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Tweet When you are out on a new career search, it is a good time to consider looking for your dream position. Many people end up taking a job due to their circumstances or limited options and don’t get to hold out for their dream position. But if you are looking for a new position, [...]

Tweet We all make New Year’s resolutions – and most of us fail to keep them. But if your resolution involves conducting a better job search, there are several strategies you can use to make sure this is one promise that you keep. After all, 2012 is just about behind us. If you struggled to [...]

Tweet Few job seekers today would dispute the value of a social media job search. Those conducting a career search today need to be active on sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. Recruiters, after all, are more frequently turning to these sites to vet potential candidates for job openings and to find qualified individuals [...]

Tweet Relying on the right job search strategies has always been important. Today, with competition for open jobs so high, it’s especially important for those on a career search to tap the power of social media sites, network with business associates, and craft the best resumes and cover letters possible. But a recent story in [...]

Tweet Some job stats are simply more frightening than others. And one of the scariest? About 2.1 million U.S. residents who receive unemployment insurance might lose their benefits at the end of this year. You can blame this on the seemingly unending Congressional negotiations over the impending “fiscal cliff.” If legislators can’t agree on a [...]

Tweet If you’ve recently lost your job or if you’ve decided to begin looking for a more rewarding position, you might be shocked at how dramatically the job search process has changed in recent years. Behind the changes are the Internet and an economy that is still largely sour for many employers. Alison Green, a [...]

Tweet Finding a job is a tough challenge today, what with a national unemployment rate of 7.8 percent; that’s still far too high. It’s led many job seekers to accept any job that they can get. But you don’t want this. You don’t want to land any job that comes along. You want a job [...]

Tweet Those who want the best careers today know the secret: Conduct a professional job search; careers will follow. Finding work today is no easy task. Just ask the companies that post job applications at sites like Monster.com and Craigslist only to receive an avalanche of job applications. Finding the right candidate is a huge [...]

Tweet It’s important to learn how to job search effectively in today’s hiring market. After all, even with the national unemployment rate down to 7.9 percent, there might still be hundreds of applicants trying to land those same jobs you find on even the best job search sites. But by knowing how to job search [...]

Tweet Are you still asking, “Help me find a job?” You might consider signing up for community college. There is plenty of debate over whether a four-year college education today is worth the cost. After all, many graduates are leaving their universities with tens of thousands of dollars of student loan debt and they’re taking [...]