Job seeker tips

Don’t Transfer Your Soul (or Your Talent)

Taking a job offer from an employer you barely know is like ignoring the terms and conditions vendors impose when you make an online purchase … only worse. If a product is defective, you can usually return it. When an employer turns out to be bad, however, there is no such recourse. And, the harm can be long lasting.

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Submitted by otavio on February 3, 2012 - 15:43.

Change the Epilogue of Your Job Search

The new scourge of job seekers is serial unemployment. You fight through the frustration and anxiety of one job search, land a new position and six months or a year later, you’re handed another pink slip and find yourself right back where you started from. It’s an increasingly prevalent plight for white collar and blue collar workers alike. There is a way to protect yourself, however, if you change the epilogue to your job search.

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Submitted by otavio on January 19, 2012 - 09:06.

The Job Seeker With the Dragon Tattoo

By now, you’ve probably heard of Stieg Larsson's best seller, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. For those who haven’t yet read the book, it’s (sort of) a murder mystery intertwined with the self-identity quest of a young woman with distinctive body art. While all of the plot’s secrets are revealed by the end of the tale, one question is never addressed: what’s the meaning of the dragon tattoo? The answer is especially important to job seekers.

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Submitted by otavio on January 5, 2012 - 16:48.

The Application Two-Step

Here’s a not uncommon scenario on the Internet today: you spend several hours surfing the Web at a number of employment Websites; you search through hundreds of job postings in their job databases; and finally, you find what you’ve been looking for. There, right in front of you, is a posting for your dream job. So, what do you do? Send in your resume, right? Well, not exactly; if that were the sum of it, a lot more of us would be getting offers for the jobs we really want.

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Submitted by administrator on June 21, 2006 - 14:21.

Riding the Net to Your Next Job

There are over 40,000 employment-related sites now operating on the Internet, and new sites launch every week. They include well known national job boards as well as smaller, specialty sites that focus on a specific career field, industry or geographic location. There are sites operated by:

commercial enterprises;
professional societies and associations;
college, university and technical school alumni organizations;
newspapers, magazines and other publications;
affinity groups (e.g., veterans, women’s groups); and
federal, state and local government agencies.

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Submitted by administrator on April 3, 2006 - 10:47.