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Don’t Let a Bad Attitude Ruin Your Job Search
While a lengthy job search might be unpleasant, expressing negative thoughts to a recruiter or hiring manager about the search process or a past company can cost you the position. Businesses look for individuals with a positive outlook and a high level of excitement. People want to collaborate with others
Use The Holidays To Find A Job
Original Post: Susan Adams, Forbes.com You can and should. One reason: You’ll have less competition then. When my friend Matthew turned down an offer for a lucrative marketing position two weeks ago (it conflicted with the noncompete agreement from his old employer), he told me he couldn’t find another job
Top 10 Online Job Search Tips
Original Post: CareerBuilder.com While the popularity of online job boards puts millions of jobs at one’s fingertips, it has also made the job applicant pool that much bigger. For this reason, national job search sites and the Internet as a whole have gotten a bad rap from some industry professionals
What if They Want Me to Sign a Non-Compete Agreement?
By Jack Chapman – Original Post: The Ladders.com Don’t sign that non-compete agreement. A non-compete agreement may look harmless enough, but if you’re not careful it can cost you a lot of time and money in the long run. Here’s an example: A college student had an internship at an
Selling a Pen (and Yourself) in an Interview: Outdated Tactic or Timeless Question?
A question was raised in one of my LinkedIn groups recently that got me and other members thinking about the tactics used by hiring managers during the interview process. The question: If you were interviewing for a sales job and the sales manager said “sell me this pen,” how would
13 Ways Your Resume Can Say ‘I’m Unprofessional’
Hiring pros share the faux pas they find in real resumes, including wacky e-mail addresses, defunct phone numbers and cookie-cutter templates. Original Post By Lisa Vaas, The Ladders No offense, thebigcheese@domain.com, but if nobody has told you yet, we’re telling you now: That e-mail address is not making you look