The countdown to Thanksgiving officially marks the start of the holiday season and many job seekers assume that hiring screeches to a halt during this period. While hiring may slow down and employers may take longer to get back in
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5 Annual Performance Review Preparation Tips
For most companies, the end of the calendar year also marks the beginning of annual performance reviews for employees. Many individuals overlook their performance review or don’t have a strategy for how to approach them. These reviews are valuable not
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Top 10 Places Where Job Openings Are Booming
Every quarter we analyze a bunch of data to figure out the top 50 metro areas in the US with the most job postings. There are the regulars each quarter like San Jose, CA where Silicon Valley is located and
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Would You Sport a Moustache During Your Job Search?
One third of job seekers said they won’t take part because they don’t want it to impact their job search October is a month dedicated to Breast Cancer Awareness and women’s health issues, but November is dedicated to the guys.
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How Dressing Up for Halloween Can Actually Help You in Your Career
While dressing up for Halloween might seem unprofessional, it might actually help propel you forward in your career. Sounds crazy? Or makes perfect sense. When employers make hires they not only need someone that can perform the duty of the
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7 Attributes of the Best Professional Resume Writing Services
A quick Google search for professional resume writing services yields hundreds of results each offering seemingly similar services while promising positive results. So what are the differentiating factors between more successful writing services and ones that are not? What should
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Should You Fake It Til You Make It?
I’ve written before about Humans of New York. It’s a blog that’s all about capturing the human condition – and since jobs and careers are a central part of most people’s lives, they come up pretty frequently. Today a career-related
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Change Your Career Course and Discover New Lands!
A career change can be very scary. Especially if you’ve only ever worked in one industry your entire professional career; and maybe even within just one organization. Maybe you are actually great at what you are doing right now but
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Overqualified? 4 Tips to Adopt Now
Updating your resume in the midst of a job search can be difficult for individuals who do not have the skills or experience required for a specific opening. It can also be difficult for candidates on the other end of
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Top 5 Soft Skills Employers Look For
While employers and hiring managers typically use a job seeker’s technical skills to narrow down the candidate pool, it’s the job seeker’s soft skills that will most likely land them the job. The interview process is the time when a
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