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  7 Marketing Materials You Need in Your Job Search Toolkit

  The most successful job seekers I’ve seen follow a process that falls into four steps: planning and strategy, marketing your skills, networking and interviewing, and negotiation. Once you’ve completed Step 1: The job seeking planning process, it’s time to market your s… more

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  Fall Job Search: Get an Offer by the End of the Year

  It’s nearly fall—not only a time for the leaves to change, but also perhaps your job. If you’re in cleared job search mode, now is the time to make the most of the active autumn hiring season. Companies are resuming normal hiring activity following the slower pace of s… more

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  How to Master Your Personal Introduction

  Our top tips to help you perfect the most used tool in your cleared job search. Whether you call it your elevator pitch, personal introduction, or 30-second commercial, you need to be able to quickly and clearly communicate who you are and what you’re looking for. It’… more

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  The Most Used Tool in Your Job Search and Career

  Personal introduction, 30-second commercial, elevator pitch or elevator speech. Whichever name you choose, it’s the most-used tool in your job search, and hopefully, your career. You’ve no doubt put a fair amount of effort into your resume and worked to brush up on your in… more

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  Should Senior Level Job Seekers Attend Job Fairs

  I teach classes on career search and social media for transitioning government and military personnel. A common question I get from senior-level transitioning job seekers is whether it makes sense for them to attend a job fair. When they review the positions being filled at an ev… more