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I’ve Been Unemployed For Ten Months And I Can’t Seem To Get Hired. What Am I Doing Wrong? by John Crant - Dec, 2009 I’ve been unemployed for 10 months and I can’t seem to get hired. I’m even willing to take a step backward -to no avail. What am I doing wrong? Signed, – Struggling to Solve a Puzzle When we face a long period of unemployment, many things happen to our self confidence, and the view we may have of professional selves. Of course, be sure to view my video about Suffering After a Layoff but even though you may put this l... |
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Advice for Finding Work in Smaller Companies (as seen in The Wall Street Journal) by John Crant - Dec, 2009 What approach should a job seeker have when beginning to look for work at a small business and how is this different than a larger company? Small and large businesses hire for basically the same reason: the internal need for new talent to have a positive effect on whatever it is that they do to create the revenue for their bottom line. While a larger company benefits from instant name recognition and a higher profile, a sma... |
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Four Tips To Improve Your Job Search by Tai Goodwin - Dec, 2009 Earlier this year I participated in the Job Hunter’s Education and Networking Event. The event, sponsored in part by Integrity Career Transitions, was a free event that offered participant a chance to learn and practice networking skills, as well as explore opportunities with a few local employers. There were also a few career coaches on hand to offer resume critiques and career advice. Over the course of the day, I must ha... |
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How To Sabotage Your Job Search by Tai Goodwin - Dec, 2009 Your job search strategy is about more than just getting someone to see your resume and call you in for an interview. The foundation of a successful job search is having the right attitude and doing the work necessary to position your self as the best candidate for the job. Bottom line: your job search can only be called successful if it gets you the right job. If you think you are doing everything right, but still not making ... |
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Three Concepts for “Job Search Marketing Made Simple” by Rob Taub - Dec, 2009 Job Search Marketing is a lot of work but is doesn’t have to be complicated. Comprehensive, “yes”; complicated, “no”, yet so many people cause themselves a lot of difficulty and stress. I’m going to try to make the concept of job search marketing simple for you to understand. I won’t be able to make it simple for you to undertake, however. It will always be hard work. Nevertheless, with understanding, maybe you won’t feel as t... |
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Job Searching During The Holidays by Katie Lindbloom - Dec, 2009 Job searching at anytime can be discouraging, but hang on because it is especially hard during the holidays. In my experience, companies that are not retail focused tend to curtail their job openings toward the end of the year. Some common reasons for not hiring during the holidays include: • Staff are taking holiday vacations so there isn’t enough time or personnel to train new staff members. • Departments may be waiting ... |
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A Vision Without a Plan Is a Hallucination by Rob Taub - Dec, 2009 Success is not always something you necessarily find when you arrive. It may be the journey that gets you there. It seems as though people make career management more difficult than it has to be. When something threatens to make it simple, they almost invariably find a way to make it more complicated. For example, in recent years there's been much more activity in the small- to mid-size companies, yet the majority of people... |
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Temping is Tempting by Claudine Vainrub - Dec, 2009 Why Temporary Work May Be Good for You With unemployment at more than 10%, the job market for traditional careers has become very challenging. According to briefing.com, goods producing payrolls declined in 129,000 posts, the construction and manufacturing sectors lost 123,000 jobs combined, and the service sector lost 61,000 jobs as of November, 2009. However, all is not lost; the professional and business service sect... |
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Finding A Job Is Like Earning A Degree by Bob Roth - Nov, 2009 College students receive their diplomas at the end of the senior year; and, there aren?t many shortcuts to get there. Students understand that they must proceed through college one semester at a time, take the required courses and successfully complete each course with a passing grade. Otherwise, they will not have enough credits to graduate. At most colleges, a well established sequence of courses exists for each field ... |
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Maybe Scrooge Was Right by Nan S. Russell - Nov, 2009 Thirteen percent. That number should make you pause if you manage staff, lead a group, or own a business. It's a number recently released from an on-line survey reported by Reuters. According to Right Management, a subsidiary of Manpower Inc, only thirteen percent of employees surveyed said they "planned to stay in their current positions." Two-thirds reported they're looking to change jobs in 2010, and another twenty-one p... |
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