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Tips For A Successful Job Search During The Summer

While others are enjoying the lazy, hazy days of summer thinking that no one gets hired in the summer, nothing could be further from the truth.  Hiring does take place.  The process may take longer.  But people get hired all year around.  And you could be one of them.  Fortunately, you can take your job […]

How to Find Companies for Your Target List

There are many ways to find a job.  One is a targeted job search.  It is a job search where the you make a list of companies where you are interested in working. You can apply for open positions found on the company’s website.  Or you contact members of your network with to find open […]

How to Avoid Annoying Company Recruiters

  The other day while reading an article, I came across the term “Homers”.  “Homers” is a term used by some recruiters to describe the unemployedoyed equating them to the fictional character Homer Simpson.  He is the overweight, lazy, rude and incompetent father in a cartoon series.  There are some company recruiters who falsely view […]

How To Get Your Resume To The Top Of The Pile

Recently I read an article in the New York Times about how people are getting their resumes to the top of the pile. I knew what the procedure was, but what surprised me was how companies are encouraging the practice and why. The method I am talking about is networking to find an acquaintance who […]

Evaluating Your Job Searching by the Numbers

Statistics wasn’t my favorite class, but I need them for many things.   They are used for many things from voting to purchasing  decisions.   You can achieve success in your job search using statistics.   How is your job search going?  Are you getting interviews?  Are your interviews turning into offers?  If your job search isn’t going […]