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In the age of internet marketing and a flooded job market, it has never been more important to perfect the basics of your job search. The first and most basic step is to ensure your resume is clean, focused and contains the basics that you can not afford to leave out.
Contact Information: Ensure your contact information is correct, accurate, and highly visible. Your contact info should at minimum contain your current phone number and email. In most cases, it is wise to also include your current address, website, and professional …

When a recession sets in, the first employees to go are highly compensated executives that can be replaced by much lower cost managers who are eager to make a name in the company. Unfortunately many of these executives are overlooked when applying for jobs because of their age and past accomplishes. Hiring managers are either intimidated by their experience or doubtful of their capabilities because of their age. Unfortunately these misconceptions can make it very hard to find a new job and contrary to popular belief the career as an …

Summer is just around the corner. Summertime and the holiday season are the two times of the year when companies have more work than usual. However, since most companies are still suffering from budget limitations, they are not able to staff accordingly. This can prove to be an excellent opportunity for people who are passionate about finding a new job.
Even in today’s market, people who are out of work are less likely to be chosen for a job than someone who is currently employed. Plus if you are in a …

If you are preparing for a second interview, congratulations! You are now much closer to a new job. First, you have to close the deal and sell yourself to the second interview team. This is the point when a lot of people choke. To avoid the second interview freeze, I always suggest a good dose of preparation.
Ask questions about the job:
One of the most difficult parts of a second interview is coming up with a new set of questions. The first interview can use up most of your questions. Before …

Just as necessity is the mother of all invention, Unemployment is the mother of all career re-invention. Of all the negatives of the current market, there has never been a better market for re-invention. The internet, green movements, alternative energies, and a number of other new jobs have emerged that didn’t exist just a decade ago.
One of the biggest reasons for unemployment is the old corporate mentality of putting bodies in a building. Many executive used to think that if they had a huge number of employees they were doing …