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Networking With Civilians: Four Steps To Effective Sea Stories
Networks are groups of people who know you, not just people who know you exist. One of the best ways to become a real person in the eyes of others is to talk about your experiences and ideas. Face-to-face conversations are the chance for you to add context and depth to your exper… 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
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
Interview with a Recruiter, April Rose, NMR Consulting
April, tell us about yourself and NMR I started with NMR Consulting in April of 2009. I came on board to source candidates to build our internal database and to work on finding new ways to recruit candidates at little or no cost. I was new to the DoD world and to recruiting in… more
Job Seeker Tips if You’ve Been Unemployed Over 4 Months
If you’ve been searching for a new position with little or no success -- sending out resumes, filling out applications, networking -- it’s easy to become discouraged, deflated, and defeated. However, I have worked with a number of clients who experienced long-term unempl… more