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3 Job-Search Mistakes You Don’t Realize You’re Making by Robert Chen - Nov, 2012 Want a job you love? Jumpstart your job search with our online How to Get a Job bootcamp. How long has it been since you either became unemployed or began looking for a new job while stuck in one you hate? If the answer is somewhere between “a while” and “way, way too long,” it’s worth rolling up your sleeves and asking some uncomfortable questions about why you haven’t landed somewhere new yet. Is it the 8.3 ... |
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Is It Time To Say Goodbye? What You Need To Know Before You Resign From Your Job by Michelle Dumas - Sep, 2012 It’s never easy saying goodbye, but when the time is right, you know you need to move forward to a different place of employment. But before you make that final step to resign from your job, you should consider the following points: Signed, sealed, and delivered: Before you resign from your job, make sure that you have read your new contract, signed it, returned it, and your new employer has indicated that they have recei... |
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Why No One is Reading Your Resume by Ozzie Saunds - Aug, 2012 You see an exciting job posting and email your resume, hoping to get a response from the employer, but unfortunately you are left feeling frustrated, thinking days later, “How come they did not phone me about the position after I sent them my resume?” Here are four possible reasons why, no one is reading your resume. Your resume is not optimized for computer scanning software: With the growth of the Internet, the way we fi... |
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Losing a Job is Never Easy: Just Ask Ann Curry by Barbara Safani - Jul, 2012 It pained me to watch Ann Curry’s goodbye on The Today Show today. Job loss isn’t easy for anyone; having to make the formal announcement on national television was obviously very difficult for her. She showed all the classic emotions of job loss…shock, grief, fear, denial, and perhaps a tinge of anger. Obviously Ann is in a much better place than many of us. She is being reassigned, she will still command a nice salary, and... |
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Surviving Job Loss by Dale Kurow, M.S. - Apr, 2012 If you are one of the many who are unemployed or anticipate being out of work, read on. When you lose a job, whether by choice or not, you may feel loss, fear and its helpful cousin, anxiety. It may have been a miserable situation that you couldn't wait to leave. You may start beating yourself up (mentally and emotionally) for having stayed too long, for lack of foresight and for the dread of having to begin a job search... |
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Joe Quits His Job: A Cautionary Tale of Transition by Emily King - Apr, 2012 This is a true story. A career military officer – let’s call him Joe for simplicity’s sake – retires after 20 years of service with a valuable and highly marketable skill set. Joe receives several offers early in his job search. He accepts one based on his interest in the work, the small size of the company (that would allow him to grow with it), and salary among other factors. Two months into his employment Joe is happy with ... |
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Another Option After High School: Trade/Vocational Schools by Randall Hansen - Feb, 2012 Why college? Unless you are one of the lucky few who receive a full scholarship to college, is a college education -- and tens of thousands of dollars in debt for you or your family -- always the right path after high school? As a former college professor, my first response is yes, of course a college education is worth the investment. More and more jobs and careers are professional, white collar jobs in which an undergrad... |
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How to Obtain and Use References and Recommendation Letters by Maureen Crawford Hentz - Feb, 2012 As a job-seeker, one of your most important assets is your stock of professional references. Both letters and phone recommendations can elevate a good candidate to a top choice and drop a good candidate down to the no-longer-considered pile. It's important that you manage your recommendations carefully to leverage them in the best possible way. The most important thing is to ask people who have good things to say about you... |
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Career change – Top tips for a successful transition by Louise Garver - Feb, 2012 The facts are clear. Over the last decade, executives want a career change because they are dissatisfied with their job / industry, unhappy with salary, insecure about longevity of job, work in an obsolete industry, or a victim of corporate downsizing. Maybe you are among nearly 50% of job seekers rethinking their career path. A recent Today show segment focused on Marla Romash, who after an amazing career in politics felt... |
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3 Easy-to-Make Mistakes Job Candidates Should Avoid At All Costs by Amanda Abella - Dec, 2011 Companies usually rev up hiring in January thanks to new budgets and the expiration of hiring freezes, which means if you’re a job seeker, you have an opportunity. But as a recruiter for a private employment agency, I can tell you that so many applicants are disqualified because of one wrong move. I interview droves of people and yet only want to refer about 10 percent to companies we work with. What disqualifies so... |
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