First, let me wish you all a happy Spring! It is officially here and this weekend in upstate New York has us thinking and dreaming of the warm months ahead.
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What Are You Reading?
Yesterday I received a package in the mail from my friends at Amazon! I have been waiting for this box for a week and it finally arrived. Like a child on Christmas morning, I tore open the packaging ...
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Assumptions Can Hurt Your Job Search
Do you make assumptions? I think we all do, at least once in a while. But making assumptions can hurt your job search. ...
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Summary Sunday Mar 14 2010
Hopefully you remembered to set you clocks ahead today. Sorry about losing an hour? Relax, it is going to be lighter later so you'll benefit on the other side!
Here are my favorite reads from ...
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Employed But Looking for a New Job?
You have a job and you know you should feel happy. But, you don't. You want out! ...
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Summary Sunday
Trust. Reliance on another person or entity. Having faith in others and
believing them. (from Wikipedia, of course.)
I am beginning to wonder where trust fits within society today. On one hand, ...
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Famous Last Words of Job Seekers
What is the one piece of advice you would give to a fellow job seeker? What worked in your search? What didn't?These questions have been asked many times and the answers come back ...
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Summary Sunday
Managing your career is all about networking. If you are in job search today, you probably realize how difficult it can be to cultivate the appropriate relationships while unemployed. You've learned ...
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2009 Hiring Trends In Review
Each year I look forward to CareerXroads Sources of Hire study results. Why? Because it justifies what all the expert career coaches are saying. We all know how turbulent 2009 ...
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Mind Over Matter: Moving Your Stalled Search Forward
As a member of a new community of resume writers and career coaches called the Career Collective, this post is one of many responses to ideas and concrete steps to secure your future in a changed ...
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I Just Did My Job
If I had a dollar for every time I heard a job seeker say, "I just did my job, I don't have any accomplishments", I would be so rich. So why are you so humble? Why can't you take some credit where ...
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“Best Of” tools for Job Seekers
Learning about related or tangent careers is something most job seekers struggle with. Whether it is re-naming what you use as a job title or drastically changing careers, learning the new ...
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Job Seekers Aren’t Networking
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 ...
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Twitter Replaces Job Boards?
TweetDeck's recent news (read article from ClickZ) about partnering with TwitJobSearch is a sign. A sign that we seek a quick solution to finding a job. There are millions of tweets every day and ...
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Log Off Your Computer
My computer was broken, leaving me without one for almost a week. What an odd experience that was. I couldn't look up phone numbers or information. I felt disconnected because ...
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Lazy or Un-Informed?
Job Search is hardly a DIY (Do It Yourself) project today. Well, it can be, I suppose, if you have a natural inclination for building relationships and learning. If you have never ...
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Summary Sunday
Are you in a slump? Do you need a kick start? Is your job search stalled? Perhaps you will need to take some time to re-evaluate your activities and actions over the past week or ...
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How will 14 more weeks Help You?
If signed off on by President Obama, job seekers will have their unemployment benefits extended 14 more weeks. Read more about the bill here.
Let me ask a question: if you knew your benefits ...
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“I want a job that’s secure…”
In this rapidly changing world, it is no surprise that job seekers are looking for security and stability. Honestly, who really wants to be in job search again any time soon? But I ...
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Ask for Help, Please
Children, almost instinctively, know how to ask for help. Most young children know when they are in over their heads and freely ask or demand "a little help please, Mom!". ...
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25 Signs That You Need Serious Help with Your Search
Perhaps it takes an innocent by-stander or someone with outside perspective to see what might possibly be the problem with your job search. Here's a checklist of signs that your ...
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