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  5 Old-Fashioned Job Search Techniques

  The job search landscape has changed tremendously in recent years. The electronic age has led to information overload for both the job seeker and the employer. Here are five old-fashioned, or just plain wrong, job-search techniques to avoid if you want to improve your chances of … more

• How to Wow Recruiters at a Job Fair

  You just walked into a large room filled with government contractors' branded booths, each with several recruiters ready to make or break your chance at a job. There are lines at each booth, so you only have a few seconds to knock their socks off. What do you do? What do you sa… more

• Job Search: Stumbling Blocks and Feedback

  Job search is a difficult process for most of us. Applications disappear into black holes, a great opportunity looms but you cannot get a response, an interview goes well but months later a rejection letter arrives. In recent years these problems and many others have been aggrava… more

• Five job search time wasters

  Are you losing focus in your job search? Finding the days disappearing into an online haze? Here are some common time wasters you should avoid: 1. Applying for every job, no matter how far fetched. It's so easy now to apply online for jobs that you may be tempted to apply for pos… more

• Working with ‘headhunters’

  I often am asked to recommend a 'good recruiter' (aka headhunter) by someone who is in job search mode.  Recruiters in search firms can be a useful asset in your network. But they are rarely the answer to your job search! Even if you already have a relationship with one… more