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All posts by Rob Riggins

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  Will I Score a Job at a Cleared Job Fair

  It depends. From the truly non-scientific canvassing we’ve done of the employers who attend our events, 6-7% of the attendees at an all clearance Cleared Job Fair will receive a job offer. That’s about a 1-in-15 chance of getting an offer. Those are pretty good odds. It’s… more

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  7 Steps to Success in a New Cleared Job

  First impressions count in many facets of your career. That includes when you start a new job. Start your new position on the right foot to set the tone for your continued success. Here's a list of pointers for that first week at a new job to get you off to a good start. … more

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  Don’t Talk About Weight Loss on Your Resume

  We see a lot of resumes. That means we see some really interesting stuff on resumes. The most recent one that caught our eye was a paragraph on how the job seeker had lost weight, along with specifics on his current body fat percentage. Maybe this job seeker thinks it’s rele… more

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  Avoid These 5 Job Search Techniques

  Are you using bad or outdated strategies in your job search? If you’ve not had to look for a job in the past several years you could be using techniques that no longer make sense even though they may have worked to a certain extent in the past. The job search landscape has c… more

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  Think Like a Candidate and a Search Engine When You Write a Job Posting Title

  When you’re crafting the heading for a job posting, it helps to think like a candidate. After all, that’s who you’re trying to entice to read your job posting. And if they’re qualified, to apply for the position. But it also helps to think like a search engine. Career … more