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Be a Standout! by Rob Taub - Sep, 2009 These are not average times; and for that reason, companies are not looking for “average” people. That makes sense. So you need to be a “Standout”, and it may be easier than you think. Here, think about this: You go and get more education and additional credentials thinking “I’ll be more marketable” and get back to the business of job searching and you still find yourself in line with 100's if not 1000's of potential job ... |
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Hey! You Gotta Problem? by Rob Taub - Sep, 2009 From blatant...“greatest weakness”; “weakest attribute”; “most significant failure”...to soft...“what might your previous employer say...?”...even softer...“you certainly seem to have a lot of strengths, but we understand no one is perfect...” The question will come one way or another, everyone knows it, yet still befuddled by it. There have been many Rules of Thumb developed over the years, from making light of the questio... |
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How To Begin A New Job On The Right Foot by Rob Taub - Sep, 2009 What a great question! Securing a new job is akin to a successfully launching a new product! All the time spent running a well-organized marketing campaign and now the product is in the market. Well...You’ve landed your new job! As in the product launch, you would want to countinually work on product positioning and posturing for its continued success, right? Likewise you want to do so for your continued success. How d... |
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It's Business As Usual by Rob Taub - Sep, 2009 Many people mistakenly assume if a company is not actively looking for someone then a job isn't available. The experience of many job-hunters tell me otherwise. What do these successful job-hunters have in common? For one, they have identified their key strengths, related achievements, talent and competences and where and how to apply them. Too, they have learned to engage in conversation that start others thinking about why t... |
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Single-Most Important Letter You May Ever Use in a Job Search by Rob Taub - Sep, 2009 Clearly, there are many more rejections in a professional job search than there are offers. And there should be. After all, if you are not getting rejections than you are not seeing many opportunities. So, How Can You Leverage Rejection? A top ranking career military officer, who during his time in the Reserves also developed a stellar career as a senior-level executive in industry, had the daunting task of re-entering t... |
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A New Career Path by Claudine Vainrub - Sep, 2009 Finding the Perfect Match Between Demand, Skill and Interest If you are unemployed, a student, or at a time in your life when you are in doubt of your current career path, the time could be right to make a bold move in a new direction. Finding a new career path can be advantageous to you, if you pursue this change with a methodology. With the job market undergoing a recession, many professions have suffered while others con... |
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Using Twitter For Job Search by Claudine Vainrub - Sep, 2009 As social media becomes more and more popular, companies are catching up to technology and finding ways to maximize their ROI through these new alternative tools. One of the social networking tools, Twitter, catches our attention, as companies begin to use it to recruit. Twitter, in few words, provides a microblogging service that is transmitted in the way of instant messaging. The technology offers Real Time information, w... |
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In Your Career Sometimes Bad News is a Good Thing by Barbara Safani - Aug, 2009 Recently I had to deliver some bad news. It was one of those situations where I could always come up with a reason to delay the conversation. It never seemed to be the right time; there was always something to consider that would make the information more difficult to bear. So I put it off and then I put it off some more. Because maybe somehow I would magically come up with a better way to deliver the bad news. Maybe the recip... |
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Job Seeker Surprise: How Being Ignorant Can HELP You by J.T. O'Donnell - Aug, 2009 I just spent the last 3 days co-chairing my first charity event. It was part of a large triathlon called Timberman with more than 2500 athletes in attendance. Over the course of the weekend, 85 amazing individuals competed in races that ravaged their bodies as they swam, biked and ran for hours on end for charity. These heroic triathletes helped us raise $50,000 - all of which is going directly towards granting the wishes of s... |
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What's Going on Out There? by Sherri Edwards - Aug, 2009 First, the most important news to share is that there are jobs out there. Yes, there is work that needs to get done and organizations needing someone to do it. There is also work that has yet to be completely defined, but the need is there. Each day I am inundated with announcements, either directly or through the many lists I am subscribed to. (I am referring to specific industry related postings from local professionals rega... |
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