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Social Networking Works

October 27, 2011

For all those nay sayers out there, I am happy to share the news that YES, social networking does work!  But only if you are using it! As with most networking, you can never be sure where or how your connections will be able to help, you just have to believe. The Social Exchange I [...]

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Pinging Your Network

August 31, 2011

If you are truly ready to accept the challenge of networking for the rest of your life, then you will need to find a way to make it FUN, otherwise, well, you just aren’t going to do it. Reach Out and Touch Someone You have friends.  People you know a lot and a little.  One [...]

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Stories with Happy Endings

August 4, 2011

I love hearing stories with happy endings.  Don’t we all?  They warm the heart, give us renewed faith in the “niceness” of humankind.  They make ME smile! I was grinning big time when I opened my email from LinkedIn with the catchy subject line “Hannah, 117 connections changed jobs so far”.  (And writing catchy subject [...]

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It Is Time for Your Check-Up Ms/Mr Jobseeker

July 18, 2011

You don’t get a reminder call or post card reminding you that you should evaluate the health of your job search, but you probably should! And wouldn’t it be great if your doctor posed questions to help guide you through the check-up?  That’s what this post is going to do. This post is my contribution [...]

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Building Your Reputation Part 1: LinkedIn

June 21, 2011

This is the first of a three part series to help you understand how really easy it is to begin to build the right reputation for the work you do. Hopefully, you can begin building this before you need it, in other words, you are still employed.  The challenge for the employed is that this [...]

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Re-Inventing Wheels: 9 Job Search Resources that are great just the way they are

June 9, 2011

My preference has always been to find existing solutions rather than coming up with new ones.  I have found this saves me time in the long run. It is just the way I think.  Some of you  live to re-invent wheels and as you’ve heard, innovation is a good thing! But some wheels are fine [...]

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