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Job Seekers: Change How You Look for Work

August 24, 2011

The majority of hiring happens through referrals! Are you spending the bulk of your job search hours connecting with people?  I know most of you are not. You spend the majority of your time submitting online applications and tweaking your resume for submission.  STOP IT TODAY! When I was working with one job seeker, he [...]

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Networking, Plain and Simple

July 28, 2011

Networking is nothing more than an exchange of information.  Yet we tend to over-think it and perhaps make it more difficult than it needs to be.  Each time you interact with someone could be called networking.  Perhaps networking needs a new name?  (I wrote about this before in Networking or Whatever You call it). Last [...]

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Google Plus One (Google +)

July 10, 2011

There’s a new button in town! Do you have it? Do you get it? If you are already a fan of Google, you’ve probably already started playing around with Google Plus 1. If you aren’t using Gmail, don’t have a Google profile or just don’t want to be bothered with another social networking tool, you [...]

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A Job Seekers Guide to Memorial Day Weekend

May 27, 2011

Summer is almost officially here.  It is time to polish your white shoes and iron your white pants!  While some of you might be wondering how we got here so quickly… well, as the saying goes, time flies when you’re having fun. (Just a tad of sarcasm here.) Memorial Day weekend is generally filled with [...]

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10 Ways to Ooze “Interesting”

May 18, 2011

Hello?!  Hello??? Is anybody in there? Have you ever had an encounter with an empty shell of a person?  You know- the person who is dull, lifeless, uninteresting…lame? (Lame is an 80′s term, I know, I am dating myself a bit.) This could happen at a conference, coffee shop, graduation party or wedding.  Heck, it [...]

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3 Ways of Job Searching

May 6, 2011

There is more than one way to search for a job, you get that, I know.  Many times, those who are frustrated with their job searches, specifically networking, criticize the method.  They say it isn’t working for them.  They say they have been to numerous coffee meetings and group networking events. And still no job [...]

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