5 Strategies for Discovering and Cleaning Up Digital Dirt Hurting Your Job Search

Jessica Holbrook Hernandez of Great Resumes Fast

Social networking mistakes can really come back to haunt you when you’re job searching. Don’t think that just because you’re on Twitter and Facebook complaining about a boss—or posting less-than-professional status updates—that it means a current and/or future employer won’t see or read what you’ve put there. Continue Reading

Why Recruiters May Want Active Candidates More Than Passive Candidates

Are you an active job seeker or a passive job seeker?  If you are the latter, then you probably are not the most attractive candidate to an employer.  Learn why in the following post.

In professional recruiting circles, a lot of attention is paid to so-called passive candidates. In theory, these are people who only get jobs when recruiters reach out and ask them. Happily employed and fully engaged in their current job, they are supposedly prized precisely because they aren’t looking.

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5 Ways Your Online Lifestyle Can Ruin A Career Opportunity

If you are a job seeker who uses social media, be very careful about your perception online.  The following post examines ways that employers might view you negatively based on your social media profiles.

Many people want to keep their “work lives” and their “personal lives” separate. However, with social media it has become more and more difficult to keep the two worlds from colliding. Today’s employers will look through social profiles in order to help them decide who would be a good candidate for a job position. The amount of information your publish on social media sites makes it easy for potential employers to have access to your personal life, which could turn out to be bad for you if they happen to spot some things that will turn them off, and ruin your opportunity to get the job.

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Attention Unemployed Or Underemployed Recent College Graduates

While the job market may still be tough, recent college graduates shouldn’t completely blame themselves for not having jobs or the jobs they want.  Find out why, and learn some things they should keep in mind during their job searches.

The following is a guest post by Caroline Ross. We’ve all seen the reports: around 50% of recent college grads are unemployed or underemployed. Now, before we start pointing fingers and placing blame, let us remember that, even though the recession is supposedly over, our economy still isn’t as strong as it was before. Employers all across the board

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9 Ways You Can Job Search on LinkedIn Confidentially

Jessica Holbrook Hernandez of Great Resumes Fast

Is It Possible to Job Search on LinkedIn Confidentially?

You’re presently employed and job searching, so you want to use LinkedIn to find new opportunities (or be discovered by recruiters), but you’re concerned that your current employer or someone you know will see your updated profile and catch on to what you’re doing. Is it possible to job search on LinkedIn without being “found out”? After speaking with a potential client this week who wanted us to write his LinkedIn profile for him but was nervous that his connections would figure out what he was up to, I decided to do a little research of my own. Here’s what I found: Continue Reading

Job Search – There Must be an App for That – Part 3 of 5

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great, make you feel that you too, can become great.” – Mark Twain

“Help Wanted! Sophisticated smartphone resume writing tool needed to help job searcher create or update resumes from anywhere. Low rated apps need not apply“. 

A friend of mine has been out of work for several months due to his company failing. Although he’s been diligently looking for work, he’s not had much luck. His background is fairly diverse, so there are a number of different functional roles he could fill. One of his problems is that his resume is not particularly focused on any one job type and he has decided he must have several resumes (each of which will focus on a particular field). This is a fairly big task, further compounded by “spur of the moment” calls from recruiters, looking for a resume which is targeted to a specific role. So how does one tweak a resume while “on the run”? There are some apps out there (see below) to (somewhat) help. Continue Reading

Interview Mistakes to Avoid

Making a good impression in an interview is a big step in landing a new job.  In order for veterans (and other job seekers) to achieve this goal, it is important not to make the mistakes mentioned in the following post.

Interviews are a time of excitement , anticipation, and anxiety for many job seekers. A good interview is the key to a new career. For this reason, it’s not always the most qualified person who gets an offer; it’s frequently the person who has the best interview. Here are some interview mistakes to avoid, so that you can put your best foot forward:

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4 Questions To Ask During Your Job Interview

While you may practice answering potential questions for an interview, don’t forget that you need to prepare some questions of your own.  The following post has four questions you should ask during a job interview.

When getting ready for an interview, it is important to not only prepare yourself to answer the questions you may be asked, but also questions that you can ask the people who are interviewing you. Many job seekers get so excited about finally getting an interview opportunity that they forget that interviewing is a two-way street. Yes – you need to make sure that this company and job are a good fit for you. Otherwise, you’ll be going through the job search process all over again when you (or the company) realize that it just wasn’t a good fit.

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15 Toughest Interview Questions (and Answers!)

You may face some tough questions during an interview.  So, in order to prepare you for one, check out the following post covering some challenging questions and how to answer them.

Good interview questions, better answers

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10 Kisses Of Death for a Resume

Before sending out your resume(s) to prospective employers, you need to make sure that it is flawless.  Any little mistake can cost you the chance for a job interview.  The following post has ten resume mistakes that may keep you from consideration for a job opportunity.

Resume writing mistakes that ruin your chances

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