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The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust, novelist (1871–1922) As the job losses mount and as the economy gets tougher, those left with having to do multiple jobs because of the cutbacks often have to face both, the survivors’ guilt and having to [...]

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Cover Letter: Your Closing Argument

Whenever I mention to my clients, who are going after open jobs, to write cover letters in their response I get incredulous looks and an insinuation that I am hopelessly out of date and impractical. Why? They have heard from many recruiters that cover letters are a waste of time because no one reads them! [...]

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“The secret to survival is knowing when to hold ‘em and when to fold.”–Kenny Rogers, singer “How you leave a job can say more about you than all the work you ever did–particularly if leave badly.”–A CTO Few people realize that there comes a time in their job when work is no longer fun, but [...]

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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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In our professional lives our image drives our success. Our image is how others see us. Public figures and idols deal with this concept routinely. An image is a cumulative effect of sending a repeated message, either deliberately or otherwise. If a certain message is sent accidentally, then it does not have a cumulative effect. [...]

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Immediately upon getting their degrees, freshly-minted graduates often struggle with their next move. Those who are just completing their undergraduate degrees have more choices than those who are completing their advanced degrees. For example, a PhD or an MBA is more likely to pursue a job; someone with a bachelor’s degree, however, is more likely [...]

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