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Friday, October 29, 2010

4 Ways to Balance Your Job Search

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Whenever I talk to job seekers who have been unsuccessfully searching for work for a long time, I often hear a common theme. These candidates have spent almost 100% of their job search time sitting behind a computer searching through online job ads. This is simply not the most effective use of your time out of the workforce. Here are some tips for balancing your activity during your ...

Using Social Media in Your Job Search – Confidentially

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We often work with people who are still employed but who have seen the writing on the wall for the future of their companies. They seek us out to proactively start their job search process before they find themselves in a desperate situation. Many who are currently employed are nervous about sending any signals that they are seeking new opportunities. So what can you do to keep your job search ...

3 Mistakes You’re Making on Your Resume and How to Correct Them Now

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As a former hiring manager I tend to have a critical eye on resumes that pass through my line of sight. Because I'm so involved in this industry I see tons of resumes on a daily basis. Although job seekers tend to make many different kinds of mistakes on their resumes, here are the main three I see most often that tend to tarnish that five-second review you get from hiring ...

Are You Too Hard On Yourself?

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Remember when you were a teenager, and you were convinced that everyone around you was staring at every single imperfection you possessed? Fortunately, as we get older we realize that most people really aren't that concerned with what we're doing. However, I often encounter job seekers who seem a little stuck in the mentality of "Everyone is looking at me!" Few things in life are absolutely ...
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Intel Opens First Fab in China

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Intel Corp. has begun operations within its first fab in China. In 2007, Intel won approval to build a $2.5 billion, 300-mm wafer plant in northern China for chip sets. Intel recently confirmed speculation that it will build a new R&D wafer fab in Hillsboro, OR and upgrade other existing U.S. facilities for 22-nm production at a total investment of between $6 billion and $8 billion. The ...

Four Ways to Propel Green Jobs in the U.S.

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The U.S. needs immediate, decisive investments in the green manufacturing sector, according to Stephanie Burns, chairman, president and CEO of Dow Corning Corp. This can help boost America's exports, lower the trade deficit, create jobs and increase its competitiveness. Creating green manufacturing jobs can prove to be a major factor in our economic comeback. This could be the difference ...

Engineering Degrees Earn More and in More Places

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The starting pay of certain liberal arts majors generally starts well below that of graduates in engineering fields, according to a study by Payscale. Graduates with engineering degrees earned average starting pay of $56,000 in their first full-time jobs out of college, topping other majors. Communications and English majors only earned $34,000 in their first jobs. The survey, which was ...

Venture Capitalist John Doerr Announces $250 Mil Fund For Social Entrepreneurs

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At Facebook headquarters, prominent venture capitalist John Doerr has launched a $250 million dollar investment fund aimed at social entrepreneurs. Together with Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos and Zynga CEO Mark Pincus, the fund will be called the "sFund." The social giants predict that over the next five years, social networking will change the way corporations do ...
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Thursday, October 21, 2010

Should You Go Back to School? 4 Factors to Consider:

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An article published earlier this month showed that more than half of recent graduates from college did not receive a job offer prior to graduation, regardless of their undergraduate major. September 2010 data showed that the average length of unemployment was more than eight months. Scary statistics such as these have left many wondering if now is a good time to return to school. Here are some ...
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

3 Ways to Quantify Your Experience with Numbers

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If you've been doing your homework about how to write an effective resume, you've seen a recurring theme: you have to quantify your experience. Although most people understand the general idea of this, I find that job seekers often struggle with applying this idea to writing their resumes. Here are 3 easy ways to do it: Let's Show How Many Sometimes our responsibilities don't sound that ...

Should You Be Worried About Temp Jobs On Your Resume?

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In the midst of the Great Recession, many workers have found themselves cobbling together temporary or short-term jobs in order to pay the bills. These workers often become very concerned about how this work activity will appear on their resumes. If this is a concern of yours, take heart—many people are in the exact same situation. The first thing you should know is that the current economy ...
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Monday, October 18, 2010

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Is Your Hiring Process Hurting Your Employer Brand?

