During your career and even during your job search are you holding back? Keep in mind, sharing is caring. ...
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Proof You Need to Figure Out Social
For those of you who remember when job search simply required opening up the huge "help wanted" section in the newspaper- remember how frustrated you felt when you had to look for work on the job ...
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7 Reasons You are Never Going to Get a Job
You've ended up here because you are frustrated by your job search. You may even be afraid that you are never going to get a job.
You aren't alone. ...
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Motivation Monday: Visualization
Taking the time to assess your priorities, values, desires, wants, needs, dreams, and talents is certainly not the easiest thing to do. It is, however, one of the surest ways to discover focus and ...
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Google Plus One (Google +)
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, ...
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My Top 12 Picks for Summer Career Reading
As a life-long-learner, I try to keep on top of the "hot" books. I use the word try for a reason. Most of the time, I am reading books about careers and job search. I know I miss out on a lot of ...
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Why Do You Like Twitter?
What I am learning is that there many reasons to like Twitter. I find it difficult sometimes to explain exactly what it is about this tool that makes it so cool, interesting, fun, productive, ...
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Don’t Make These Mistakes on YOUR Cover Letter
When writing your cover letter, you don't want to make mistakes that could turn off the recruiter or person receiving it. ...
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Reputation Management Part 3: Be a Tweeter
This is part 3 of a 3 part series in reputation management across social media. This is post is about the benefits of being on Twitter. ...
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Reputation Management Part 2: Blogging and commenting on blogs
Here we are, Reputation Management Part 2! Blogging to build your reputation. ...
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Building Your Reputation Part 1: LinkedIn
Your reputation on LinkedIn matters a lot! It's time to give some thought to your profile. ...
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Motivation Monday: Never Give Up
If you keep positive and keep trying, you'll be amazed at what can happen.
“Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, only this time more wisely.”~ Henry Ford
“Success is the ability to ...
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Summary Sunday: Dads and Grads
Happy Father's Day to all you Dads!
The traditional "bread-winner" role of the dad is morphing a little bit. It isn't unusual to hear about "stay at home dads" or "daddy day-cares". This ...
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Job Search and Social Media: A Collective Approach
You can't run a job search in a vacuum. You can't even run a job search alone. If you think of any of the great wins or successes in history, they all involved one or more of the following: ...
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Re-Inventing Wheels: 9 Job Search Resources that are great just the way they are
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 ...
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Motivation Monday: Be Purposeful
Are you just going through the motions or are you really engaged in what you are doing?
Are you authentic or do you feel like you are living in someone else's body or an empty shell?
Are you ...
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Summary Sunday
This post is dedicated to all the folks out there who are discouraged with their search, have exhausted their unemployment or stopped claiming. I don't need to tell you, this isn't the same search ...
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What Do You Really Want Your Life to Be?
What is it you really want?
What is it you are searching for?
I dare you to watch this video and tell me what you learned?
The Missing Piece, Shel Silverstein
Finding the right fit, the right ...
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A Job Seekers Guide to Memorial Day Weekend
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 ...
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Be Smart. Be Stealthy.
Are you dissatisfied with your job and considering quitting? Could you? Would you? I am not recommending you leave without another job in hand. If you want to leave your job, you need to find a ...
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Have You Turned Down A Job Offer?
My hope for every one in job search is that you have the privilege to turn down an offer because it isn't the best fit for you. There is no greater feeling! Being offered a job builds up your ...
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Decision Making Framework
Making the right career decisions for the right reasons is what this is all about. In an effort to help make decisions based on fact rather than emotion, I wanted to share a decision making framework. ...
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Motivation Monday: Shake, Rattle and Roll
How about starting your week with a bang! Or maybe just a good old shake, rattle and roll!
Shake off your past
Let go! Put behind you all of your feelings of frustration, disappointment, rejection ...
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Leave No Stone Unturned
Reaching out. Following up. Easier said than done. But, have you really, really done every thing you can do to fully exhaust your options?
I read emails, comments and hear first hand how job ...
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Using QR Codes in Job Search
QR codes...say what? Quick Response code. It works like the bar codes on items you buy at the store. A QR code reader scans the QR code and opens up the link to information.
If you could ...
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Motivation Monday: Planning, phoning, participating
Are you ready for a kick in the pants? Oh, I mean, a dose of motivation!
Plan your week
Time flies when you don't have things scheduled. Break your day into chunks of time! Set a timer to keep ...
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Summary Sunday: Jump on Twitter for New Grads and Job Seekers
This is going to be tough. As I was reviewing the articles I shared on Twitter this week, there are so many great ones, it will be hard for me to pick. Summary Sunday is made up of articles/posts ...
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Can You Afford to Put All Your Eggs In One Basket?
When you rely and depend upon a single employer to provide you with a salary and benefits and everything else you need for a financially and emotionally secure career, you are putting all your eggs in ...
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Motivation Monday: Save Money, Time and You
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. ...
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Summary Sunday
Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms out there today!
Whether you are over 50 or under 50, job search is difficult. Here is some information to help give you a better idea of what YOU can do ...
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