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How to avoid mistakes on your resume by Miriam Salpeter - Oct, 2010 Today’s post is one of many from members of the Career Collective community I co-coordinate with my colleague Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter. I encourage you to visit other members’ responses, which will be linked at the end of my post tomorrow. Please follow our hashtag on Twitter: #careercollective. This month’s question (in a nod to Halloween this weekend): How to avoid scary career/resume mistakes? How should job seekers en... |
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How to Get a New Job with an Old Employer by Kevin Donlin - Oct, 2010 If you’re looking for a job, you know how bad the news is. Unemployment is now at 9.6%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. It’s been stuck at 9.5% for 14 straight months -- the longest such stretch since The Great Depression. Yet, there are jobs out there. One Minnesota man just one. Steve Fox, from Edina, Minn. was hired by, an employer that had originally passed him over, about 70 days after seriously ad... |
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Over 50 in the job hunt by Miriam Salpeter - Oct, 2010 I recently received a note from a prospective client. An executive in his late 50¡äs, he took early retirement from his company and was looking for his *next* thing to do. He explained he had applied for hundreds of executive positions and almost as many minimum wage positions with his resume, but that he had not been called in for one interview. His frustration, ¡°I can¡¯t help that I am over 50.¡± What a frustrating situa... |
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The Top Ten Scary Things Job Seekers Do by Barbara Safani - Oct, 2010 In honor of Halloween, this month’s Career Collective topic is scary resume and career mistakes. Here are the top ten mistakes I see job seekers make. 1. Inflate their qualifications or lie on their resume. While a resume is not a legal document, it should be an accurate representation of your experience and achievements. I advocate for showing your employment history in the best possible light, buy lying is never wise. ... |
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17 Interview Questions Hiring Managers Love to Ask by Barbara Safani - Oct, 2010 AOL Jobs reached out to hiring managers, HR professionals and recruiters to hear their favorite interview questions. Here's what they love to ask and why. What is your greatest weakness? "An impressive and confident response shows that the candidate has prepared for the question, has done serious self-reflection and can admit responsibility and accept constructive criticism. Sincerely give an honest answer (but don't sa... |
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3 Mistakes You’re Making on Your Resume and How to Correct Them Now by Jessica Holbrook Hernandez - Oct, 2010 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 managers. DISORGANIZED OR UNATTRACTIVE RESUME FOR... |
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3 Signs You’re Sabotaging Your Own Job Search by Jessica Holbrook Hernandez - Oct, 2010 I talk to a lot of people who have gone through a job transition during the last few years. Although most people agree that both the economy and the job market are tough right now, I sometimes wonder if people really grasp just how challenging things are for a lot of people. There are some common themes among those who seem to be sabotaging their own job searches: YOU THINK YOU CAN DO IT ALONE It amazes me how many peo... |
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Networking From The Opposite Direction by Kevin Donlin - Oct, 2010 Here’s a Guerrilla Job Search maxim to live by: When in doubt, do the opposite. Think about it: If most job hunters are struggling to find work, why do what most job hunters are doing? Take email, for example. If most job seekers email their resumes to employers … and get no reply, why not try the opposite? The opposite of email could be in-person delivery, fax, or U.S. Mail, to name but three possibilities. Here’s an... |
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Save Your Job Search: Change Your Negative Internal Dialogue by Rosa Elizabeth Vargas - Oct, 2010 Lack of Confidence Can Hinder Your Job Search If you are feeling defeated because you have done all you can do, have interviewed, and a new job has not manifested for you, examine your internal dialogue. Yes, put down the resume, halt the job searching, and join me in this deep-dive exercise of exploring your thoughts… What are your beliefs about your candidacy? What "vibe" are you transmitting during your phone intervi... |
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3 Reasons Why Your Resume is Keeping Your Phone from Ringing by Jessica Holbrook Hernandez - Oct, 2010 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 about their hiring processes. Th... |
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