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Your Career: Five Common Job Search Mistakes

August 14, 2017

By Kristen Harris Looking for work might seem like a fairly straightforward process but, in fact, it’s quite complex. There are several steps, a series of interactions, and multiple people involved in your search. Each stage of the process is filled with nuance and details. One false move can take you out of the running, and you may not even know it. The job search process is challenging and stressful enough without putting barriers in your own way. Check yourself…are you making any of these five common job search mistakes?

Promotion: Getting the Word Out About You

March 8, 2017

The 4 P’s of Marketing Yourself: Promotion, Part 3 By Catherine Lang-Cline Once you have established where you need to be, how do you make an impact? How do you get remembered? How do you stay front of mind? Creating your strategy for marketing yourself can be as easy as the 4 P’s: Product, Place, Promotion, and Price. Here we are going to talk about Promotion and how you can get the word out about you. These are some of the things that effectively work for me and for my company:

Daily Job Search Tips

March 17, 2009

Looking for a job, or think maybe you should be? I highly recommend the free Job Search Tip of the Day through About.com. Every day a little tidbit arrives in your email, linked to a larger article on the topic. Some of it’s basic stuff, but often it’s the basics that get overlooked. Like Follow the Directions. Or Use Your Network. Oh, and there’s Get a Job Through a Staffing Company too 😉

Tune Up for the New Year

January 5, 2009

Excellent article from Oprah magazine, by financial guru Suze Orman, all about getting focused and getting your next position no matter where you’re coming from.

Key Points:

Tune up your skills (through your current employer or on your own)

Tune into old networks (you know waaay more people than you probably realize!)

Tune out the negativity (enough said)

Here’s to a great 2009!

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Your Career: Five Common Job Search Mistakes

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