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Category Archives: Job Search / Career Development

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  How Cleared IT Professionals Capture a Recruiter’s Attention

  Job seekers looking for interesting government contracting work are faced with an unfamiliar environment. Where there was once a seemingly endless demand for tried and true technical skills, many openings currently available are less focused on depth of experience and more att… more

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  5 Actions for Career Management

  Career Management makes some managers nervous. They might lose key staff or have to spend precious time training and mentoring people. It raises expectations for many people that they will be promoted sooner, or that another round of layoffs is coming. And for others, it’s just… more

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  Net – Work – Ing

  Networking. It’s important to job search the same way planting seeds in the spring time is important to someone hoping for vegetables in the fall. Like gardening, it can be harder than it looks. Once you know how to plant the seeds, however, it makes perfect sense and becomes e… more

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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