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Category Archives: Job Search / Career Development

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  Getting the Most from a Professional Conference

  I love going to conferences! I’ve added two certifications, gotten a job, provided valuable knowledge and expertise to projects and made some life-long professional colleagues and mentors from attending professional conferences. I’ve also wasted time, money and energy at a fe… more

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  Sell Recruiters on the Benefits of Hiring You

  People buy benefits. It’s true for selling a car, a house or you, to a prospective employer. The most frequent problem I see with job seekers’ written and verbal presentations of themselves? No benefits. A lack of the very thing that can sell a prospective employer on givi… more

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  Name-Dropping for Your Next Job

  There is an advantage to knowing people in high places, and it’s not hard to ride their coattails into success in your own career. Think about famous singers who were opening acts for other popular performers who got positive exposure in concerts. Think about Lieutenant Governo… more

• Does Your Resume #Fail

  The crowd was great at the most recent Cleared Job Fair Resume Reviews. Patient, positive, networking while waiting. And most even followed the written instructions. So I saw a lot of resumes full of editing done while waiting. All good. But the most common problems remain jus… more

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  Reshaping the Government Contracting IT Workforce

  There is increasing competition for interesting IT work in the government contracting industry. The new confluence of events that is reshaping the industry and its contractor work force: The embrace of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) has cut licensing costs, and incre… more