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One of the greatest challenges during any job search is the management of your finances. No longer can you count on that next check to tie up loose ends. Instead, you have to focus closely on any money flowing in and out of your bank account. Don’t worry! You can survive if you stay focused on managing your money. To help, here are a few things you may not have thought of:
Unemployment: If you aren’t on it already, file for unemployment quickly. You have been paying this bill directly throughout …

Searching for a new job is full of emotional, financial, and even physical ups and downs. Living in the turbulence of the experience can be devastating to even the strongest of us. However, it doesn’t have to be. Across the country there are thousands of job search support groups that exist for the sole purpose of getting people back to work. The advantages that come with these groups are well worth the limited amount of time required to attend.
Advantages of a Job Search Support Group:

Find a job faster – Members …

Stress is a normal and unavoidable part of every job search. The whole world seems to be changing and what’s worse we feel like we have no control over how it changes. Life goes from a defined, well established routine to an undefined fight for that next position. The hunt can be rewarding in many ways, but is inevitable that it will be filled with some level of stress and anxiety.
People experience the stress of the job search in a variety of ways. Each is very natural and the levels …

In past articles, we’ve discussed the basic structure of a cover letter. In this article, we’ll walk you through turning your basic cover letter into an impressive cover letter.
Your resume outlines your career, skills, and experience. It is the most common means of advertising to potential employers. Unfortunately, few hiring managers enjoy reading resumes.  Your cover letter is a short concise means of selling the hiring manager on reading your resume. They don’t have to commit much time to read over the cover letter, so they are highly likely to …

Choose every word in your cover letter carefully; you don’t have much room to sell them. Make sure your pitch is highly focused and maximizes the value you bring. The more valuable you appear in the cover letter, the more likely the reader will be to move on to your resume.
To help with choosing the best wording, we’ve included a few sample rewordings for your cover letter.

Job Requirement:

I am a people person

I fixed up two beaters I bought at a junk yard.

I like computers

I waited tables at a restaurant

Selling Phrase

I …