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Do You Apply for Jobs but Not Get Interviews

There may be a number of reasons you aren't getting interviews for the jobs you apply for. You may not be qualified. You may have talented and plentiful competition. Or your applications might need some work. Check your strategy to see if the following issues may be keeping you … more

Will I Score a Job at a Cleared Job Fair

It depends. From the truly non-scientific canvassing we’ve done of the employers who attend our events, 6-7% of the attendees at an all clearance Cleared Job Fair will receive a job offer. That’s about a 1-in-15 chance of getting an offer. Those are pretty good odds. It’s… more

Don’t Talk About Weight Loss on Your Resume

We see a lot of resumes. That means we see some really interesting stuff on resumes. The most recent one that caught our eye was a paragraph on how the job seeker had lost weight, along with specifics on his current body fat percentage. Maybe this job seeker thinks it’s rele… more

Avoid These 5 Job Search Techniques

Are you using bad or outdated strategies in your job search? If you’ve not had to look for a job in the past several years you could be using techniques that no longer make sense even though they may have worked to a certain extent in the past. The job search landscape has c… more

Think Before You Drop Your Job Search to Start a Business

Tired of job searching? Let me put it another way. Sick and tired of job searching? Or sick of rolling from contract to contract? With all the changes occurring in the cleared community over the past couple years we’re hearing more and more individuals talking about exploring �… more