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A commenter left a brief note last week about job search expenses.
I was thinking of writing a more formal post, but as I sat down to think about it, I thought it better to list all the job search expenses I could think of.
I don’t think a lot of people think about the amount of […]

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As we all know, even in a recession, not all areas of the economy suffer equally… or at all. As I said before, 2002 would have been a bad year to work in computer programming, but would have been a great year to be hired as a programmer at Google.
And this is true for geography […]

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Several times on this blog, I’ve railed against the narrow mindset of people looking for jobs. A new job is not something rewarded by luck or the fates: it’s a negotiation wherein you offer something to the employer as much as they offer you a job. A successful job candidate doesn’t just prove she’s adequate, […]

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Both Cheezhead and SavvySugar are a bit perplexed by the new recruiting startup WrittenInc.
I can’t say that I blame them.
Apparently, this company allows employers to collect writing sample from job applicants. Then, for a fee, WrittenInc will evaluate these employees based on their handwriting, or, as the company says, their “written body language.”
That’s it! […]

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The annual US News (do you still have to say “and World Report”) career guide is out. You can read most of it online here, but I recommend going out and purchasing the issue.
USNews seems to make it’s whole living by doing annual lists. Amongst the lists in this issue: 31 Careers With Bright Futures, […]

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It’s a well-established fact, but probably a little-known one.
Your job search expenses can be tax deductible.
We’ve been telling our clients this for years: if you get your resume professionally produced, the cost of the resume is tax deductible.
SavvySugar has a rundown of the details:

Your job search must be for a position in the same field […]

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This week’s BusinessWeek has the first solid statistics I’ve seen that prove that health care is the new plastics. (The Graduate reference) By that I mean, health care is finally fulfilling its promise as THE growth industry of the next 50 years.
For about 15 years now, prognosticators have sworn up and down that, for population […]

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For those of you that are hip to RSS and RSS feeds (all the people that have subscribed to this feed are clearly hip) you should be aware that almost every major job board now allows you to sign up for job search RSS feeds.
Input the criteria you’re looking for (city, state, industry, keywords, etc.) […]

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You of course know the phrase about the grass being greener on the other side of the fence.
Sometimes, though, the grass is plenty green on THIS side.
I thought of that this weekend when perusing some job search survey data. I’ve posted before about playing the odds in your job search. And you have to figure […]

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Whew. Last Friday’s economic news was bad. A friend emailed me and said, “Damn. Look at this list! These are the headlines just from the last 24 hours!:

Alarms of recession ring almost everywhere; Dow down 3% for week
Americans poorer than a year ago - Fed reports household net worth down 3.6% in fourth quarter
More jobs […]

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