Category Archives: job hunting

How do you pick your job references?

Pick references who think highly of you. This might seem obvious, but its amazing how many times people pick folks who have little nice to say about them. Continue reading

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How quickly should I respond to a job ad?

Being near the top of the digital application pile apparently does matter. Continue reading

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How do you quit? What about an interpretive dance video?

In the meantime, I’d say resist the urge to tell your boss what you really think when you leave a place. It could come back to haunt you, as I detail in my book. Continue reading

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Age discrimination getting to you? Try these job hunting tips

Being a 50-plus worker today is tough. Being a 50-plus job hunter is even tougher. How do you get your foot in the door, much less get seriously considered for a position, in this environment? Continue reading

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Where are the best cities to job hunt? Here’s a surprising list

The bevy of smaller Midwest cities seems to be saying the rust belt days of the Midwest are fading, in some places at least. Continue reading

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Is LinkedIn Premium worth the cost for job hunting?

Another promised benefit, being able to see who was viewing your profile so you could contact people directly about jobs, also was an illusion. I discovered people can still mask their identities when looking at your profile. Continue reading

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Job Networking — three helpful phrases can go a long way

The second phrase is “do you know anyone at,” because you can’t know everyone but you can hopefully know somebody who knows somebody, who knows…you get the idea. Continue reading

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How to Land a Job Right After College: a guest post

The following guest post was sent to me by an associate of the author. I agreed to run it because it contains some job-hunting basics that are worth remembering. Continue reading

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Branding and job hunting: more good advice from another source

Elements you’ll need to brand build include networking abilities, an ability to compromise, a way of going beyond just speaking about quality of your work and creativity, he says.
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Job Opening — TV news anchor, Chicago area

This is a posting for a TV job that isn’t your ordinary on-air spot. It took some digging to find, but this group is in Evanston, Il., a northern suburb of Chicago. Good luck and always be job hunting. Continue reading

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