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Find the Right Job Online Web sites can put job hunting at your fingertips, but digital want ads can be strewn with false leads. We list five key steps to help you focus your search, avoid wasting time, show your strong points, and nail down that dream job... |
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Career Pros: 12 Common Resume Mistakes You'll convey the wrong impression with these resume errors. |
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Who Are You Again? Today's employers are inundated with applications for every open position, so jobseekers have to find ways to stay on the radar of overworked recruiters. |
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What Employers Look For In A Resume You've probably written more than one resume in your life, but you can always improve upon it. Writing a winning resume isn't just about putting your best foot forward, it's about putting the correct details onto the page. |
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Quick Fix: The Stealth Resume A new approach to applying for a job. |
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April 8, 2007
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Will Your Resume Get More Than a Glance? Your resume is your personal emissary. Take the time to write a resume that is first rate. |
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August 2002
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The Info Pro's Survival Guide to Job Hunting An effective online job search strategy you can adapt to your own career focus and industry target. |
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June 17, 2007
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Career Pros: First Resume Needs Employer Focus A lack of experience needn't put you at a loss for words. |
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Countering Job-Search Frustrations Learn how to resolve common job-search challenges, turndowns and setbacks. |
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Overqualified? When jobs are scarce, some talented workers are forced to pursue openings that don't measure up to their real skill level. While employers tend to dismiss them as "overqualified," there are ways to mitigate concerns over having too much of a good thing. |
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March 26, 2006
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Can You Consult Your Way to Your Next Job? Project or consulting work can help you pay the bills while leaving you ample time to job search. And those temporary assignments might also lead to full-time employment. |
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July 10, 2005
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The `Goal' Standard Have you wondered how to distinguish yourself from competitors in your search for a new job? Here are some ways to package yourself as a goal-oriented employee, something employers find irresistible. |
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August 20, 2006
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Why You Aren't Getting Job Offers Over and over, jobseekers make the same complaint: Why don't employers call me after I send a resume? The answer may surprise you. |
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Take This Job and Post It As the economy sputters, virtual job boards report record business. The big surprise: Employers are going online to fill senior management positions. One manager reports that his company has already saved a couple hundred thousand dollars from the four or five hires it has done online... |
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Resume Myths Blindly accepting these resume myths may cause you to miss out on the opportunity to tailor your resume to a specific job. |
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How to Look for a Job While You're Employed How do you look for your next job while you're at your current job? Here are some tips to help you navigate the trickiest workplace maneuver of all -- changing jobs. |
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March 21, 2004
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Is Your Strategy Outdated? Last year's resume may not be the best way of presenting yourself to win the job you want in 2004. Here's a basic list of what's in and what's out this year for savvy jobseekers. |
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The Art Of The Online Resume How to get your resume past electronic filters that cull the herd of applicants. |
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July 24, 2005
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Create Your Own Brand of Excellence Companies spend millions of dollars to create an image and impression recognizable by consumers. Why not apply the same concept to your job search? Here's how to create an image or 'brand' that communicates your value to prospective employers. |
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Career Pros: Worry is a Waste of Time How can you explain a ten-month gap on your resume? What can you do for a good reference? The first thing someone in this position must do is to stop worrying. |
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Jobwire Slowest job growth in two years... Another phony resume... Housing slowdown hurts relocations... Lower productivity in 2006... Video resumes at CareerBuilder.com... Alaska suffers real labor shortage .. On the job front... |
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What Hiring Managers Are Looking for A recent survey of hiring managers by CareerBuilder.com provides some insight. |
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March 20, 2005
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Basic Job-Search Building Blocks While some of these 13 job-hunting ideas will be old hat to some job seekers, they are worth repeating to anyone about to embark on that challenging journey to a new job. (first of three parts) |
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Career Pros: Internet Insights Incorporating the Internet in your job search can be a boon or a bust. |
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Career Pros: Job Search Myths to Ignore The best places to find work are where others don't think it's available. |
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