Should You Pay a Professional to Write Your Resume?
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Seven things to consider when deciding whether to hire someone to write your resume for you. Most people know that when you’re looking for a job, you absolutely positively have to have a great resume. Where many people go wrong, though, is in misjudging whether they have what it takes to create…
Read More5 Job-Search Habits to Break
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If you’re feeling frustrated in your job search, it’s easy to blame it on the poor job market or the fact that employers are inundated with resumes. But if you really take a look at how you’re job searching, you might realize you can make certain changes to yield better results. Do any…
Read MoreHow to avoid dead-end job postings
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — There’s nothing to excite a job seeker like seeing the perfect job advertised. The problem is: The position noted in that ad may not be available. It might be an ad for a spot that’s already been filled, or the funding for that position evaporated since the ad was posted.…
Read MoreOil & 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 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 MoreThe Main Reason You Won’t Find a Job
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It’s not big news that finding a job is difficult these days. Dependent upon which area of the country you’re in, it can be almost impossible with some areas having employment higher than the national average of 11%. But in my experience as a career coach, the main reason that people are…
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