What pretzels have to do with your job search (or) why job seekers should focus on helping others

Today, I was at Target. This is nothing all that unusual, to tell the truth. This morning, I was looking for individually wrapped snack packages. Perusing the aisle, I stopped in front of a man and his boxes. It seemed that they were right where my targeted snacks would be. He was stocking the shelves and quickly moved his boxes …

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Healing Tips for the Broken Hearted Job Seeker

By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert , Joshua Waldman Someone once told me a corporation was a nasty thing to fall in love with – because it will NEVER love you back. The rules of loyalty in the work force are changing. No one can deny that. However, knowing this doesn’t change the pain of getting laid off or let go. It hurts. It …

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5 Keys To Creating A Resume They’ll Remember

Stop agonizing over how to write the best resume and take a moment to read over the following five key steps to creating a resume that hiring managers will remember . This isn’t a definitive list but will give you a great place to start on your way to resume superstardom (and that new career you’ve been dreaming about)! Give…

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Tax Tips for the Unemployed

I saw a segment about tax deductions for job seekers on today’s CNN “American Morning”. In case you missed it: http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/09/tax-deductions-for-job-seekers/ http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/03/08/tax.tips.unemployed/index.html?hpt=Sbin This is for anyone unemployed in 2009!

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Do you care about your picture on Social networks?

www.laurentbrouat.com Your picture on Social networks is the killer app…You don’t believe me? Piskorski a Harvard professor made that discovery: …

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5 Surefire Resume Writing Tips

By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert , Patricia Erickson Is the thought of writing a resume as pleasant as having your wisdom teeth surgically extracted? I ask because I was discussing resume writing strategies with a client today and she mentioned she was thrilled I was going to write her resume. This was because she was no longer actively involved in (as she put it) …

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Giveaway: Networking for the Novice, Nervous or Naive Job Seeker

New: an EVENING JibberJobber User Webinar TOMORROW, March 9th at 7p EST. Register here . (other webinars listed here ) LinkedIn for Job Seekers DVD for $49.95 $25. Check out all the specials here . Sorry about last week’s Giveaway (I skipped it!). Here’s the question for this week: WHY do we (in general) HATE networking? Leave your answer in…

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How to Neutralize an Angry Customer

What do you do if you’re sitting at your desk, minding your own business, and an irate customer disturbs your peaceful day?

Tap Into the Hidden Job Market

In a Yahoo piece today, Stephanie Loicacono wrote about the “hidden job market” and has a few ideas for those job seekers who are tired of throwing their resumes in with the masses. She quotes a stat: ”80% of all jobs are never advertised.” That is somewhat correct. And our own stats at LINKUP.com basically …

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Annual Histotechnology Day – March 10

The National Society of Histotechnology has designated March 10 as Annual Histotechnology Day to help promote awareness of careers in histotechnology and medical laboratory science. According to the NSH, “histotechnologists and histotechnicians combine technical skills with scientific knowledge to perform a variety of tissue-related procedures in various laboratories. These lab professionals prepare and stain tissue to identify bacteria, fungus, …

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