Recruiters use online contacts as job references Job interviewees, beware: Your prospective boss may have called your references before you walk through the door — and they may not be the contacts you provided. Professional networking sites such as LinkedIn Corp. and Jobster Inc. are making it easier for employers to get in touch with
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While most resumes appear to look the same on the surface, there are key areas that differentiate well-written winning resumes from those that never make it into the hands of the hiring managers. To customize your resume for the job that you want, pay attention to the following three elements: resume style, career objective, and
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How does Apple get all those millions of people to enthusiastically lay down hundreds of dollars for iPods and iPhones, and thousands for MacBooks? Marketing. Apple is extraordinarily effective at communicating that their products will meet or exceed the desires, needs and expectations of their target audience. And what is your job search, after all,
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There is a saying in sales that you do not sell the steak, you sell the sizzle. This is every bit as true in writing an employment cover letter. Here are some tips that will help you write a cover letter that sells the sizzle. Your Personal Sales Letter Above all else, your employment cover
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What is RSS – Video explanation If you want to quickly come up to speed on using RSS and what all of the excitement is about view this Video by Matt Dickman.

There is no doubt that the process of job hunting is changing. In past times one would spend their day going from business to business, meeting managers and possibly owners, and applying for a job. Then as history passed, more and more time was spend telephoning companies and then making a visit to them. Now,
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I don’t want to get dramatic about this but having spent a decade of my life serving the Pharma Industry as a Pharma Sales Rep and later as Area Business Manager for one of the biggest Pharma companies in the world, I personally think that Pharma Sales Rep job is needed more than ever before.
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Professional business attire can be a challenge for women. Have you ever looked at your workplace wardrobe and though: I have nothing to wear? You probably have many separate items of clothing that don’t work well together. Here’s the solution: A capsule wardrobe that mixes and matches quickly and easily, so you always look polished
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Use your contacts to get an interview Less than 75 percent of jobs are found through written job postings. Job openings in newspapers or online through job search services are only about 20-25 percent of the actual jobs available, according to careermag.com. So, the question is, who is getting those 75 percent of unpublished jobs
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Basic guidelines for the recently unemployed I Tom Wall knew it was coming. The commercial photographer in Loudonville, N.Y., said his job at a news channel has changed over the years. It wasn’t like the early days when he was pinching himself because he ”got paid to do this.” Many of the special projects he
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Next stage of Internet spawns variety of new jobs Creating exactly that is what Justin Rounds does for a living. Rounds, 35, is a contractor for Sun Micro Systems in Burlington. He is one of the digital animators behind the MPK20 Project, Sun’s yet-to-be unveiled virtual workplace. Only a few years ago, a job in
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We have always heard it said that “looks don’t matter” or “it’s what’s inside that counts”. Well although this may be true, when walking in to an interview environment the first rule is looks do matter. Research shows that the overwhelming majority of communication done between individuals, especially ones meeting for the first time, is
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Next stage of Internet spawns variety of new jobs Creating exactly that is what Justin Rounds does for a living. Rounds, 35, is a contractor for Sun Micro Systems in Burlington. He is one of the digital animators behind the MPK20 Project, Sun’s yet-to-be unveiled virtual workplace. Only a few years ago, a job in
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Don’t get a job just because you can’t write a good employment cover letter? Do you think that someone else less capable than you is getting employed just because his cover letter was better than your’s? Maybe yes because cover letters play a very vital role in your job employment. Cover letters actually let the
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Stay ready for a job change, but interviews aren’t your only tool By Roni F. Noland Q. I am an experienced sales professional and am happy with my present position. However, I like to keep current with the job market and industry hiring trends and feel that I should never be too complacent. I have
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