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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Successful job seeking ? the importance of your cover letter
- As an employer I receive many job applications each week. Some cover letters are so well written that I am compelled to review the attached resume even if our company is not currently hiring. I don't want to miss an opportunity to contact an outstanding individual. Other cover letters are sufficiently interesting that I will file them away and review them later in the week, while others simply beg...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Tales from the corporate frontlines: career opportunities for new graduates
- Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: Career Opportunities for New GraduatesThis article relates to the Career Opportunities competency and explores issues such as internal growth opportunities, potential for advancement, career development importance, and the relationship between job performance and career advancement. Evaluating the Career Opportunities competency in your organizati...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Everyday is saturday: help for the suddenly unemployed
- I recently was "unhired" by my former employer. Unhired is a softer term than "fired" but it means the same. With no warning and an immediate departure, I found myself at home enjoying the provisions of a severance package but curious about the next steps.Like most recently unhired people, I went through a range of emotions--shock, anger, grief, rebellion, self-reliant indignation, and so f...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Job lead websites to use in your telecommuting search
- Let me ask you a question: are you tired of using job sites only to find scam after scam? I bet you're nodding your head in agreement to that question. I know that I was sick and tired of spending all my time online searching for telecommuting jobs only to find scams. Any type of free job site is going to have a few scams, but some sites have more legitimate jobs than others, and some are easier t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to tell if you are fired and just dont know it
- No one should be fired and be surprised about it. There are always warning signs. The trick is in learning how to recognize the signs and to have a plan of action. Many time subtle hints are given that allude to the ax falling.Here is a checklist of early warning signs that add up to impending doom:Subtle* You are asked to update management on all your currents projects....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Unemployment blues: mind over mood
- Our lives are tranquil and smooth so seldom, it seems. We have our ups-and-downs, our good days and bad days, our sunny moods and black moods. The less we swing in opposite directions, the happier we tend to be. The biology of our bodies craves balance and consistency -- changes in our thought patterns and emotions interrupt the regularity of our nerve pathways leading to chemical inbalance and in...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 5 steps to standing out above the crowd at work
- Do you feel like one in a million at work ? and not in a good way? When you run into your boss in the hallway, do you get the impression she isn't sure who you are? Are the juicy projects always going to someone else?If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you need to raise your work profile. Here are some tips to get you started.1. Listen more than you talk. If yo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to recoup from missing the most important meeting of the year
- Sometimes missing a critical meeting just can't be helped. Despite the advance planning, you just cannot make it to the meeting. Before you get out the guilt stick and beat yourself up about how stupid that was or how bad it's going to be for your career, take a step back and examine how to overcome your absence.If you have been following my advice, you did all of the advance preparation fo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Auto-disqualification - when your resume never reaches the decision maker
- How would you know if your resume did or didn't reach the appropriate decision maker? You can truly never know for certain. However, there are steps you can take to ensure that your resume does not get "auto-disqualified", or provide obvious reasons not to be hired.There are several "mistakes" commonly made in resumes that give immediate reasons why you will not be offer...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Cvs and resumes sometimes just get in the way
- As a head-hunter and Career Coach I see so many CVs and resumes that look as though they are designed to get in the way of what I (or any other recruiter) might need to know about you the candidate. They vary from pure meaningless waffle without any identifiable facts to lengthy tomes with so much detail they send me to sleep. And I persevere where many others wouldn't bother.My least favou...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Rethink your career transition
- Are you going nowhere in your career? If you've decided it's time to change your career completely, here's a new way of changing!Before you jump ship, think about what's been happening in your career. Have you been making little or no progress for some time? You may be in the throes of what George Leonard, author of Mastery, calls the "plateau". Leonard argues that we master somet...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Working on a farm in kent
- Being a student, a person needs to look for summer jobs, to keep up with the expenses for school and fun activities. This task is not always easy, especially when you are studying at an American branch university and you have to pay tuition as well. So getting a summer job obviously rules out getting a job in your home Eastern European country as that would pay for only a couple of beers the most....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Dont settle
- Chuck was the best of the twenty-four candidates. Still, he didn't have exactly what I was looking for and my instincts warned me of his unusual personality. Yet the skills required for the job were specialized and he had most of them, and I'd been interviewing for five months, and my boss wanted the position filled before the budget process started. No, he might not be perfect, but he would be ok...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Get off your butt and out of the rut
- It's amazing to see so many people who are prepared to sacrifice their lives for the sake of their careers.I'm sure you know of someone like that. They get up at the crack of dawn, drag their weary bodies out of the house and head off for another exciting day at work. Ten or twelve hours later they head home totally exhausted with all their energy sapped from their body.They might ma...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Age discrimination is alive and unwelcome here!
