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Job Search Tip: Getting Desperate? Don't Let It Show
Once you’ve been job hunting for a while, desperation starts to kick in. You may find yourself thinking that you don’t care what the job is or what it pays — you just need a steady paycheck coming in. But if you’ve reached that point in your search, focus on not letting your desperation show; otherwise, you could be making the process even harder on yourself.
10 Ways to Improve Your Resume Right Now
Your resume might be a single piece of paper, but that document is an extension of you. It's one of the first ways employers evaluate your potential to fill an open position, so even if you're confident in your interview abilities, you won't get an invitation to show them off unless your resume is compelling. Think you've done everything you can to create a solid resume?
10 Tips For Getting (and Nailing) a Job Interview
An increasingly large pool of unemployed workers, many of whom are highly qualified and have killer resumes, means that getting an interview and landing a new job is a longer and more challenging process these days. After sorting through piles of resumes, hiring managers are now holding more rounds of interviews than before. Get through the first round of interviews with these tips.
10 Easy-to-Fix Cover Letter Mistakes
I have yet to meet a job hunter who doesn't dread writing cover letters. They're time-consuming and tedious, and unfortunately, they're unavoidable. It's easy to break cover letter etiquette if you're not careful.
7 Tricky Tactics Employers Use to Evaluate You
You've prepared and practiced all of your interview p's and q's, but hiring managers are no longer settling for taking what you present at face value. They're digging deeper and using any information that surfaces to determine your worthiness as a candidate for the job. Find out if your bases are truly covered when you discover the tricky ways some hiring managers evaluate applicants.
Reassess Your Job Search For the New Year
This month, many of us are making resolutions and setting goals for our careers in 2010. But if you’re still on the hunt for a new job, don’t think you’re off the hook — the beginning of a new year is the perfect time to reevaluate and fine-tune your job search. Whatever it is that's hindering your search, I've got tips to get you back on track.
Almost Half of You Interviewed in 2009
It might have been a tough year job-wise, but nearly half of you scored at least one interview this year — 43 percent of you, to be exact. Good news that most of you were on the job hunt, and landed one to five interviews through the whole of the year, either unemployed and actively job-seeking or maybe just looking for a new position to shake things up.
In any case, it was great to hear that most of you were out there winning over recruiters, and while about 36 percent of you reported no interviews at all, it was also a good year to stick to with the job you know.
10 Things Hiring Managers Hate About You
You might have said some pretty terrible things about particular hiring managers in the past, but in many cases, those in charge of HR duties are frustrated by the annoying antics of applicants in the dark. You might be qualified for the job, but your chances for getting it will be better if you avoid doing these 10 things hiring managers hate about you.
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How Many Job Interviews Did You Have in 2009?
2009 was another tough year for the workforce. Unemployment rates continued to soar, meaning many workers were pounding the pavement looking for new jobs and setting up interviews whenever they got a call back.
Job interviews are the ultimate at putting job hunters on the spot, so cheers to you interviewees for holding your own in front of hiring managers and potential bosses.
How-To: Explain Why You Were Laid-Off
You're probably sick of talking about why you were laid-off and how your job search is going, and unfortunately those questions will keep coming until you've found a new job. Potential employers will certainly want to know the reasons behind your unemployment, meaning you'll have to discuss what happened during a situation in which you're already vulnerable. Learn how to handle the sensitive interview question so that you're not left stuttering through an answer.
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