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Category Archives: Job Search / Career Development

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  How to Negotiate Your Salary and Benefits

  Get your full value from a potential cleared employer and negotiate the offer that makes sense for you. 1. Salary and benefits combine to form your total compensation When you’re reviewing an offer, there’s more to consider than just the salary number. While pay b… more

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  Don’t Send Your Job Search on Summer Vacation

  Winter is coming—I mean, summer. But still, isn’t summer a hopeless season for job search? Everyone is off vacationing, leaving hiring on hold, right? Wrong. Don’t let summer job search myths stop you in your tracks. Turn up the heat and put your job search into full d… more

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  Managing Your Digital Footprint in the Social Media Age

  Long gone are the days when we had a blank slate meeting new people. With the proliferation of social media and online communication tools, our personal brand often arrives before us, forming impressions based off of our digital footprint. While this can bring an added burde… more

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  How to Write Your Most Effective Resume

  Our top 10 list of things you must do to write a resume that sells you. Your cleared resume is an advertisement, not your biography. The goal of your resume is to get a hiring manager or recruiter to contact you for an interview. It should only include details that are re… more

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  How to Ace Your Interviews

  Our top 10 list of things you must do to excel in an interview. 1. Realize your interview starts with the first interaction you have with a potential employer From your online profiles, resume, and networking interactions, including job fairs, you’re already being ev… more