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• An interview story to remember, Part VII
• Great job openings, no candidates
• $13 an Hour? 500 Sign Up, 1 Wins a Job
• How to ace the interview before it starts
• Will Your Resume Get You An Interview?
• Don’t Wear Perfume or Cologne to an Interview!
• Campus to Office Park
• Job seeker – beware!
• Dream Your Job: Part 3 – Being Infectious

• Cover Letters
• Great links for job seekers
• College Grads Beware - you’re screwed
• Why Job Search Advice is the Same but Different
• What Career is for You After College - Part 2
• Michael Wade’s Top 10 Career Mistakes
• Look who’s hiring now

• Job advice is just an alum away for college graduates
• Using Internet Technology for Career Search and Advancement
• Why Larry Johnson Lost His Job (And How You Can Avoid His Mistake)
• Protect Yourself When Writing References
• Job Interviews: How To Nail (or Fail) Them
• Job Hunting 80/20 Rule
• 9 Steps to Prepare for Behavioral Interviews

• Top 6 Things You Should Never Wear to a Job Interview
• Two surveys indicate Millennials’ changing workplace expectations
• Pay it Back, Pay it Forward – A Moral Imperative
• 5 Careers That Thrive on the Holiday Season
• Interview Myths That Keep You From Landing the Job
• Money in the Bank: 5 Careers for $60K+ Salaries
• Tips for Job-Hunting During the Holidays

• 5 Linkedin Groups for Jobseekers
• Interns Fare Better in the Job Market
• Can Recent Grads be Underemployed?
• Improving Your Job Search Through Social Networking
• Landing a job like getting into Harvard
• How To Tell The ‘Story of You’ In A Job Interview: Part 2 – Plots
• Are you making one of these 10 facebook job search mistakes?
• How To Shoot Yourself In The Foot While Conducting A Job Search

Try not to convey annoyance or impatience with an interviewer even when it’s your hundredth time around and you’re tired of the whole scene:

You also do not want to show anger no matter how poorly you feel the interview is progressing. Be careful not to give away this subtlety. It’s an interview saboteur. Maybe the interviewer wants to gauge your temperament or maybe he/she doesn’t know how to interview someone for a job. It’s not your problem. YOU just give as good an interview as possible. Richard Nixon, our 37th United States president, lost his original bid for the White House to John F. Kennedy, in history’s first ever 1960 television debate by panel interview between two presidential candidates. Historians believe that television first held the pivotal, telling moment on who would win the election because Nixon appeared stiff, angry and lacking confidence. This interview performance cast him in a less than attractive light because of his appearance, both in lack of shave and poorly fitted clothing, facial expressions, demeanor, body language and tone. You guessed it…the rest is history.

reblogged via thehardworkersays

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• Six tips for job hunting during the holidays
• Employer Attitudes Toward Millennials / Gen Y’ers
• Who’s Got Your Resume — A Decision-Maker Or An Amoeba?

• Internships: 3 Small Ways to Show Great Initiative
• Job outlook for 2010 grads: Still stinks
• Battle of the Online Resume Builders
• 5 Reasons to Consider a Virtual Internship
• Finding and Applying for PR Internships with Scholarships
• Dream Your Job: Part 4 – Start With What You Hate
• How to Research Companies for Job Interview Preparation
• Interview Tips: Answers to tough questions Part 5-5
• Hard Interview Questions 101
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Reblogged from the405club:

The majority of my professional experiences have been in various marketing capacities, and I thought that was it for me. I thought I figured out what I was going to do for the rest of my life by the time I was 20. And then I didn’t get a job in it, despite my internships, despite my networking, despite that Duke degree, so after months of searching, I took a position casting a reality show for MTV. And I loved meeting people, thinking creatively, not working traditional hours, and just getting out there. It was the thrill of being social, of outside the box thinking, of creating something tangible each and every day (a tape, filled with all the audition tapes I filled in the candidates’ homes) and the ability to see what I helped to create on television.

When that wrapped, I took a New Media marketing position, but swore to myself that it was the final test — was it marketing, or was it something more creative. While I remain passionately interested in creative marketing, specifically web viral campaigns, especially for music and entertainment, I’ve realized how much I love the creative process that was in my previous position. At my most recent position, many of my earliest responsibilities were to maintain a list of music blogs and blogger contact information. I turned a brief thing, into a daily occurrence — filling my Google reader with blogs and online news sources on everything, but most notably music and entertainment. And I realized - THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO DO.

Read more at the405club→

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• Tips On How To Communicate Better
• How long should I stay?
• Reference Checks

From the other side of the desk…

• Confessions of an Overwhelmed Hiring Manager

The first place any college student or recent grad will go to search for jobs is online or their career center.  There are so many tools out there that it’s definitely easier to lookup jobs using your computer than asking other people.  In a way it may feel like you’re declaring defeat.  Where before your job search was something you had under control, something manageable, you’re now asking other people for help.  You may find it a little embarrassing and definitely humbling.

What you have to remember is - it’s not.  Ask for help when you need it.

Everyone at one point or another in their career (or life) has asked a favor of someone else.  Asking someone you know to pass out your resume or ask around should not make you think twice or slow you down.  Don’t be embarrassed to ask everyone you know to read your resume even if your GPA isn’t all that great.

Shake hands, kiss babies, and talk to people.  No job board, search engine, social whatchamacallit profile, or any other tool is as powerful as a personal connection.