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Career Planning
« Previous EntriesHave You Tracked Your Online ID Lately?
Thursday, May 17th, 2012Tracking your online ID is vital in preserving your online reputation while you search for a job, prepare for an interview, or change careers. Employers, hiring managers, and recruiters are scrutinizing job candidates, whether they are actively or passively engaged in a job search. Don’t fool yourself into believing otherwise. A compromising online identity can [...]
Job Searching with Social Media
Friday, May 11th, 2012Via www.jeffbullas.com
Job Seekers Choose Facebook as ‘Friendly’ Networking Tool
Monday, May 7th, 2012Within two days of notifying her friends that she was unemployed, she landed new work, including a consulting gig with personal finance expert Gail Vaz-Oxlade, host of Til Debt Do Us Part. Ms. O’Connor says that for her, Facebook has been more effective than LinkedIn or Twitter for finding business opportunities. While she posts links [...]
The Job Search and Confidentiality
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012Do you want a new job, and are you concerned that social media will "out" you? You're not alone. We know that social media is a huge part of the modern job search. But being active on social media also can prevent you from searching stealthily. Coworkers and bosses can see who you’ve recently followed [...]
Here’s How Long to Wait Before Following Up on a Job Application
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012Job seekers often struggle to figure out when they should follow up with an employer after applying for a job, or whether they should follow up at all. Here's some guidance on how to follow up appropriately at each stage of the hiring process. Via www.businessinsider.com
What’s the Biggest Mistake People Are Making at Career Fairs These Days?
Thursday, April 26th, 2012Recently, I attended a journalism school career fair. To be fair, I won't name the school. But it's an excellent journalism school. I was there for four hours, and I met 15 people, about half of whom were pre-scheduled to meet me. The rest were walk-ups. What stuck out to me during those four hours? [...]
Networking Your Way to Nowhere? 6 Newbie Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012Networking is one of the biggest career buzzwords out there. But it’s easy to focus on cultivating a massive network and forget to network strategically. In other words, quality is often more important than quality. If you find yourself making any networking mistakes, it might be time to come up with a new approach: Via [...]
Letters of Recommendation vs. LinkedIn Recommendations
Monday, April 16th, 2012You can write a letter of recommendation using "To whom it may concern," but why would you? You're better off writing a LinkedIn recommendation than an old-fashioned letter of recommendation for five reasons. . . Via www.huffingtonpost.com
10 Easy Steps to Design Your Own Personal Infographic
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012Five benefits of a personal infographic: 1. A creative way to describe yourself 2. Upload it to Facebook and compare with other creative, innovative friends 3. Use it as a desktop background, or as the base of your Twitter background image 4. It’s fun, only taking a few clicks and a few minutes 5. It [...]
20 Chamber of Commerce Tips to Find Jobs Here or Overseas
Monday, April 2nd, 2012In 2001, I moved back to Israel from France after leaving my web development production manager job at Amazon.com. I took a break for a few months before starting my job search in December of that year. As I sat down to think about how to plan my job search, one of the first questions [...]
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