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Motivation Monday: Time

May 7, 2012

It has been said you can’t manage time. It moves forward and this you can not control.  What you can control is HOW you spend your time! If I were to dispense just ONE piece of advice to job seekers it would be… STOP SPENDING SO MUCH TIME ONLINE! This week, please, try really, really [...]

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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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Summary Sunday: Checking In, Checking Up!

July 24, 2011

The end of another week and the beginning of a new week.  I know how hard job search is.  I love gathering information that I think will help those in search. In case you missed my post this week, It Is Time for Your Check Up, Ms/Mr Job Seeker, one of many Career Collective posts, [...]

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Motivation Monday: Save Money, Time and You

May 9, 2011

According to the April 2011 Bureau of Labor Statistic report, 43.4% of people have been in job search longer than 27 weeks.  Believe it or not, this is the lowest the percentage has been in a year.  To really put your head around how long 27 weeks is… That’s 6.75 months. That’s 189 days.  That’s [...]

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Motivation Monday

March 21, 2011

Here I am at the start of another week!  I don’t know about you, but I have a bunch of stuff to follow up on.  I have thank you’s to write, I have people to follow up with, I have outreach to do.  Does this sound familiar? Being with out a job can be discouraging [...]

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Motivation Monday- 3 Tips to Get You Going!

February 7, 2011

Good morning!  Happy Monday! If you are job hunting or in a job you hate, Mondays can be a huge disappointment.  They mark the beginning of five days of doing stuff you don’t want to do.  While I can’t change the fact that you don’t want to do them, I can suggest some things you [...]

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