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Why Google Might Be Killing Your Job Search
Tweet Share on Facebook September 23, 2008 Comment (6)When columnist Anita Bruzzese solicited advice on managing an online reputation, the responses flowed in. So Bruzzese shared some of the extras on her 45 Things blog. This one was, I think, especially insightful, and useful not only for job hunters but also for the happily employed:
"I had a client, Josh Deming (not his real name) who had a reputation as a hard-nosed manager. After losing his position after an acquisition, he found himself in a job search for the first time in a number of years. Because he was highly respected, he thought the search would go quickly. On several occasions, he would get to the final stages prior to hiring with a company showing great enthusiasm, only to suddenly be dropped from consideration.
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Employed Should Freshen Up Résumés
Tweet Share on Facebook September 22, 2008 CommentMost of us don't think too much about our résumé until we lose our jobs, and then, of course, we obsessively tweak them—often for each application—and seek advice from family, friends, and professionals on the language, length, and format.
For a change in tradition, I'd encourage everyone who's employed to take some time out this week and freshen up your résumé. It's a good activity for a couple of reasons—it forces you to define your work and catalogue your accomplishments, and it may give you a bit more confidence about a possible future job search.
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Why Alltop.com Should Be Part of Your Job
Tweet Share on Facebook September 19, 2008 CommentI started using Alltop.com shortly after it launched, and I've used it daily ever since. Given that I'm not a habitual person, it's really quite an achievement. The site is often, and helpfully, described as an online magazine rack. It's really like a table of contents for the Web, albeit a selective and well-edited slice of the Web, particularly the blogosphere. The site's revamped look, unveiled today, streamlines the main page—which had grown in size to accommodate the site's expanding catalog of subjects—and is fresh, bold, and even more accessible.
Why am I writing about this? (Well, first I should mention that this blog is listed—among many blogs—at careers.alltop.com.) But I'm largely interested in how Alltop can improve people's jobs.
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McCain's Campaign Manager Was for It Before He Was Against It
Tweet Share on Facebook September 19, 2008 Comment (11)A note on the work that you're doing now: It will be remembered. Unless you're in politics, that is.
Why is it that résumé matters so much in the private sector and memories are so short in the public sector?
As John McCain said in remarks today:
The financial crisis we're living through today started with the corruption and manipulation of our home mortgage system. At the center of the problem were the lobbyists, politicians, and bureaucrats who succeeded in persuading Congress and the administration to ignore the festering problems at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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Where Wall Street's Unemployed Can Turn
Tweet Share on Facebook September 18, 2008 Comment (2)Generally, when you lose your job, you can rely on friends to help you through. But what if all your friends lost their jobs, too?
Such is the case for many on Wall Street, whether part of Merrill Lynch's "thundering herd" or Lehman Brothers' brothers.
If you're among them, here are some supports to rely on in your job search:
Alumni career services: Business schools have been making significant efforts to help alums, reports the Wall Street Journal. Even career services departments at undergraduate schools may offer some assistance. Also—don't forget your alumni network.
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Job Search 101
Tweet Share on Facebook September 18, 2008 CommentIf you're out of work, you have lots of questions about the right way to do things. Look no further.
Here are key pieces of wisdom, from the Outside Voices experts who blog at USNews.com:
The Search
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10 Great Things You Can Do Right Now to Improve Your Job
Tweet Share on Facebook September 17, 2008 Comment (6)These are hard times, but here are 10 basic steps you can take today, tomorrow, or this week to juice up your job (culled from many experts I've interviewed for various stories).
1. Make some friends. "Life is hard and then you die." My mother has been saying this to me since I can remember (she pulls no punches). Well, work is also hard. But you have to do it if you want to pay your mortgage and your cable bill and avoid scavenging for Christmas presents. That being the case, why not just make some friends where you do it? Try making a joke. Ask someone about their weekend. If you say something stupid, at least you'll get some notice, which is better than being "the guy who works down the hall beside the copier."
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Fiorina's Non-Gaffe: Could McCain or Palin Do Your Job?
Tweet Share on Facebook September 17, 2008 Comment (47)Yesterday, Carly Fiorina told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell that Sarah Palin could not run a major corporation, but nor could John McCain or Barack Obama, for that matter. Running a business is different than running a country, Fiorina said.
Today: A minor uproar.
Fiorina pulls, or is pulled, away from public appearances.
Republican presidential candidate and former executive Mitt Romney goes on MSNBC this morning to defend McCain and Palin, insisting that he would indeed be glad to hire these two to run his company.
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Audio: Sarah Palin and Working Mothers
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Did Metrolink Spokeswoman Do Her Job?
Tweet Share on Facebook September 16, 2008 Comment (8)Denise Tyrrell, spokeswoman for the Southern California transit agency Metrolink, resigned after federal and Metrolink officials criticized the statement she made the day after an agency commuter train collided with a freight train in Chatworth, Calif.
Tyrrell said that the Metrolink engineer had "made the error" and had not obeyed the traffic signals. Officials have since said that the statement was premature.
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