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Tweet As a new graduate, your first job searches may seem overwhelming. Today, a LinkedIn job search is a vital part of a healthy job search. Many companies and recruiters use LinkedIn as a screening procedure to find potential employees; you can’t really look for a job without utilizing this valuable site. As a new [...]

Tweet Sometimes you have to be more imaginative when you are looking for a job. We have all heard about the hidden job market but actually finding one of those jobs may seem to be difficult – especially if you don’t know where to look for these positions. However, understanding the hidden job market may [...]

Tweet Although the federal government has been trimming some of its job positions to cope with the recession, there still may be opportunities to find a cool and interesting job with the government. The government still has to function and every year a significant number of employees become eligible for retirement. Since there are positions [...]

Tweet In order to be effective in your job search, you should start your quest off on the right foot. Treat your search like a job you work at every day. Understanding how to job search will make you more productive and increase your odds of success. Select a Location in Your Home When you [...]

Tweet New college graduates often feel a lot of pressure during their job search. You have just spent time and money gathering all of this knowledge then you go out into the job market and find that employers are not lining up to hire you as you expected. New grads often can use some job [...]

Tweet You know that networking is important to finding a job – either through friends and colleagues or at networking functions. There are some considerations to remember when interacting with connections to get the most out of these interactions. Since you want your connections to be comfortable, follow some guidelines when you ask them for [...]

Tweet The landscape for hiring in 2013 continues to evolve. The unemployment rate in December 2012 was 7.8% and is not expected to drop considerably this year. That does not mean that you should give up on your job search – you should refocus it.  Here are some ideas about how to job search in [...]

Tweet Millions of people have joined LinkedIn.com to take advantage of its vast networking and job search capabilities. Unfortunately for many, there is so much information available that if you don’t have a specific plan, you could miss out on a significant number of potential opportunities. Having a plan is the best way to apply [...]

Tweet One of the rules of finding a job is networking. But for many people, it sometimes seems awkward to talk to acquaintances about where to search for jobs – especially early in the job search. At first, you may not know which friends to speak with and how to best utilize them. However, there [...]

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 [...]