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Monday Motivation

February 28, 2011

It is Monday, and you know what that means…a little motivation, or, should I say a kick in the pants. You and I both know you can be job searching better. There is always room for improvement.  Think about what you are doing and HOW you are doing it. Are you measuring your activities? Tracking [...]

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Summary Sunday

February 6, 2011

Why is it there never seems to be enough hours in the day or week to get everything done?  Over-committed, time-management deficiency, or is it that the days are truly getting shorter? I know there are still 24 hours in a day, so I am resolved to believe that it must be the former.  So [...]

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Doing vs. Really Doing

July 28, 2010

Nothing is harder or more exasperating than looking for a job. If you are like many job seekers, you've been attending workshops and reading about job search. You've tweaked your resume more than once (OK, maybe you've tweaked it 50 times).  You've attended all the networking groups.  You've arranged informational meetings and still, no job [...]

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Tracking Your Job Search Activities

July 16, 2010

It is hard to know what’s working and what’s not if you aren’t tracking what you are doing and how you are spending your time. I remember asking a job seeker how many jobs they had applied for in the past week, the response: “A lot”. Probing further, I asked for a number, even a [...]

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Light the Fire Under Your Feet

June 17, 2010

I am honored to be part of Career Collective, a community of extremely talented resume writers and career coaches. This post is one of many responses to “heating up your job search". I encourage you to visit other members' responses linked below. Please follow our hashtag on Twitter: #careercollective.   I want to thank Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter, MRW, CPRW, [...]

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Job Seekers Aren’t Networking

January 29, 2010

The facts are the facts.  Most job seekers are not networking…efficiently.  Nurturing your contacts and building new connections has to start before you need it, yet that message still isn't being heard.  Many newly unemployed job seekers have no idea where or how to start their job search.  UpMo has compiled two recent surveys that [...]

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