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Guerilla Job Search

Introduction
Guerilla job-search methods employ non-traditional and highly leveraged approaches to go after an opportunity. Some of these can be considered as unconventional job search. Metaphorically, the guerilla job-search methods can be analogized to the oriental art of jujitsu, where speed, surprise, and strategic moves are used to overcome an opponent. In comparison, wrestling entails brute [...]

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As a career coach I have well-placed clients who are in executive positions at prominent companies in the Silicon Valley and elsewhere. I also have an extensive network on LinkedIn carefully cultivated over the years, which is my stock-in-trade.  So, when a client is looking for an opportunity at a company where I have some [...]

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March is Women’s Month. We celebrate women by inviting them in the business world and by helping them make it easy to re-enter the workforce. Re-entering the workforce presents its unique challenges, especially after a long hiatus. Because in a typical family a woman’s place continues to play a nurturing role, their challenges are different [...]

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Job Search Etiquette

Introduction
Dictionary defines etiquette as conduct or procedure required by good breeding or prescribed by authority in social or official life. With this definition as a guiding principle, etiquette is even more important in a job-search situation than in others because most who are in the “taking” end do not even realize that their behaviors– and [...]

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Keeping one’s ongoing market value high and one’s name in the forefront of decision makers is no mean feat in today’s job market. Yet, with the constant change in the way jobs get defined and the way the job market is emerging, especially in high-tech, one must learn how to be a career acrobat. To [...]

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After many rounds of interviews most job seekers feel lost at how to get the target employer to make them that offer they’re seeking. They inevitably surrender to the process that is out of their control and end up fretting over what they might have done differently. The following steps may help you take control [...]

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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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