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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Job search: the end of the line
- There is an end to the job search tunnel!It has been a long, hard road: layoff, unemployment, fear, depression, and occasionally panic or despair. Beyond the trauma of losing your job stretches the uncomfortable, stress filled nightmare of looking for work. Emotionally reeling from the blows of joblessness, you picked yourself up and cast yourself out into the mind-numbing, ego-destructive,...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Do you need a mentor? and how do you find one?
- Whether you're self-employed or you work for someone else, you're new to business or a seasoned expert, one of the best ways to get ahead in business is to find a mentor. And some highly successful people even have more than one.What's a mentor?A mentor is someone who is willing to take you under his or her wing, give you advice and suggestions to help you improve your skills and bus...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 10 warning signs that you?re ready for a career transition
- 1. You dread getting out of bed and going to work.But suppose you were in a job or profession that feeds your spirit. Just imagine how exciting it would be to jump out of bed and step right into it every single day!2. You're exhausted, whether you've had no sleep or seven to eight hours of sleep.Your perception of life in general can often be skewed when you're not rested. So ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - From the workwise collection: ten ways to win the job search mind game
- Are you one of the thousands of job seekers who question their sanity, marketability, and capacity to make smart decisions-just because you've lost your job? Are you wondering how to overcome these psychological challenges, rebuild your self-confidence, increase your marketability, and regain your sense of sanity?In today's competitive job market you need more than a killer rÃÂÃ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - From the workwise collection: job hunting in the new economy
- To succeed in today's global marketplace, companies must hire the best and the brightest. Having talented employees can make the difference between success and failure.Job hunting in this new economy is competitive, dynamic, results-driven, and requires your best efforts. In the past, jobs and careers were permanent, stable, and predictable. Today all of that has changed. Jobs, careers, and...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Turning their loss into your job gain
- It isn't the end of the world, even if it seems like it. Losing your job can be a heart-breaking experience. After all, your security in life and your abilities is now in question. You can feel disillusioned and there is the ever-nagging question of: What do I do now?Well, you start over. Don't develop a "victim's mentality". When one door closes another door opens for greater opp...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The inevitable job interview question: ?why did you leave (are planning to leave) your last position
- This is a question that you can almost count on being asked at your next interview What the interviewer wants to know is, "Why are you available?"The answer you give could set the tone for the rest of the interview. For instance, if you were to indicate that you were bored or burned out at your last job, the interviewer would quickly become concerned about your performance at this...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Finding the right travel nursing placement agency
- Travel nursing is becoming one of our nation's fastest growing professions, and it's no surprise. If you love seeing new places and enjoy exciting new experiences that evoke the feeling of taking an extended vacation, then the career of a traveling nurse might be just what the doctor ordered! Travel nursing enables many people to stay on vacation for two to six months in free luxury accommodations...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Telecommuting interview tips
- Telecommuting Interview Tips- By Nell TaliercioYou've made it! Your cover letter and resume got you to the interview process... now what? First of all, I would like to give you a BIG congratulations for making it this far. Pat yourself in the back, do a happy dance. Okay, now let's get down to business.Not every work at home job will require a telephone interview. Some just hire you ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Telecommuting resumes
- Your resume needs to outline your skills and experience, as most know. What some may not know is that employers want to know what you'll bring to the table. They don't want to know what your daily duties were. They want to know what you did for the companies you worked for that makes you extraordinary. Did you save them money, did you make them money, how were you the best at what you did, etc. Ye...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Telecommuting cover letters
- Question: How do I market myself online?Answer: With a stellar cover letter and resume.Okay, so let's get into the meat of this. You know that you need to market yourself, and you can do that with a stellar cover letter and resume. But, why is that so important? Let's think about this. When you apply offline for a job, you are competing with a handful of people (usually) and right th...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Dissatisfied with your job? stop believing the myths!
- If you are dissatisfied with your job, you are in a self-imposed career slump!Why are so many of us in career slumps? Bottom line?we are not doing work that satisfies us! No matter what our employer does for us, if we are not doing work we really want to be doing, in a way that fits our desired life-style, we will never be satisfied.What keeps us in career slumps for so long? The num...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Job! money! career!
