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Monthly Archive for November, 2008

Working with Recruiters

During a job or career transition those who are ready to make a change often consider working with a recruiter as a good avenue for help. Although this can be true, many do this out of lack of full awareness of the role a recruiter plays during a transition and how to utilize that resource [...]

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Getting a call for an interview is a major source of relief-and anxiety-for those who keep sending their resumes in response to jobs that interest them. Recent statistics shed some light why this is so. Nearly 84% of those already employed keep looking for a “better” job and keep themselves in the market by casually [...]

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Money could not buy you friends, but you got a better class of enemy–Spike Mulligan (1918-2002), Comic
How much you’re going to make is one of the first things that crosses your mind when a job is presented to you. It is perhaps because we measure our worth by how we are compensated. It’s a visible [...]

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The Networking Paradox

Summary
In a job search or your professional success networking is critical. It allows you not only to know others and to identify opportunities, but also to get inside information about an organization of interest. This has always been true, but what has brought networking into focus is how many do not know how to network [...]

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Winning Cover Letters

Cover letters are a great opportunity to differentiate from the masses when responding to a job. If the opportunity is a “Gold” or an “A” target a great cover letter is all the more important. In a typical response to a job opening in a tight market, as most are experiencing now, a résumé must [...]

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