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Your Top 10 Signs The Job May Be A Dead-End ... or … Top 10 Reasons to Run for The Door!

Number 10: The position for which you are interviewing is vacant. Well run companies don’t create vacancies. Before letting someone go or sensing that someone wants to go, good management … a well-run company, will be ready with a replacement Number 9: When asked how the company measures its… Continue

Added by Robert Taub on December 5, 2009 at 2:00am — No Comments

Now Hiring College Students and Recent Grads Revisited Vol I

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"We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world." - Dan Quayle Whether you've just started college or you graduated last year (or anywhere between… Continue

Added by Joey on November 29, 2009 at 4:00am — No Comments

Jobs in Transportation - Targeted Job Search

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"On the road again - Just can't wait to get on the road again." - Willie Nelson I wa… Continue

Added by Joey on November 26, 2009 at 11:45pm — No Comments

RISK: What the ancient Romans can teach you about career change

By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Melissa C. Martin have you ever felt those demonic thoughts that swirl in our inner sanctum and resist giving way to the one thing that humans patently avoid…..changing their comfort zone? That is your risk zone. Stepping out of the comfort zone. Our inner temptations to make that change, even one small change, as we say in solution-focused interviewing and counseling, need a guiding force. Pay attention to those inner tempations! Even if it means confronting… Continue

Added by Melissa C Martin on November 18, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

The Fastest Growing Companies 2009 - Who's Hiring Now Vol I

Reposted from CareerAlley “Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.” - Julie Andrews If job search requires anything, it is certainly persever… Continue

Added by Joey on November 14, 2009 at 4:00am — No Comments

You Want to Pay me What?

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"There's no way I can justify my salary level, but I'm learning to live with it." - Drew Carey Most of us don't struggle with the problem that Drew Carey ha… Continue

Added by Joey on November 11, 2009 at 5:00am — No Comments

Revisited Career Links for College Grads

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"See you in September See you when the summer's through" - Sherman Edwards and… Continue

Added by Joey on October 24, 2009 at 4:00am — No Comments

The 6 realities of the new job search

Unfortunately, as a career coach, I still tend to see individuals who are using obsolete, traditional job search methods that used to work. The landscape has changed drastically-even from two years ago. Not just the economic landscape, but the job search landscape. Allow me to coin a disgraced Canadian government employee, "I'm entitled to my entitlement." This is faulty thinking that we are entitled to a stable job, benefits, salary increases and an automatic performance evaluation that will… Continue

Added by Melissa C Martin on October 19, 2009 at 8:44pm — No Comments

Networking - Friends, Family and Colleagues, Have You Leveraged Yours?

Reposted from CareerAlley "I get by with a little help from my friends." Lennon and McCartney Networking is not only about who you know (friends, family and colleagues), it's also about who knows who you know (if that makes any sense). It sometimes comes down to "… Continue

Added by Joey on October 3, 2009 at 4:00am — No Comments

Who's Hiring NOW from the Fortune 500 (Vol IV)

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"Recovering from failure is often easier than building from success." - Michael D. Eisner When you are looking for a job, it is usually because of some type… Continue

Added by Joey on September 30, 2009 at 4:00am — No Comments

Tweet Your Way to a New Job - Twitter for Job Search

Reposted from CareerAlley “The qualities that make Twitter seem inane and half-baked are what makes it so powerful” - Jonathan Zittra… Continue

Added by Joey on September 27, 2009 at 4:00am — 1 Comment

Outside Looking In - Dealing with Job Loss

Reposted from CareerAlley "Listen children all is not lost, All is not lost, oh no, no" - Saturday In The Park lyrics - Robert William Lamm Losing your job is one of the most stressful life e… Continue

Added by Joey on September 24, 2009 at 4:00am — 1 Comment

8 Rules to Getting a Job in a Bad Ecomony: Business as Usual

Show me someone who hasn’t fantasized getting in the car and leaving it all behind and I’ll show you someone who doesn’t drive. The banks are a mess, credit is awful, the U.S auto industry is a mess, unemployment is climbing still, we’re all out of money, gas prices are on the rise again … oh yeah … and according to the G-8 Summit our planet is melting! Many people mistakenly assume if a company is not actively looking for someone then a job isn’t available. The experience of many job-hunters m… Continue

Added by Robert J. Taub on September 16, 2009 at 11:59am — 2 Comments

Intelligent Job Search - Are you Smart Searching?

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“I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.” - Socrates. This is a good starting point when it comes… Continue

Added by Joey on September 14, 2009 at 4:00am — No Comments

The Most Admired Companies - Who's Hiring Now Vol IX

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"If you come to a fork in the road, take it." - Yogi Berra Maybe the most admired companies don't take the fork in the road as Yogi suggests, but they cert… Continue

Added by Joey on September 10, 2009 at 4:00am — No Comments

Who's Hiring Now - Fastest Growing Companies Vol XI

Reposted from CareerAlley “The winner ain't the one with the fastest car its the one who refuses to lose” - Dale Earnhardt. That is exactly how you have to approach your job sea… Continue

Added by Joey on September 4, 2009 at 4:00am — No Comments

Targeted Job Search - Who's Hiring in Sales

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Sales are down in just about every industry and in many cases, sales jobs have followed. Looking at the trends, the number of sales jobs posted has not really decreased… Continue

Added by Joey on September 2, 2009 at 4:00am — No Comments

College Grads - Where's Your Job?

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Okay, so you graduated in May and still don't have a job. Just your luck to graduate in the worst economy since the Great Depression. But, believe it or not, there are jobs out there and one of them has your name on it. "Ha… Continue

Added by Joey on August 31, 2009 at 4:00am — No Comments

Who's Hiring at the Fastest Growing Companies - Vol X

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It's not just the fact that these companies are the fastest growing that should attract you. There are other company attributes you should consider when picking companies on your "I'd like to work there" list (and you should have this list). So wh… Continue

Added by Joey on August 29, 2009 at 4:00am — No Comments

Readers' Job Search Recommendations - Vol II

Reposted from CareerAlley Thanks again to everyone who have recommended their favorite sites. This has been a great help as most of these are sites that I've not yet reviewed. Beyond the basics of job search (like my Job Search Marketing Toolkit), different things work for different people. All of these sites are the "tool" not the process. As long as… Continue

Added by Joey on August 27, 2009 at 4:00am — No Comments