Oil & Gas Industry – Where do you want to work?
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You need to be prepared for every job interview; not being prepared is reckless, and most candidates are reasonably prepared to answer basic questions as to why they want to work for a specific company. But there is a rub. Since everybody is prepared reasonably enough, candidates who are best prepared do stand…
Read More5 Ways to Instantly Improve Your Job Search Results
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By now you’ve learned the traditional ways of job searching don’t work anymore. A few years ago you could put your resume up on Monster and CareerBuilder and wait for the phone to ring. Those days are gone. So here are five things you can easily do that will quickly improve your job…
Read MoreTheLadders: How the Scam Works
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The main complaints: TheLadders’ subscribers claim the company sells them access to “$100k+” job listings that (1) don’t exist, (2) don’t pay $100k+, and/or (3) were not approved by the employer. Other complaints are about misleading billing practices, whereby subscribers who sign up for three months, then decide to stop, continue getting charged…
Read MoreComcast to hire 300 for Miramar call center
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Comcast said Monday it plans to open a new Spanish-language call center in Miramar, creating 300 jobs by year-end. Employees at the new center will be taking calls from Spanish-speaking consumers across the country who are responding to Comcast’s marketing efforts. The expansion reflects the growth in demand for Spanish-language TV and other…
Read MoreThe Best Tax Deductions for Job Seekers
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Finding a new job can be expensive — particularly for professionals who spend money on pricey career coaches, resume experts and, increasingly, travel to interviews. But some 73% of professionals say they plan to ramp up their job hunt as the economy gains steam, a recent survey from job-and-career website Glassdoor.com survey found.…
Read More9 Tips for Refreshing Your Resume
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Give Your Resume a Facelift As the job market slowly improves in 2011 and you dust off that old resume for a job search, you may find it’s time to give it a face lift. As always, your resume should be attractive and readable. But now there’s more than just snail mail to…
Read MoreTop 5 Unhealthy Habits Keeping Job Seekers Miserably Unemployed
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Sometimes in life our actions are completely counter-intuitive! Take, for example, if you decide to go on a diet. The first thing most people do is think they must eliminate something or cut back. In reality, the challenge of a diet is you must add more good foods versus taking away bad foods.…
Read MoreJibe’s Social Job Board Attracting More Than One Million Monthly Job Views
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We’ve covered TechCrunch 50 company Jibe (formerly LocalBacon), which is a next-generation job board that leverages Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter to help job seekers find the best positions in the job market. Jibe has signed up 25 percent of the Fortune 50 as clients and is announcing that the site has grown 454…
Read More7 ways to stick to your job search resolution
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The gyms are a little less crowded; people are cheating on their diets again; and cigarettes have been relit. Yes, it’s February and that means our New Year’s resolutions are on their way to being broken. But there’s one resolution you shouldn’t break: As the economy continues to show signs of improvement, now…
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