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Monday Rx: Change Your Job Search Strategy If…
You have often heard the saying, “If you always do what you have always done, you will continue getting what you have always gotten”, or something close. If that sounds like you and your job search or...
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How a Patchwork Quilt Résumé Could Damage Your Brand
Wikipedia’s Definition of a patchwork quilt: a quilt in which the top layer consists of pieces of fabric sewn together to form a design. By my own definition, a patchwork quilt résumé is one that is...
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“Read an E-Book Week” is March 4-10, 2012!
Don’t be surprised if from March 4-10, 2012, you see ebook authors offering their books at steep discounts, or for free. You see, March 4, is Read an E-Book Week, a practice that’s been going on for...
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10 Resume Tips to Beat Online Applicant Tracking Systems
Are you a job seeker who is frustrated with online applicant tracking systems (ATS)? Do you often wonder if your resume has disappeared into a blackhole because the only response you have had from the...
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3 B.A.D. Tips to Bolster Your Career Brand
Yes, this might sound like an oxymoron, but read on… Earlier in the year, I had the privilege of speaking to members of CAMP, a networking group for internationally trained communication,...
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7 Habits of Highly Successful Job Seekers
This post is in honour of the legendary management guru Stephen Covey, author of the bestselling book, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, who passed away recently. Mr. Covey’s principles were not...
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Are Thank You Letters Really Annoying?
Are thank you letters really annoying? It didn’t occur to me that they could be until very recently. A client mentioned a few days ago that a corporate recruiter with a financial institution told her...
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Why You Should Network to Get Work
Networking guru, Donna Messer, is known for saying that one has to ‘network to get work’. It doesn’t matter how often you hear this; it doesn’t matter how often you discount it, networking to get work...
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6 Reasons to Send a Cover Letter With Your Resume
The importance of cover letters sometimes engenders lively debates among hiring managers, job seekers, and career professionals, and all sides have compelling arguments. Some say recruiters do not have...
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The Cover Letter is Dead…Long Live the Cover Letter
Every so often we hear or read about the death of the resume, but somehow it continues to hang on for dear life. Nowadays, though, it seems that this prediction has reached the cover letter. In two...
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