- Feel somehow your life is stuck in MS-OFFICE ? The reality of life for MBAs is Excel or PowerPoint , I heard Google is catching up at campus. Having gone through this myself, (I am still not out of it!), having had the nightmare of freshly minted MBAs reporting to me every year ( 90% of MBAs in their first job believe that their first Boss in Incompetent) and struggling to manage their transition ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why it is impossible to raise your standard of living working a job
- Everything in nature has been endowed with what it needs to survive. There is no living thing that isn't inherently equipped with the skills and abilities it needs to secure its continued existence. Whether through instinct, size, camouflage or speed, no gazelle, lion or giraffe has to go to trade school to learn how to survive. That's the beauty of the divine plan. We, as humans, are part of this...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - More companies using job interview phone screening
- Planning and preparing before you begin to send out resumes could save you some embarrassing moments when you receive that unexpected call.You just never know when that phone is going to ring. Let's say the phone rings just as you are about to sit down for dinner, but this time it's not a pesky telemarketer -- it's a company recruiter calling. The voice on the other end of the phone says sh...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 50 things to do to your boss that are fun for you, but not for them
- 1. You're eavesdropping and you hear your boss has reservations at his favorite restaurant. You know, the one you can't afford. Call them back and cancel his reservations ? say you're his wife.2. Have a friend of yours make an anonymous call to your boss saying that they know what he has been up to, possess incriminating pictures, and hang up. It will scare the bejesus out of him.3. ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Discuss your accomplishments during the interview
- When preparing for your interview, you need to be ready to discuss your accomplishments. Surprisingly, many people are reluctant to talk about their accomplishments. But this is exactly what the interviewer wants to hear from you.Discussing your accomplishments separates you from the rest of the people applying for the job. It helps you stand out and show that you are more qualified than th...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Resumes or cv : get that job
- Your resume is your sales document. It tells the world of your achievements, capabilities and roles you have enjoyed. It should standalone and represents you well. To impress your potential employers there are a few guidelines that will help you create an amazing resume.Create a captivating covering letter ? use friendly language, refer to the job advertised and allow some of your pe...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Building performance trust
- You can have outstanding ideas, yet never leverage them into winning at working results. That's because the secret behind those ideas lies in performance. Yours.Getting the okay to pursue your idea is directly related to the level of confidence other people have in your ability to deliver it. And if you do, you will create for yourself opportunities on a regular basis. One successful idea d...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Career tips: how to start a new career
- These days most people accept that jobs are not for life anymore. People are more mobile and much more likely to change jobs every few years and even careers a number of times throughout their lives. And it is increasingly common that we may also find that we need to change jobs because of retrenchments, redundancies and closures. Having confidence in your skills and experience and your ability to...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Get a raise: how to ask your boss for more money
- How many people do you know who think they deserve a pay rise, but are too scared to ask? You might even be one of those people! Why is it we are afraid to ask for what we believe we are worth? It's time to stop worrying and start asking, but before you charge into your boss's office give yourself the best chance of success with these helpful tips?then book that meeting with the boss.Do ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Perceptions
- How was your latest car wash experience?Did you take your car to a do-it-yourself car wash where you could ensure that every spot that needed to be cleaned was clean?Did you approach the car wash cautiously, checking your windows 2 and 3 times to ensure that they were firmly secure so that no water could come inside? Then carefully ease your car up to the marked line and then wait - feeling...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stop searching for a job and start attracting professional success!
- 1. Assess ? Evaluate your skills, interests and abilities. Understand the transferable value in the marketplace.2. Translate ? Communicate your competencies and expertise through well-crafted oral and written strategies that include a quality resume, cover letter, professional statement and well-defined accomplishments.3. Target ? Create a marketing plan that targets specific industr...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Top ten guidelines for working with executive recruiters
- 1. Select the right type of recruitment partnerDetermine whether you would be best served by a retained, contingency, contract or research based partner at a global, national or local level.2. Interview recruiters to find the appropriate fitEffective partnerships are built on mutual interests, opportunities, values and performance.3. Treat an interview with a recruiter ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Career success through self-marketing
- Marketing shouldn't be limited to advertising companies. Finding a job or enhancing your current position requires good self-marketing skills. What is self-marketing? Basically, self-marketing is communicating your benefits to potential or current employers. Think of yourself as a "product" and explain to employers what differentiates you from other "products."Why is sel...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What you should know about a medical billing specialist
- Whether you are a person who is thinking about becoming a medical billing specialist or a company looking for a medical billing specialist, then this article is for you. There are several things that you should be aware of in the medical billing industry and I will walk you through them so that you will have the background information that you need to help you make a decision that will best suit y...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A workplace romance can be detrimental to your career
- Over 70% of single employees will become romantically involved with someone they work with at some point in their career. The workplace has become the new single's bar. The workplace has also become the number one place for cheating spouses to meet affair partners and conduct extramarital affairs.Proceed with caution if you're attracted to someone on your job and are considering engaging in...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Power resumes ? writing your objectives
- A powerful resume starts with a good statement of objective. This is the headline of your advertisement promoting yourself. The headline has to be simple yet state with clarity that you are the perfect choice for the specific job or position.Clarity of objective requires that you be clear about your own career direction. If you are not clear where you are headed with your career and the spe...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Closing the gap on your career goals
- If you still picture a steady progression up the ladder when you think of your career goals, it is time to shift your thinking. For most people, climbing the career ladder is no longer an option. The working world has changed so dramatically that linear career paths rarely exist, except as historical symbols.But, without those trusty rungs to show the way, how do you figure out the next ste...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Start working before you get hired
- What if there were a way to *prove* to any sane employer that you alone were the one to hire?Would learning how to do that interest you? I thought so.I call this the "start-working-before-you-get-hired" job-hunting method. You can learn to do it in the next two minutes. And start getting more job leads today.Begin by understanding that getting hired for a job -- any job -- all...