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Has Your Network ABANDONED You? (10 Tips to Win them Back) by Rob Taub - Jan, 2011 Running out of ideas on how to stimulate your network? Are your one time 'good contacts' harder to reach today? Let me be blunter: Has your network abandoned you?! How often you can use your network contacts and for how long, IS ENTIRELY UP TO YOU. If you leave that up to them and it becomes "work" for them, expect 'contact' it to be infrequent at best and short-lived. FACT: It's human nature to want to ... |
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How to Tailor Your Resume for an Employer by Miriam Salpeter - Jan, 2011 With five candidates for every job, competition is fierce. Your online profile affects your chances to win interviews, but your resume is still the most crucial element of your job-search strategy. And tailoring your resume for each specific employer is one way to make sure you’ll stand out. Here are five tips to help you figure out how to appeal to your targeted employers: 1. Study organizations’ websites. Companies spe... |
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Overcoming Discouragement and Getting Back to Work by Linda K. Rolie, M.A., CVC - Jan, 2011 Excerpt from the book, GETTING BACK to WORK: Everything You Need to Bounce Back and Get a Job After a Layoff (McGraw-Hill). All rights reserved without written permission. The average job seeker takes about four months to land a job after searching for openings, preparing for interviews, and taking stock of financial resources. During an economic downturn, finding a job becomes even more difficult and so discouragement is ... |
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Warm up the Cold Call in Your Job Search by Linda K. Rolie, M.A., CVC - Jan, 2011 Excerpt from the book, GETTING BACK to WORK: Everything You Need to Bounce Back and Get a Job After a Layoff (McGraw-Hill). All rights reserved without written permission. There are few things job seekers dread more than making cold calls. However, if you are serious about finding a job -- and in these tough times, you have to be -- it is pretty much a requirement. You might just land the perfect opportunity as a result of... |
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Beat The Career Pattern Blues by Deborah Brown-Volkman - Jan, 2011 Do you have a pattern in your career that you can't seem to break? For instance, at your job there are people that don't like you. Or, you are constantly late to meetings. Or, you can't seem to get your reports in on time. Or, promotions or opportunities go to someone else, and not you. The common denominator in all of these patterns is you. Yes, you may be able to pinpoint a time or situation when something happened t... |
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Don't Expect Instant Gratification In Your Career by Deborah Brown-Volkman - Jan, 2011 We are an instant gratification society. We are accustomed to Instant access to food, drink, and our favorite TV programs. Instant access to books, newspapers, and information. Instant access to pretty much whatever we want when we want it. Unfortunately, instant gratification does not happen to your career. Instead, career development requires persistence and patience. We all want to race to the finish line and get w... |
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Five Quick Tips for Creating a Stronger Resume by Tom Albano - Jan, 2011 In today’s intensely competitive job market, a single job posting can attract between 200 to 500 resumes. Out of these, only a handful will be considered for an interview. Can your resume make the cut? Most resumes will be instantly dismissed for one of the following reasons: a) they are poorly written; b) they are not focused on the target position; c) they fail to address the employer’s most pressing needs. The ... |
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Stop Having A Frustrating Career by Deborah Brown-Volkman - Jan, 2011 Are you having a tough time in your career? Have you been laid off and are still looking for work? Are you overworked, stressed, and tired in your present position, and are unable to visualize a solution? Sometimes we believe it is the economy's sole fault that we are having such a difficult and frustrating time. And, we have a long list of evidence to prove our beliefs. People around us are getting laid off or can't ... |
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What Not To Include On Your Resume by Cathy Eng - Jan, 2011 There are certain aspects of a candidate’s resume that can have the opposite effect than intended. Seemingly helpful information that is found in a “typical resume” can have a negative effect on certain job candidates, sending their resume straight to the trash. Here are a few examples of information you may want to leave out of your resume and why: Job history dates before 1990. Though it doesn’t seem like that long ago, l... |
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Blogging Your Way to a Professional Brand by Debra Wheatman - Jan, 2011 To blog or not to blog? That is the question! You are a busy executive with lots of daily responsibilities. So why on earth would you want to blog in addition to all of your regular duties? I get it, believe me! As a professional in the career industry who is committed to providing my clients with personalized attention and professional results, it is sometimes hard to find the time. I make the time because I know that ... |
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