• Tune Up Your Career In 5 Steps

    By: Tony Jacowski
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    You may feel stuck in the career you are in which does not seem to be moving anywhere. There is may be no sight of a promotion; and as if to rub salt into your wounds, there may also appear to be people who move fast up the career ladder. This is the time that you should you realize a couple of facts as to where could you have possibly gone wrong and what should you do in order to put your career back on the fast track.Read more…

  • How to Answer Difficult Questions in Job Interview? Use the Seek-And-Reply Technique

    By: Damen Choy
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    No matter how well you have prepared for your interview, chances are you would be confronted with questions you don't know how to answer. In this case, don't get nervous. You have to accept that you are not invincible.Read more…

  • Interview Call Letters Spamming My Mail Box

    By: Alevoor Rajagopal
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    Interview and career planning gurus are flooding my mail box. Some one please help me! This is the frantic expression I heard over a highschool campus.Read more…

  • Thank You Letters

    By: Jeff Altman
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    I’ve been in the search business for what often seems like 100 years.In the good old days, people would mail resumes to companies on great looking parchment paper with a watermark visible to the reader because that meant class!After an interview, they would send a thank you note (by mail) on either personal letterhead or a card to express their interest in the job.Read more…

  • Background Checking: They Aren't Just Checking References Any More

    By: Jeff Altman
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    For the longest time, employers would do simple background checks. They have a potential employee complete a job application where they were asked for three professional references. Before the employee was hired, the three would receive a telephone call and tell the potential employer that the job applicant was a wonderful individual who would do incredible things for them, just as they had done before.Read more…

  • Achieve Your Vital Career Goals: Record Clear Goals and Follow the 15 Easy Steps to Career Success

    By: R Sodoma
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    Get Ahead with Dynamic Goal SettingCareer Goal Setting involves recording clear objectives and the actions required to achieve them. The main reason people do not achieve goals is that they do not set any To begin with. Use the following steps to focus your efforts and maximize your goal achievements.Read more…

  • The Six Master Keys To Landing A Job

    By: Ronald K. Armstrong
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    I’ve listed the most successful techniques used to land a job in just about any field imaginable. Most people believe that getting a job relies upon a good resume and interview skills. Well, that is just not so.Read more…

  • Job Interview Tips

    By: Pat O'Sullivan
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    A job interview is all about proving your qualifications and accomplishments to an employer through proper conversation skills. I have compiled a list of job interview tips that will help you to make that impression you’ve always dreamed of. These job interview tips are written in a general sense so they will benefit you no matter what position you are applying for.Read more…

  • Why a New Graduate Should Include GPA and Major Coursework in a Resume?

    By: Tracey Drake
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    Your grade point average included on your resume speaks of your education and your level of overall academic success. It is vital to note these details on your resume; your interviewer will use it to determine your aptitude for learning which is important for new jobs and internships. Omit your grade point average and potential employers may wonder why.Read more…

  • Job Interview

    By: Robert Danly
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    Impress with your skillsEven though the number of job opportunities has increased rapidly in recent years, the competition is also increasing at a furious pace thanks to the globalization. Globalization, the technological advancements and especially the internet make it increasingly difficult to find your perfect job. That’s why winning the job interview is so important these days.Read more…

  • You Are Approaching Retirement; Yet, You Wish To Continue Working - What Are Your Options?

    By: Tali Nizic
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    You held a senior management position in Finance, Human Resources, Sales & Marketing, etc for the past many years. You are now a few months away from the mandatory retirement age at your company. Although your retirement income will be more than sufficient to sustain your current life style, you are not ready to say good-bye to the corporate world, so what would some of your options be and how will you go about achieving them?Read more…

  • Agent Recruiting in 2006: Not the Same Old Drill

    By: Mark Nash
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    Let's start off with a given. The 2006 real estate market is tough and unlike anything we've seen in five years. The problem is if we go back five years, it was the advent of the Internet in residential brokerage.Read more…

  • Lock Picking Can Be Very Rewarding

    By: Jason Montag
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    When learning the trade of lock picking there will be a number of terms that you will have to learn. Much like a doctor or a lawyer must learn the words and expressions of the trade the same is true for the profession and hobby of lock picking. The more you understand the terms used the easier you will be able to pick up new procedures and techniques since the ones that will be doing the instruction will be using the right words you will not benefit fully unless you are able to speak the same language.Read more…

  • Get Your Career On Track

    By: Dave Neal
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    If you’ve watched the cable television show on Bravo called ‘Inside the Actors Studio,’ you’ve seen host, James Lipton, ask his guest celebrities to respond to the Bernard Pivot questionnaire, which includes two questions about what guests would most like to do, and most not like to do, outside their chosen profession:1. What profession other than yours would you like to attempt?2. What profession would you not like to do?Read more…

  • Interview Success - the Importance of Mental Preparation

    By: Jim Brackin
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    Ask any employer the biggest mistake candidates can make and you often get the same answer - not being fully prepared for the interview. Successful candidates use every conceivable means possible to prepare for the interview and to allow themselves ample time to prepare. They understand that interviewing is a skill and that preparation and practice will enhance their chances of success.Read more…

  • Use Mantras To Stay On Track

    By: Dale Kurow
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    Recently, I worked with several clients who requested that I give them one or two sentences (mantras) that they could take away from the session that would crystallize our discussion. Each of these clients had different work-related goals.This underscored how important it is to develop mantras to recite to yourself, to keep goals top of mind, and to help center yourself when the noise and stress of life pulls you in opposite directions.Read more…

  • Take That Job & Leave It! – How to Step Away From a Career You Don't Love

    By: Jan Michaels
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    Are you having another one of those days? You know; the kind where you didn’t want to get out of bed because it meant going to the office. You knew that once you got there all you were going to do was look out the window or watch the clock waiting for your day at work to finally end.Read more…

  • Current Hiring Trends For Accounting & Financial Professionals

    By: Tali Nizic
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    Today’s business environment and the current economy are such that many organizations are continuously looking at cost-cutting measures, ensuring that the organization is operating at peak state, is attuned to the rapid changes of high tech as well as on-going development of long-term business solutions and strategies. All of these tasks, not to mention the daily routines of the operations alone, create an ongoing demand for full-time and contract accounting and finance professionals to support and implement these initiatives. Accounting and finance professionals are needed to provide guidance to middle and senior management, enhance operational efficiency and analyze financial data.Read more…

  • How To Grow Your Restaurant or Hospitality Career

    By: Mark Baber
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    From the view of the casual observer, restaurant and hospitality management careers are pretty much organized in advanced and handed to you on a pre-fabricated career map – it seems like wherever you end up, you know you will spend a good part of your life working in a hospitality environment. But professionals understand the weaknesses in that statement. They know about the many variables of the restaurant and hospitality industry.Read more…

  • Your Pharmaceutical Sales Interview - How to Get Connected, Get Organized and Get That Interview!

    By: Anne Marie Posegate
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    As a former pharmaceutical sales recruiter, my coaching clients find it odd when I state that networking with pharmaceutical reps is the key to landing their first pharmaceutical sales interview, rather than simply calling a recruiter. But let’s face it, if a manager can hire a sales pro recommended by his/her rep at a much cheaper fee than through a recruiter, then which do you think the manager will choose?And, although networking seems to be feared by many first time pharma sales candidates, it has become increasingly easier to do over the last few years.Read more…

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