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Professionalism — Critical for Job Seekers
Recently, the Herman Trend Alert reported on a poll of professionalism and how critical it was in getting hired. Here is an excerpt: ”HR pros and business leaders polled identified five primary characteristics of professionalism: 1) personal interaction skills, inc… more
Social Media Is Not A Silver Bullet
Should we do social recruiting in the cleared community The presentation above, which was shared at meeting our last week with key members of Booz Allen & Hamilton, inspired the following blog post: Anywhere you look these days, your inbox, newsletters websites companies are… more
What Do You Really Want to Do Next
At every ClearedJobs.Net Cleared Job Fair as well as other events, I talk with transitioning military folks who do not really know what they want to do next. Many have some idea, some have very specific plans -- but a large number do not have a clear, specific focus. Certain… more
Reaching Out to Former Colleagues During Your Career Search
As part of a career search, you will obviously try to reach out to former colleagues. Recently, I was contacted by someone I had not heard from in over 20 years. We had worked in the Washington DC area in the mid-eighties in completely different fields and had both left DC for a … more
Job Search Tools: Susan Ireland’s book and blog
I just got Susan Ireland's new book: "The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Perfect Resume" -- she does a great job covering a lot of job search info simply and concisely. Among her excellent "Resume Commandments", I especially want you to think about these two: Thou shalt… more