The Job Seekers Guide to Alternative Self-Promotion Face it, being unemployed stinks! For some, it can mean endless applications for that one job call that never seems to come. But why are employers skipping over your resume? Look at it this way, with the current state of the economy, you are definitely not the only
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When applying to jobs, people rarely take time to consider the references requested by a given application. Such reference requests will usually ask for the names and contact information of two or three past employers, and applicants often simply provide their most recent bosses in response. If they didn’t like their last boss – or,
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You know what your skills are, but do you know which skills employers are looking for? Match your potential with the right graduate job! By now you have read thousands of tips and suggestions on how to identify and highlight your skills in your CV in order to impress the potential employer. But one thing
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The job market is hard these days, and nearly all interested in obtaining a job are having to polish and re-polish their resumes and increase their education just to have a shot at getting an interview. And guess what? Employers know this and are acting accordingly. Anyone can spruce up a resume using excellent vocabulary
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Remember the days when people would get a job right out of high school or college, stay with the same company for 30 or 40 years, then retire with a pension and a gold watch? No? That’s because those days are long gone. Even families that saw generation after generation work at the same auto
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The search for a new job has been revolutionized by career websites: job hunters typically now spend most of their time on job boards, where they concentrate on specific openings and applying for one position after another. What happens all too often is that professionals with extensive experience can apply for hundreds of positions without
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There are a lot of government-run employment resources available to job seekers. Be sure to include the “official” channels among your list of resources–you might not realize how much they have to offer. Helpful staff will be available to help you navigate the sometimes daunting government employment centers. State and federal career centers are created
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Finding a career for yourself is not simple. There is no quick and easy way to decide on the perfect career for you. Discovering the right career is a process–a process whose length depends on the honesty and effort you bring to it. You must make decisions on issues like what you’re willing to sacrifice
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A talented career consultant can be an excellent investment for those who have established careers and want to take them in a new direction. Particularly in cases of downsizing, rapid industry change, or even the gradual decline of a field, the consultant offers an important resource for those in transition. What They Do Consultants objectively
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