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Locked Out by a Factor of “Too”
Job seekers – all job seekers – have, or at least believe they have, some vulnerability that they feel gets in the way of their ability to get hired. Under qualified, over qualified, too old, too young, too ugly, too pretty, wrong color, wrong name, wrong town – the list goes on. It is not [...]
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If You’re Worried About Acing the Job Interview, You’re Barking Up the Wrong Tree
It’s hard to be choosy these days, isn’t it? It’s hard to hold onto hope and high standards for what kind of job you’d like to ultimately land when you’re surrounded by messages that the job market world is coming to an end. Buy into the terrible headlines that people are losing jobs right [...]
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My Job Search is Running Out of Steam
Job searches run out of steam for a number of reasons and this economy requires searches to have staying power to deliver results. To reenergize a search it helps to understand where most people’s searches are usually the weakest.
Here are the common momentum killers:
Lack of Job Listings: If you are only applying to posted jobs [...]
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If Jobs Are Hidden, How do We Know They Are There?
I met with a group of job seekers the other day to talk about the hidden job market. When I asked how big people thought the hidden job market is, people pretty much agreed that 70-80% of all jobs out there that get filled are never advertised, published or posted. But why? Why would employers [...]
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Should You Take a Job That You Don’t Want?
“Should you really take a job you don’t want?” In today’s job marketplace, it seems terribly ungrateful to look a gift job offer in the mouth. But let’s face it, just because the job market is squeakingly tight that doesn’t mean you should take the first job that’s offered to you.
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Discouraged? How to Re-Energize Your Job Search
Did you happen to see NY Times article about how the nation is flooded with millions of would-be job seekers who have just plain given up? No? Well. Don’t bother. It’s a bummer. (But I linked this article to the online page anyway, just in case you’re like me and you just have to take [...]
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