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Planning Your Job Search! by Harry Urschel - Nov, 2009 I teach an 8-week job search class, and one of the most common comments I get from participants is that they don’t feel like they’re being as productive in their search as they could be. For most people, when they are in a job, they have a task to accomplish, a schedule they keep, a routine they go through each day, and someone that’s placed expectations on them to get certain things done. When they become unemployed, ther... |
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The Introvert’s Guide to Landing a New Job by Harry Urschel - Nov, 2009 From the outset...it must be understood that THE best way to land a new job is through networking, and networking is most effective over the phone and face-to-face. However, for many people, the thought of actually taking the initiative to call someone they don’t know is overwhelming and often is just not going to happen. For those people, contact online and by email is much more palatable and realistic. Here are some poin... |
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The One Best Thing You Can Do For Your Job Search! by Harry Urschel - Nov, 2009 One challenge in a job search is that it seems there are a hundred things to do and you have to do all of them, all the time. That’s mostly true. The more avenues you can pursue, and the better job you can do pursuing them, the higher the likelihood you will find a new position sooner. However, if there were one thing you could give the greatest focus to that might have the greatest impact...what would that be? Attitude! ... |
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Tough Job Search? Ask Yourself These Five Questions! by Harry Urschel - Nov, 2009 Is your job search taking longer than expected? Most are right now. Certainly the difficult job market is making things harder. However, a great number of people could speed up the process by asking themselves five critical questions. Take time, think them through, be honest, and your job search may improve dramatically! 1. What makes me unique? Companies are seeing dozens or hundreds of resumes for each opening. They i... |
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Type-A in a Laid-Back World by Harry Urschel - Nov, 2009 When looking for a new job, most people certainly look for opportunities that fit their skill sets, interests, and salary requirements. Often, however, the culture of the organizations they are pursuing is very low on their list of considerations. So what? The culture of an organization will make or break your career, success, and well being. It should be as important a consideration as the jobs’ responsibilities, title, and ... |
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Want Faster Job Search Results? Use a Dollar-Driven Resume by Laura Smith-Proulx - Nov, 2009 Readying your resume for an executive job search? You might find that the traditional data—career titles, management assignments, projects, and education—aren’t enough anymore. Now more than ever, companies have intensified their focus on one area of your performance: money. Employer want leaders who can make, save, and control it, which will give them strength to fight the economic downturn. If you’re an executive in t... |
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What Is “Good” Work? by Karen Burns - Nov, 2009 Did you see the piece in the New York Times about people moving out of desk jobs and into blue-collar “trade” jobs? Apparently, it’s a thing. Apparently, folks are disenchanted with jobs that show no tangible results at the end of the day. They’re tired of being penned in cramped cubicles, hunching over keyboards and squinting into monitors, producing products they may only half understand. Ain’t it refreshing to see... |
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Your Hidden Dream Job by Karen Burns - Nov, 2009 When deciding on a career, you have one huge limitation: You can only pursue fields of work you know about. This is why, in WG’s nsho, so many young people announce they want to be an ”athlete” or “actor” or even (eek) a ”politician.” Girls who like fashion want to be runway models. Boys who like sports picture themselves playing for the Dodgers. The problem being, of course, that the higher profile the job–the more ... |
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Are All Your Job Search Eggs in One Basket? by Jessica Holbrook Hernandez - Nov, 2009 I knew a guy once that would apply to about 100 jobs and get two call backs. First off, those aren't great odds and pretty much tell me something isn't right here. But, secondly - what was even worse was that after he received the call backs he promptly ended his job search. He would declare, I know I'll get one of these jobs so I don't have to look anymore. Ok, well maybe he wouldn't march around, sword in hand, declaring the... |
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Detroit Woman Finds Job in Only 7 Weeks by Kevin Donlin - Nov, 2009 Gail Neal, from Detroit, Michigan, started looking for work on June 7, 2009. From that day until September 17, when she learned about Guerrilla Job Search methods, she had zero job interviews. After starting a Guerrilla Job Search on Monday, Sept. 21, interviews came quickly. She accepted a new job 51 days later, on Wed., Nov. 11, in a city where unemployment tops 25-30%. How did she do it? 1. Turn Online Contac... |
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