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"Your website and application process is the absolute worst I've ever encountered. Hopefully your company is not as disorganized as this site makes you appear." "…I was completely disappointed in the lack of professionalism and consideration. If this is how potential new employees are treated I can only surmise that existing employees are treated poorly, too." "This experience has change ...

Why Your Recruiting Strategy Matters

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Most recruiters complain that they cannot find the top talent or the talent they really need. Despite efforts to build databases and talent pools, they still struggle. In some case, lesser qualified people apply, but not the ones they identify as best. In other cases, good people apply but want too much money, or otherwise are hard to close. Maybe this is because these firms are not listed as ...
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Friday, October 15, 2010

3 Reasons Why Your Resume is Keeping Your Phone from Ringing

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If you know someone who's looking for a job—and I'm sure you do—then you may have heard them complain about having sent their resume off to hundreds of employers, only to receive absolutely no responses or acknowledgements. I've heard this complaint countless times from friends and colleagues. Part of the reason this happens so often is because companies really have become much less personal ...

Career Growth: 5 Key Points to Make Office Politics Work for You

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There was once a time when I thought "Office Politics" was tantamount to a dirty word. It was something low, underhanded and potentially unethical. If this sounds familiar, I'm here to illustrate for you that office politics isn't this offensive behavior I once thought it was. Hopefully, I can help you jump beyond that to see how it is something for you to master, if you intend to rocket your ...
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Don't Expect Instant Gratification In Your Career

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We are an instant gratification society. We are accustomed to Instant access to food, drink, and our favorite TV programs. Instant access to books, newspapers, and information. Instant access to pretty much whatever we want when we want it. Unfortunately, instant gratification does not happen to your career. Instead, career development requires persistence and patience. We all want to ...
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Monday, October 11, 2010

You do what for a living?

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Some of you out there have nice, easily explainable jobs like "professor" or "salesman" or "consultant". Others of you have job titles that people either totally don't grasp or think are kind of odd. As a resume writer, I fall into the second category, with reactions to my vocation ranging from, "Wait, is that a euphemism for your being unemployed?" to "Why would anyone ever pay someone to ...

7 Strategies for Overcoming the Resume Black Hole

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We hear from job seekers every day who are sending out hundreds of resumes and job applications never to be heard from again. It's hard to tell if it's the resume that's at fault or the company that's not hiring, already hired, or just sitting in a stack of 500 others never to be found. So I've compiled a list of seven ways to overcome the resume black hole that so many resumes seem to go in ...

An important question to ask your friends today – it could get you a job!

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I write often about the need to surround yourself with positive, supportive people during a stressful period of job transition. Connecting with family and friends regularly lifts your spirits and reminds your network to keep an eye out for you. It can also provide you with important insider information about the job market in your local community. I recently had lunch with a friend whose ...

If You’re A Great Fit for the Job, Say So – In Your Cover Letter

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I write about this topic often, but it truly blows my mind to see how many job seekers indiscriminately apply for a dozen jobs a day, regardless of whether they actually meet the qualifications or have appropriate experience. This ineffective job search behavior creates a vicious cycle for all of us. Recruiters are bombarded by resumes, so they spend little time reviewing each one—while job ...

Which Cola Does Your Resume Brand You As?

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As top Cola brands fought to capture and sustain market share in an over-saturated soft drinks market, some very valuable marketing and branding lessons surfaced. What we learned from the "Cola Wars" was that the fittest brand did not always thrive. On the contrary, ultimate success was the result of a shrewd branding strategy, one that truly differentiated the product from the crowd of "me too" ...

Is There Still a Market For What You Do?

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Most people know that certain sectors of the economy have been hit harder than others, like real estate, construction, and banking. If you've spent the last decade or two working in those industries, what are you supposed to do now? As you begin your job search and sit down to write your resume, you should ask yourself an important question: "Do any companies pay people to do what I ...
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