The Right Keywords Can Get Your Resume Noticed Among the Harshest Competition It’s often been said that saying the right words at the right time is the key to success in the business world. If you have a line in your presentation that really captures attention…or if you say something particularly clever in a job
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Are you stuck in middle management hell? A generation of workers can’t get ahead – because aging boomers above them won’t budge. Here’s how to break through the gray ceiling. Jon Ciampi had always thought of himself as a rising star. A portfolio analyst for Wells Fargo in San Francisco, he had a solid job
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5 resume requisites Looking to land that perfect job? Give your vita clarity and impact with these crucial hints When a manager is looking to hire a brilliant employee who stands out from the rest, she skims through resumes searching for ones that are vague, have misspellings and are unorganized. Why? So she can toss
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Common Misconceptions About Career Management You get your clothes cleaned when they’re dirty. You pay your bills each month. You see your doctor once or twice a year. You send cards to family-members at each birthday. So, why is it that most people (maybe even you!) don’t integrate career management into their regular routine? Most
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Don’t get caught in your own Web Companies, large and small, visit networking sites as part of low-cost background checks. Resumes provide employers with job candidates’ experience in black and white. These days, smaller companies want to know about the gray area. They also want to save money. In the past several years, employers have
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Some recruiters say paper resumes dying out Technology may soon make the paper copy of a resume an obsolete tool for those seeking a job, according to recruiters at this weekend’s Missouri Black Expo Job Fair. Although some companies, especially smaller or midsize employers, still prefer hard copies of resumes, many others are encouraging job
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Successful job search boils down to one word – synergy Synergy is defined as “the interaction of two or more agents so that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects.” Synergy explains the difference between John, Paul, George and Ringo (individual musicians) and The Beatles (a magical combination). Most job
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Getting back to work Stay-at-home parents returning to job market need to be confident, prepared and realistic in quest for employment. Back-to-school time is just weeks away and a sense of dread has fallen over the Martinez household. There is complaining, whining and sadness that the long days at home are almost over. “Fortunately, it’s
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High-Tech Exec Market Picking Up The high-tech, healthcare and financial service industries are expected to create the most executive-level jobs in the third quarter, according to the latest EER (Executive Employment Report) released July 31 by ExecuNet, a executive job search and networking firm. Across all industries, the demand for executive talent is the greatest
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