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Posted by Brian McCullough Being laid off can feel so awkward to a job seeker that it paralyzes them in an interview situation and undermines their candidacy–but it doesn’t have to. I’m going to show you how to change the language you use and the perspective you have about your layoff to boost your confidence […]

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Posted by Brian McCullough The Y generation (me included) has becoming increasingly interested in tangible, short-term rewards. Our goals have followed our materialistic desires, and many of us yearn for ridiculously high salaries within an unrealistic time frame. Even if you graduated from Harvard or Yale, you are not entitled to a six figure salary […]

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Posted by Brian McCullough Resume writing for women who are stay at home moms and are looking to re-enter the workforce can be a tricky deal. Being a stay at home mom is a wonderful thing and all women who decide to do that should be commended, but now comes the challenge of writing a […]

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Posted by Brian McCullough Just an update to new readers, since we were featured on Lifehacker today… I do take and encourage questions on this blog… about careers, job search, etc. I used to ask you to email them to me, but recently, we set up a forum, which you can find here. The idea […]

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Posted by Brian McCullough Here’s a quick Ask Brian question that has been sitting in my inbox since last week. It’s a short question, but I think I have a short and possibly unpleasant answer. Here goes: A reader asks: What does it mean, a week after my interview they say they are still interviewing candidates? […]

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Posted by Brian McCullough Wadda ya know? Two job search hacks in two days. This one was emailed to me this morning. Watch the embedded video. It’s only about a minute long. So, from what I can gather, this Alec Brownstein dude is in advertising. There are specific creative directors in the industry that he […]

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Posted by Brian McCullough This a shout into the void. So we have twitter trends. And Twitter proximity search. Can we not combine the two? I want to know what people are “trending” within 5 miles of me!

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Posted by Brian McCullough So after all the hemming (himming?) and hawing, I guess we’re getting a stimulus package. The whole idea behind this thing is to create jobs… stem the flow of job losses… prevent a new great depression… give everyone a pony… take your pick. Is there useful news here for job seekers? […]

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Posted by Brian McCullough You can take this for what it’s worth, given the source, but this is frackin scary: The green is our current job market.

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Posted by Brian McCullough Happy Anniversary to TheJobBored! One year ago today I wrote the first posts for this blog. It’s been a fun year. More than 400 posts and hundreds of thousands of readers! Not bad for a little side project. As you might know, the story of this blog is as follows: about […]

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