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Category Archives: Job Search / Career Development

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  Holiday Traditions and Your Job Search

  Bah-Humbug. Not really, but when it comes to those holiday traditions... Spending money you don’t have, on presents you don’t want to buy, to travel to places you don’t want to go, on entertaining you don’t want to do. Spending time you don't have, wit… more

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  Calling Potential Contacts

  In every human being, there is an intrinsic part that wants to help others. There is also an intrinsic part that prompts us to reach out to ask for help. In this digital age, sometimes it works to pick up the phone and talk directly to potential connections. But when job seeke… more

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  Resumes Then vs Resumes Now

  In the battle to fill jobs, I am on the hiring line and I see a lot of senseless casualties. All too often qualified candidates are passed over, rejected, or simply never seen. It pains me to see the same errors kill candidates’ chances over and over. Across the decades I’… more

• Smart and Senior – Job Search Tips

  Every job fair in the past 18 months which I have attended or heard of has had more senior-level people attending. So your ‘competition’ is increasing. What should you do? Tip 1.  It’s who knows you, not just who you know. You need to involve your current network ef… more

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  6 Successful Job Seeker Traits

  One of my clients walked into our job search team meeting one day and declared:  “Persistence. I think it just really takes persistence to get a job today.” The comment started me thinking. What had I noticed about the traits of successful job seekers?  What did they see… more