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May 12, 2013 --
 According to Right Management, a leading outplacement firm, 95% of employers now research candidates online (sometimes referred to as ‘cyber-vetting’). Additionally, according to research done here at Workfolio, 56% of hiring managers find personal websites to be the most impressive hiring or self-marketing tool a candidate can have.
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 May
12, 2013 -- I worked with a client this past week that had not one but three challenges when it came to her resume. Number one – she was a new graduate, number two – she no longer wanted a job in her major, and number three – she was applying to jobs out of state. Yikes! This meant that not only did she have no experience because she was a new graduate, she had zero experience because wanted to go in a completely different direction with her career. And to top it off, she had to convince them that they should hire her with her nonexistent experience and that she was willing to move across the country for a job that she had no experience with.
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 Do I have to send a cover letter with my resume?
Do they really do anything? Those are the questions
a client recently asked me. My answer to her: Yes,
yes, yes a thousand times yes! They do a lot more
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May 12, 2013 --
 Job interviewing is an act. Yes, you are the actor, and both sides know the rules: You, who are one of the candidates for the position, are doing your best to convince the interviewer you are the ideal candidate. The interviewer, who is the audience, has choices, is an independent thinker and often skeptic, and needs evidence and proof before buying everything you want to sell.
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May 12, 2013 --
 So you have landed that amazing interview...good for you! Even though it might seem as though it has been a laborious process just to get the interview, the prep is far from over! Appropriate interview prep can be the difference between getting the job....and getting back to sending out those resumes. Here are some tips on steps you can take to help ace that interview...before you even walk in the door!
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 April
27, 2013 -- Does spending more time on social networks make you a better employee? That's one conclusion that can be drawn from new data from Evolv, a startup that monitors metrics from Fortune 500 companies. Though they examined hourly employees, I would argue that, no matter your position, the more active you are on social networks, the more successful you are likely to be because of the networking resources at your disposal.
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“The
Subversive Job Search” provides both entertaining personal anecdotes
and achievable action items, all infused with a humorous, conversational
tone. Detailing all of the loopholes, back doors, and sly techniques
Corey utilized in his job hunt, he reveals how he was able to go from
being hopelessly ignored to being incessantly headhunted. 