Job search skills for today's job market

Elements beyond your control can impact your job search success: The job market, the economy, the health of your industry. Yet, there are many factors over which you have complete control. How you handle these factors can make the difference between a long, drawn out job search and one that nets quicker results. Rather than focusing on what we cannot change, let's focus on what we can. Here are five reasons that you may not be getting the results you want in your current job search:

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Did you know:

* Eighty percent of the dissatisfied job hunters that I've worked with are doubling or tripling the amount of time they'll spend unemployed because of one MAJOR mistake that could easily be remedied?

* The two job search strategies preferred by most job hunters are the LEAST effective?

* The majority of available jobs are NEVER published?

* There is one job search strategy that EVERY job hunter should incorporate, but most don't?

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Getting better results in your job search requires changing your game plan. Spend one hour with me during the F*R*E*E teleclass/webcast "Five Tips for Turning Around an Unsuccessful Job Search, Getting More Callbacks, and Landing More Interviews" on Tuesday, January 13th at 3PM EST a… Continue

'It is my dream job. How could I not recognize it?'

Think it's impossible not to recognize your dream job? It happens much more frequently than you might think. Ever seen a romantic comedy where the heroine suddenly realizes that a guy she's kno

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The rules of the job search have changed considerably in recent years. It's not enough to be the most qualified candidate for the job. Successful job candidates understand that in addition to "having the goods," they need to know their "buyer," and how to sell to them. Think it sounds crass to compare a job candidate's skills and experience to consumer goods? It isn't. Rather, it accurately reflects the reality of the current job market.

Positioning Yourself to Get Noticed in a Cro

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