosophy behind this post on Ask The Headhunter. It truly is the best interviewing advice ever. It is written for employers, kinda, yet clearly explains the logic behind ...
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Getting Back to Basics
Everything happens for a reason. Perhaps this situation we find ourselves in right now was to serve as a wake-up call. Were our values out of whack?
Now is a really good time to ...
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Looking for a Job-Try Harder
Most of you don't want to network. Introverts outnumber extroverts 50.8% to 49.3%. More men (54.1%) are introverts than women (47.5%). So let's not call it networking. Call it getting out of your ...
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I can’t move my family…
Or can you? Relocation is a scary thought. Anita Bruzzese wrote a post about considering the options and tells the story of a family that took a risk. Here are the take ...
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3 Ways to Make Your Resume Stand Out
In case you haven't heard, resumes are different today. They have to contain compelling reasons for the employer to want to call you. What that means for you is that each resume you ...
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Numbers Speak
If you want to know how you are doing with your job search, you need to look at the data. That means you will need to track the data. Are you keeping track of how your time is being ...
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