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Tips for landing the job you want

According to America Now News, about ten percent of Americans are unemployed. However, here arefive majortips Forbes haslistedto help people land...
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Handling periods of unemployment on your resume and application

With more people having the issue of unemployment in their work histories, the question becomes how to deal with it. Where do these periods come in...
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Are long job applications worth the effort?

  • long applications
  • November 15, 2011
What do Denver area employers Dish Network, Kaiser Permanente and Johns Manville have in common? They all have long, complicated online job...
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Dark Knight Rises job update - apply to be a Production Assistant!

New information has been released on how to be involved in The Dark Knight Rises, shooting here in Pittsburgh this summer - including an...
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Find out who the other applicants are competing for your job

The St. Louis area has been right on par with the national average for unemployment in recent months. The economy is tough, and job seekers know it...
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Keep your job application out of the shredder

The initial and perhaps the most important step in procuring employment is the employment application. In the current economy, there are literally...
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Cover letters: Send them into cyberspace or the recycle bin?

In so many businesses in the Triangle, where security is often very tight and resumes are analyzed for keywords and deleted by the thousand, it'...
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A job application is a legal document: Be honest

It's tough to get an edge in a tight job market when you're competing against hundreds of other applicants with similar skills or...
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Are cover letters really necessary?

There is constant debate about the value of cover letters due to the fact that many companies use sophisticated screening software, online...
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Don’t be spam: How to get the hiring manager to actually read your email

  • reach hiring manager
  • October 13, 2010
In the immortal words of Monty Python, “Spam! Wonderful Spam! Spam! Wonderful Spam! Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam…”Unfortunately, that...
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