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Why You Should Never Wear One Of These To A Job Interview (And Other Tips)

The Huffington Post | Ann Brenoff | Posted 06.02.2012

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Nonfarm payrolls rose by a 69,000 in May -- much less than expected, and the unemployment rate ticked up one-tenth of a percent to 8.2 percent, the go...

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Open Letter to College Grads: Employers Are Looking You Up -- Here's How to Get the Job Anyway

Patrick Ambron | Posted 05.22.2012

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Most HR departments are required to research you online before making a decision. Here are a few ways to make sure you're putting your best foot forward -- or at least not shooting yourself in the foot.

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The 6 Most Effective Ways To Lie On Your Resume

www.cracked.com | Posted 05.21.2012

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Relax, terrible liars, I'm here to help. And, after consulting with experts in deceit, who may have been overstating their expertise now that I think ...

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Why Your Resume Has Just Six Seconds To Make An Impression

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Bindley | Posted 05.10.2012

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There have long been general guidelines for resume writing but rarely, if ever, has it been considered an exact science. Now, using eye-tracking s...

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Career Advice From an Insubordinate

Maureen Anderson | Posted 05.08.2012

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"Don't you touch that thing!" he screamed. That's good advice, I've since decided, for new hires supposedly in charge of people who know what they're doing. Keep your distance until you're one of the people who know what they're doing.

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Attention Students Making Summer Plans: Think Resume First

Elisa Stephens | Posted 04.23.2012

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Summer is right around the corner and millions of high school students and their parents are starting to think about summer plans.

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Proofread Backwards

Maureen Anderson | Posted 04.17.2012

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If your résumé sports typos, what's the potential employer going to think? That you're suddenly going to pay more attention to detail once you get the job? Probably not.

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No Experience? Think Again! Confessions of a Female Entrepreneur: Street Cred

Michele Colucci | Posted 04.05.2012

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We women spend a lot of time working for our family, for our friends and for our passions. We need to take ownership of our successes, experiences, and accomplishments in our "other" jobs.

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Guess How Long Job Recruiters Spend On Your Resume?

Posted 05.23.2012

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How long do job recruiters look at your resume? Seven minutes? Five? Two? Actually, just six seconds, according to a new study released by TheLadde...

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Interview Etiquette: How To Nail The Job In 20 Easy Steps!

Lisa Mirza Grotts | Posted 05.20.2012

Do you know how to put your best foot forward in the interview process? Remember, it's all about the first impression, because yes, you only have one shot. Here are twenty tips to help you land the job of your dreams, or the one on the way to the job of your dreams.

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WATCH: Including Personal Blogs On A Job Application, From Tory Johnson

Posted 03.09.2012

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Career Expert Tory Johnson, CEO of Women for Hire, explains whether having a blog will help or hinder your chances of getting a job. var src_url="...

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Starting Your Own Business, from Tory Johnson

Posted 03.08.2012

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Career expert Tory Johnson, CEO of Women For Hire, explains what you must know before becoming your own boss. Part of the series Mondays With Marlo ...

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How to Write a Different Type of Resume

Janet Blair Page | Posted 05.07.2012

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When you imagine your dream job, you are likely assess what you've chosen in the past in order to gain a better idea of what you need in the future. It's time for you to put the same care into your personal life.

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Industries That Are Hiring Now! From Tory Johnson

Posted 03.08.2012

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Tory Johnson, CEO of Women For Hire, explains what to put on a job application if you were fired. Part of the series Mondays With Marlo on MarloThomas...

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I Was Fired! Do I Put That On My Job Application? From Tory Johnson

Posted 03.08.2012

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Tory Johnson, CEO of Women For Hire, explains what to put on a job application if you were fired. Part of the series Mondays With Marlo on MarloThomas...

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Federal Jobs Galaxy

Linda E. Brooks Rix | Posted 04.30.2012

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If federal agencies truly want to recruit and attract smart, technically savvy, highly qualified college graduates into U.S. government employment, clean up the simple act of communication.

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Ask Career Expert Tory Johnson A Question!

Posted 02.07.2012

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Career Expert Tory Johnson is joining me soon on Mondays with Marlo. Ask her anything you'd like to know about: Tips for finding a job Current job m...

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The Perfect Entrepreneurial Resume Doesn't Exist

Patrick FitzGerald | Posted 04.07.2012

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You have an idea for a phenomenal company. Problem is you have zero background in that industry, no prior entrepreneurial experience, never got an MBA and can't lean on your family for financing or business resources. At first glance, you're facing an uphill battle. But personal and empirical evidence has proven that it can be done.

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4 Tips to Get Your Resume Past Scanners And Screeners

Mary Eileen Williams | Posted 04.01.2012

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Technology has altered the hiring process significantly especially when it comes to resumes. Due to the overwhelming volume of responses to posted positions, most mid- to large-sized companies are now using applicant tracking systems to perform a first-level screening of incoming resumes.

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The Online Application Tango

Gary M. Krebs | Posted 03.07.2012

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It's not exactly a news flash to me that job applications are now all digital. I had, after all, been on the other end of the process for years as a hiring manager. But things are very different when you are the applicant.

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9 Steps To Being Happy In Your Career

Caroline Dowd-Higgins | Posted 03.06.2012

I'm letting you off the hook for New Year career resolutions and I give you permission to take small and purposeful steps towards a career that will bring you happiness.

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Lost In Translation? The Latest Troubling Indicator From Europe

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 01.04.2012

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An increasing number of workers in the troubled Mediterranean countries of Italy, Spain and Greece are having their resumes translated into English an...

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5 Resume Mistakes You Are Making And How To Avoid Them (INFOGRAPHIC)

Posted 12.17.2011

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Ever fill out a resume and think, "God, this looks so bad and yet I do not know how to fix it?" Resume tailoring site Resunate, recently put togeth...

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Connecting Talent to Opportunity: LinkedIn's Meg Garlinghouse on Changing the World

Aaron Hurst | Posted 12.12.2011

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Meg Garlinghouse is the Head of Employment Brand and Community at LinkedIn, where she works to leverage their incredible network of 120 million professionals for the greater good.

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Build the Right Social Network Resume for Business

Marty Zwilling | Posted 07.11.2011

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Most personnel organizations admit that they use the Internet to cross-check what they see in your written resume. You can bet that if the stories don't match, they will more likely believe the online version, so you need to make certain that it helps your case rather than hurts it.

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