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The 10 Step Strategic Job Search Plan

Dec 06, 2011 | 8

You've heard it before, repeated actions garner repeated results. It's true grasshopper, especially in your job search. Here's your chance to break the cycle...…

Hands on NEPA workshops on building and leveraging social networks

Nov 17, 2011 |  

The power of social media is in building relationships enabled by the vehicle. It takes some learning and finesse to understand how to be truly effective - or, you can slog through it by trial and error, key and click and hope you land on your feet.…

‘Here’s My Resume and The Finger’

Oct 05, 2011 | 11

Many occupations have hazards... HR people and recruiter types get threatened, stalked and sometimes the unconscious finger. Like today...…

A Quickie Doesn’t Count

Sep 22, 2011 |  

Close your eyes and concentrate. Think of examples of important things you can do well by taking short cuts or not paying attention to the details and tell me what you come up with. I'll bet it's not a job.…

What’s Personal Branding Got to Do with Job Search?

Sep 04, 2011 |  

It's not enough to have marketable skills - you have to market them as part of the package a company will get when they take you on as a solution provider for their problems. …

Let’s make ‘professional networking’ a game with BeKnown

Jun 26, 2011 | 4

The fairly large network I have on Facebook has been all a buzz this week – leading up to the SHRM conference in Las Vegas, with BeKnown – the latest in a trail of a new shiny badge badge earning, network growing apps. This time, the developer is not an unknown avant garde start up.…

Job search frustration hit my inbox today big time

May 16, 2011 | 38

I have had from time-to-time communication from a job seeker who in earnest is trying to gain employment in a chosen field of education and experience without success, for an extended period of time. I'm honest and forthright, but have run out of the usual resources I would recommend. So today I took a deep breath and conveyed some tough love...…

Survival Guide Tips for Job Seekers

Apr 20, 2011 |  

Whether you attended an event like the NEPA Job Fair and need some solid advice on what to do post-event, or you didn't but you're looking for a slightly difference twist on the same regurgitated info you find all over the place about how to conduct a job search, be the top candidate, stand out from the crowd, etc..... it's right after this long run on sentence.…

What are the preferred job search web sites/resources?

Jan 23, 2011 | 3

I belong to the LinkedIn group PROS in Workforce and Economic Development, closed to industry professionals. I really enjoy some of the dynamic conversations and resources that are shared among members. However, once in a while it becomes painfully obvious to me how much of a divide there is between the work and understanding of many workforce development professionals and the work of Corporate America...…

10 LinkedIn Tips for 2011 Job Seekers

Dec 13, 2010 | 7

Baby, it's cold outside here in the northeast! That means it's the perfect opportunity for a LinkedIn lesson - YAY!!!! Grab a cup of something steamy and satisfying (I won't tell if it's a glass of something fermented and chilled) and log into your LinkedIn account for the virtual professional networking ride of your life...…

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