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Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Your Job Search by Barbara Safani - Nov, 2009 LinkedIn and Twitter recently announced a partnership that will enable users to simultaneously update their status on both platforms. Doing so can help amplify your message to your followers and real-time search engines. LinkedIn and Twitter have billed the new interface as two great tastes that taste great together. And I think this move is a sweet deal for job seekers as well. By using both platforms on a regular basis, job ... |
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Telephone Tips and Following-Up by Thomas J. Denham - Nov, 2009 After applying for a position, the follow–up is often overlooked in the job search. Master the process with these pointers: 1. Prepare Before Calling - Know the main purposes of follow-up calls: 1) to reiterate your interest in the position and desire for an interview, 2) to restate your key points and 3) to obtain an update on your status. A resume will not get you hired; only an interview can. 2. Practice Overcomin... |
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You Lost Your Job! Now What? by Mary Sherwood Sevinsky - Nov, 2009 You lost your job (the reason doesn’t really matter so much at this point does it). What do you do? BREATHE. It may feel like the end of the world, but for most it is not. As an adult you structure your life around your work schedule. You are your job. When you unexpectedly lose your job it wreaks havoc with your emotions. Your self esteem suffers. Your relationships suffer. You feel miserable. Don’t do anything. No... |
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Job Search Technology: From High to Low -- and No by Kevin Donlin - Nov, 2009 Technology can be a wonderful servant and an awful master. To find work faster, remember that your goal with any gadgetry or software -- from smart phones and email to Linkedin and Twitter -- is to meet people who can hire you. What that in mind, here are two ways to find a job -- one high-tech and the other very low -- from Australia. How can you adapt them to your search? 1) Tweet and Meet Jade Craven, in Geelong,... |
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Get Them to Buy Your Brand by Cathy Alfandre - Nov, 2009 When you’re in the supermarket, you buy the brands that you find valuable, right? In the labor market, employers buy the brands that they think will add value too. This is especially true when times are tough; hiring decisions are made so carefully. Do you know your personal brand? If not, now’s the time to figure it out and market it. The notion of a personal brand was first coined by Tom Peters in Fast Company magazine... |
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Network Yourself Into A New Company by Mary Sherwood Sevinsky - Nov, 2009 I was recently asked about the best way to be considered for a position with a company which is not currently advertising. The answer: Research, research, research... Find out what you can on the internet through the company website and/or twitter and facebook. Many companies are using social networking to manage their image, disseminate information, and/or recruit. Even if they are not, others may be talking about the... |
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Age Discrimination and Job Search: Who Made the Rules and How Can You Compete? by Barbara Safani - Nov, 2009 I don’t think about my age too much. People often tell me that I look younger than I am so I’ve spent most of my adult life trying to look older, not younger. But recently, four events occurred within the same day that forced me to think about age and the perception that age can create. • I saw a lead that a major magazine was offering a job search makeover for women between 25 and 45 years old…I did the math and realized t... |
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An Often Overlooked Keyword Tip for a Better Online Job Search by Joshua Waldman - Nov, 2009 The Death of the Verb You and I have both heard the typical line from career counselors, “use power verbs in your resume”. Right? They’ve even given us lists and lists of verbs to begin sentences like: * Managed team of 10 engineers in highly competitive RFP process * Resolved difficult customer service issue for high stakes sale * Safeguarded company position through advanced marketing strategy The problem with ... |
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Don’t Just Survive...Thrive In Current Position by Marshall Brown - Nov, 2009 Career coach emphasizes the importance of establishing an executive’s unique value to an organization and finding personal fulfillment along the way. There’s no quick fix to finding fulfilling work—the kind of work that gets you out of bed in the morning before the alarm clock rings. Some people give up on the pursuit of job satisfaction altogether, buying into the belief that work is a means to end, a necessary evil, somet... |
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Finding Opportunity In Difficult Times: How Do You Do That? by Marshall Brown - Nov, 2009 “Oh dear!” cried Chicken Little, “the sky is falling. I must go tell the king.” The expression “the sky is falling” has become synonymous with a person jumping to an irrational conclusion and working everyone they meet into a panic. It can be argued that this is happening with the current economic situation, the public is being whipped into mass hysteria. Whether you believe the economic “sky” is falling (or that i... |
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