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Category Archives: Job Search / Career Development

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  Could Your Career Benefit from Having a Mentor

  Mentor relationships offer many professionals a better, faster way to increase their career success. Consider working with a mentor as part of your career development. Some companies provide formal mentoring relationships. Most such relationships are informal. Mentoring relati… more

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  Five Thoughts from a Recruiter on Your Cleared Job Search

  Being a cleared job seeker changes the parameters of your job search. The company pool you are swimming in is different, the job descriptions are different, and the process to get a job is often different. There are steps you take in a job search and interviewing process that som… more

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  How Descriptive Are the Key Skills on Your Profile

  When you search job postings looking for jobs that interest you, you enter a keyword, keyword phrase or Boolean search string. The search results you get are not the actual job postings, but a list of job titles with the associated company name, the required security clearance, … more

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  How to be a Zebra in a Field of Cleared Unicorns

  Unicorns and purple squirrels (terms recruiters use for job seekers that match a job opening's requirements perfectly) are hard to find. In this field of mythical creatures you have to find a way to be a zebra. A real animal with high contrast stripes that doesn’t look like any… more

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  Detailed Success Stories Improve Your Resume and Interviewing Results

  You know why you’d be a great asset if you’re hired. The problem is that those that review your resume or interview you don’t have the time – or interest – in reading between the lines to uncover your talents. If you hide your professional triumphs in dense, off-poin… more