- Common sense appears to be a rare commodity these days. Why is this so?In an era when the emphasis seems to be on all things young, beautiful and sometimes shallow its about time we took stock of ourselves and did our businesses a favor by employing older workers! Age discrimination is a terrible injustice that has far reaching effects on our economy where ever we are.When I was much...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Using freelance websites to telecommute
- How is your job hunting going? Have you had problems finding legitimate jobs? I don't know if you've ever thought about using freelance websites to obtain work at home, but this should be something you look into. It might not be for you, but you never know until you try.So what would the benefit be to using a freelance website to obtain per project work at home? The first and most obvious b...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Write and get hired
- Want to get hired faster than up to 97% of other job seekers?Well, you can. By doing two simple things almost nobody else is doing:1) write down a job search goal and2) read it out loud 10 times a day.Do this and you'll find a job faster as a result. I promise.Here's how ...Depending on which self-help book you read or success guru you listen to, only abou...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to insure job security
- The attorneys I coach have one common problem. They don't have enough hours in the day to do everything they need to do. Most are working long hours and that "To do" list keeps growing not shrinking. So it is no wonder that when I suggest that they find time to market their practice they think I am just plain daffy!If you are working in a successful law firm with plenty of busines...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Make a good living doing what you love
- Don't let anyone talk you into going to college when all you really want to do is be a chef or tear apart a car engine.Some times our society pushes the wrong thing on us. You have to say no way! If you really want to learn a trade instead of college, just do it.Many people make a great living working with their hands in some kind of trade. Are you a good problem solver? Then maybe b...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Writing a must-read cover letter
- If you want to land an interview, you'll need more than a perfectly polished resume, you'll also need a perfectly polished cover letter.A cover letter does more than provide a mere introduction, it gives the employer an opportunity to see why you are the right candidate for the job-before she even takes a look at your resume! By taking the time to customize a cover letter to each job opport...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The group interview
- Sometimes, when going on job interviews, you might end up in a situation where you are in a group interview. A group interview is where you are being interviewed along with several other candidates for the job. Some professions that might conduct group interviews are sales, education and flight attendants.The purpose of the group interview is to observe candidates' interpersonal skills and ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What every employee should know about how to overcome boredom
- Do you find yourself easily becoming bored or tired at work for no apparent reason? If that's the case, then pay close attention. Research has shown that fatigue and a worn-out feeling are often caused by unproductive mental attitudes. If this describes your case, read on to learn six ways you can overcome boredom.* 1. Actively listen to everyone you meet: When you're interested in p...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Employees, get used to working under surveillance
- Let's face it. Monitoring employees' e-mail, tracking their Internet use, logging everything done at keyboards has become the norm in Corporate America.With computer monitoring software so cheap and easy-to-apply it's no wonder that workplace surveillance becomes more and more widespread.Here are some figures from the 2005 Electronic Monitoring & Surveillance Survey made by American ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Hiring the overqualified employee or mining for gold
- I am having a hard time understanding why a valuable resource such as the "over qualified employee is having such a hard time getting a job. Something seems to be out of whack here. How is that as a society we deplore people who live on welfare and rape our system, but at the same time, refuse to hire people who are out of work because they are seemingly over qualified for the job, EVEN when ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Strange jobs still pay the bills
- Strange jobs? How do we define that? Years ago I stole cars as a repo-man, had some adventures as an investigative process-server, and even handed out samples in grocery stores. Here are some other unusual jobs you can aspire to:Wrinkle ChaserThis is the person that irons wrinkles from shoes as they are being made to ensure they are perfectly smooth when you buy them....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Rewriting your resume? 7 easy ways to give yourself an upgrade
- In today's competitive job market, a first class resume is an essential tool for winning an interview. The way in which you present your skills, achievements and experience on paper will profoundly affect the way in which a hiring company considers your application.An expertly crafted resume not only captures the attention of its reader through careful attention to layout and formatting; it...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Ready to move -- anywhere!
- "I have lived in this city all my life. My family is here. I am pretty satisfied, but lately I'm getting restless. I want to move somewhere - anywhere. I was thinking of Seattle...:"Whenever I give a talk, somebody asks this question. If we're in Miami, people want to move to Seattle. If we're in Seattle, Miami sounds pretty good - especially if we're in the rainy season.(1) Identify...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Moving without a job: should you move to the location of your dreams and then look for a job?
- Moving without a job will challenge your identity -- but for some people, it's the best way to go.Here are some ways to deal with the question.How will you answer the "What do you do?" question?Landlords and bankers want something more solid than, "It's about being, not doing." And will your self-esteem hold up after you say repeatedly, "I'm looking for a job."You canno...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Relocation myths and stereotypes
- You've probably been taught not to stereotype people based on race, religion or sex. But when you make a career or other life choice, do you still make decisions based on stereotypes?Relocation Myths"Big cities are unfriendly."Any place will feel hostile to newcomers. I've lived in several of the largest cities in North America and found helpful, caring people everywhere. Ofte...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Losing a career when youre moving for love
- Those who watched HBO's Sex and the City (SATC, now available on DVD) know the last eight episodes were less about sex and more about city. And the last three episodes, taken together could serve as a case study for a decision faced by many clients Should I follow my heart or hang on to my job?Whether you want to move to be closer to aging parents, or follow a lover into a new life, the sta...