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The Facebook Job Search – Or How To Find A Job Using Facebook

September 30th, 2009 · 3 Comments

I’ve posted several times about how the idea of job search networking can seem nebulous and confusing to people. “Ok, I understand that I send in my resume and hopefully they call me for an interview. But how exactly do I network?”
Hopefully you can see several practical strategies on how to network by reading this [...]

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Tags: Computers Work 4 U · Networking

A Radical Job Search Strategy – Offering Bounties

January 18th, 2009 · 24 Comments

We all know that networking is the best job search method. At least, readers of this blog should know that by now.
But this weekend, I saw an article on CNN/Money that reminded me of a novel strategy:
Jacob Share, 33, started an email chain by sending his resume and job search objective to his family and [...]

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The Office Holiday Party In This Economy

December 10th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Last year, we had a post about surviving the year-end holiday office party without embarrassing yourself too much or putting your career in jeopardy.
Ah… the good old days!
Now I guess you’re just lucky if you’ve survived to witness the year end party with your job intact!
And that leaves aside the fact that a lot of [...]

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Tags: ... Or Hardly Working? · Getting Ahead · Networking · Time Wasters

First Place To Look For Your New Job: Your Current Job (Repost)

November 4th, 2008 · 3 Comments

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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Tags: Job Search · Networking

Networking Is Not JUST About Who You Know. It’s ALSO About Who You Don’t Know… Yet.

August 25th, 2008 · 4 Comments

The above title came to mind this weekend when I was talking to a friend who was looking for a new job.
I gave him the advice that we career pros are always repeating: The quickest way to find a new job is through networking.
His response was instructive:
“If I knew someone who would hire me,” he [...]

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Tags: Job Search · Networking

The Quickest Job Search- Find Your Next Job When You’re Not Looking For One

May 8th, 2008 · 3 Comments

You’ve heard the phrase about falling in love, “It happens when you’re not looking for it.”
An important thing to understand about job search networking is, you don’t just network when you need a job.
A lot of you who read this blog are in the middle of the job search, or are at least thinking about [...]

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Networking By Volunteering

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments

“Networking” is sort of a nebulous word for some people. What does networking mean, exactly? What does it entail? How does one go about doing it?
Of course, networking is just knowing people. And more importantly, it’s about knowing more people… and hopefully knowing more people that might be able to help you in a professional [...]

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Internships Are About The Connections- With Other Interns

March 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I was contacted this morning by an old client of mine. About 5 years back, I helped this guy write 4 resumes in about 18 months for 4 different internships.
The internships were in all sorts of different industries. The guy didn’t quite know what career he wanted to end up in and thus figured he [...]

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Tags: Getting Ahead · Interns · Networking

First Place To Look For Your New Job: Your Current Job

March 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments

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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Tags: Job Search · Networking

Networking Is Not ONLY About Job Referrals…

March 5th, 2008 · 3 Comments

… It’s also about job intelligence.
I mean intelligence in the sense of military intelligence. Let me explain.
A while back, we had one of the readers of this blog share her job search success story. The purpose of this was not to say, “Gee, what a great blog are we! We helped someone find a job!” [...]

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