4 Tips for a Successful Targeted Email Campaign

Jason Bakker of Campus Media Group recently published a great blog article about how organizations should use targeted emails to reach college students: Leverage or build your brand name because name recognition matters. Stronger brands result in more of your emails being opened, read, and responded to. Time your campaign to hit not just the inbox of when your…

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Employment turnaround across major industries

We’ve seen a stark improvement in the job market over the last few months. With another encouraging month of data, Indeed’s Industry Employment Trends show that 10 of the 12 major industries had more job openings in February than a year ago. Because we track advertised rather than filled positions, it is a more forward-looking indicator than government jobs …

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What to do when you are discouraged about your job search

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 are linked at the end of my post! Please follow our hashtag on Twitter: #careercollective. This month’s question? What do you do when you’re really…

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Find Your Recruiter and Find Your Job Vol 4

Guest Author : CareerAlley Website : http://careeralley.com ” All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife. ” – Daniel Boone So what does a telescope and Daniel Boone have to do with Recruiters and job search? It’s all about leaving the search to the experts and while you don’t need to be…

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Funny accounting job interview – don’t make up stuff on your résumé!

Don’t BS about your qualifications during a job interview, especially a ‘language skill’…

Funny accounting job interview – trailer

A man’s dream to become an accountant. – TRAILER…

Tired of looking for a job? Jump start your job hunt – here’s how…

If you’re involved in a long-term job search (the average is 25 weeks, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics), you may be getting to the point that you can’t imagine doing something different that will move your search forward. I f you haven’t started, dive into social media and Web 2.0 applications! Yes, this can take some …

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More on boilerplate resume language

So Liz…you leave us hanging. Your observation of the “10 deadliest” only tell us what NOT to do…can you help those of us struggling with how to replace these? lizryan 8 hours ago Hiya Dan, there aren’t any stock phrases to replace the boilerplate ones we’re going to excise from our resumes. We want to be very specific about what we’ve done…

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The other side of the hiring desk, pt 6: How to turn a recruiter into a fan!

You’re looking for a job and you’d like to impress the recruiter. In today’s interview, learn some tips directly from a recruiter’s perspective! It’s important to know what recruiters are thinking, what they do and what they do NOT do if you want to work with one successfully. So, here is another from…

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Job search tips? I’m not looking for anything in particular so I’m thinking Monster type services are out.

I want to leave the social service type of work I am currently doing and gain some accounting/finance experience. I hold a degree in economics. I would like to work for the IRS as a tax agent. I know eventually I need to take some accounting classes but right now I do not want to go back to school. Anyway, I’m starting to get discouraged. Any pointers?

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