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The Top 5 Lessons You’ll Learn in Your First ‘Real World’ Job

When it comes to your career, you will always be a student.
It doesn’t matter if you’re a high school drop out, just getting your degree, or celebrating your 20th with your Ivy League alma mater, the learning will never stop.
In my opinion, nothing serves as a better teacher than that first post-grad job. Everyone has [...]

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What Do You Think? Unemployment Extension News

Unemployment stinks. Nobody likes it and it’s all-over a rough time.
Come January 1, 2012, unemployment could be getting a whole lot more stressful for millions of unemployed Americans.
On Wednesday, the House passed a bill to restore federal extended benefits programs. That means that, if passed, the legislation will reduce extended benefits by 40 weeks.
While the [...]

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7 Ways to Royally Mess Up a Job Interview – Guest Post on GlassDoor

While there are plenty of ways to ace your next interview, there are also a slew of ways to expertly mess it up. I’ve compiled a list of ways to fantastically mess up an interview.
Keep these 7 tips in mind before your next interview…
Read the rest at GlassDoor!

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Tips for Landing a Job Before 2012 – Anthony Morrison in Fox Business

The end of the year may be the best time for job seekers to find that perfect position.
Anthony Morrison, vice president of Cachinko, advises unemployed workers to get strategic with their end-of-year job hunt.
“If you are set on getting hired before the new year, look to industries that experience a surge of business in January. [...]

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What Do You Think? 5 Keys for Building Successful Internal Talent Communities

Talent Communities have really amped up in the past few months.
And for good reason – as more and more job seekers and employers engage in talent communities, we will find that more jobs will be filled with the very best talent.
Check out: Talent Communities 101: How to Use Your Talent Community in Your Job Search
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What Do You Think? Might Employers Start Asking Job Applicants for Facebook Passwords? [AOL Jobs]

Without a doubt, social media plays a huge role in the job search today.
Check out: 4 Social Media Tasks for the New Job Seeker
When used the right way, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn can be valuable tools that can help you connect, talk, and learn from colleagues, mentors, and employers in your chosen industry.
You would share, Tweet, [...]

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Can Facebook Get You a Job? {infographic} by Jobvite on MBAonline

Spend more than ten seconds looking for job advice online and you’ll find that it’s all about social media.
LinkedIn can help you connect to your next boss while Twitter can help you jump in on the conversation for your particular industry. But what about Facebook?
Facebook is, by far, the largest social networking platform with the [...]

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Pounding the Pavement in 2012: 10 Job Search Resolutions – Guest Post on Business Insider

For many industries, January is a great month to get hired. After the holiday season, companies in the black will take on extra talent to keep going strong. This also marks the beginning of the first quarter of the year.
How can job seekers get ahead early and get hired in 2012? Here’s a checklist for [...]

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Big ATS Syndrome: 25,000 New Applicants & My Jobs are Still Open!

Ok, so you are getting 25,000 new applicants each month and your jobs are still open.  Well that must suck.  You would think gobs of applicants means you are doing great at Talent Acquisition, right?  The reality is that most Recruitment departments detrimentally rely on Applicant Tracking Systems and multi-post job board tools, thinking they have [...]

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4 Reasons Why SEO is Important to Your Job Site

Search engine optimization, or SEO, has become an important buzzword in today’s tech-driven world. When it comes to your careers page or job listings, SEO is vital to reaching your target audience. Did you know that 80 percent of job seekers start their job hunt on a search engine, not a job board? Proper search [...]

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