TheJobBored

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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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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No, this isn’t a career advice article. This is another post from the I-learn-you-learn department.
WebWorkerDaily turned me on to Where’sMyCellPhone. What does it do? Just that. And only that. Helps you find your cell phone.
You go to the site, input your cell number and the service rings your phone.
Why is this useful? Well, if you’re […]

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March Madness starts next week, and the days of cursing your job silently all day because you’re missing all the action… they’re over.
You can watch every single game, online… for free… over at CBS Sports. You do have to register, but still. Free, people!
It seems like just yesterday that they were beginning to experiment with […]

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A weekly wrap-up of the forwards, email, jokes, You Tube videos and water cooler chatter making its way around America’s offices this week.
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You’ve seen some of these clips here before. And I hate the song. Still, it’s a decent compilation.
In honor of Wednesday.

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Keeping with our theme today (arts and crafts?)…
One of the things job seekers obsess over when it comes to the resume is how to make the resume stand out.
And there’s good reason to focus on this. The deck is literally stacked against you.
We all have that mental image of a stack of resumes, piled high […]

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Our articles last week about employers not getting back in touch after a job interview generated some discussion in the comments. A couple of our brilliant commenters, including Dee and Gary, brought up the idea of sending thank you notes after a job interview.
This is of course a great idea, so let me jump on […]

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The stupid popup you see above was annoying me all yesterday. Look, my desktop is messy… literally covered in icons.
That’s the way I like it, that’s the way I work. Where does Windows get off nagging me to clean my room, so to speak?
So, I did a little Googling, and now I’ve banished it from […]

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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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