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Who's Firing - Layoffs week ended 5-7-10

Who's Firing summarizes weekly research of companies announcing and rumoring layoffs for the week ended 5-7-10. For the past week retail, government, publishing, banking and energy employers announced the largest layoffs... READ»

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6 Ways To Become the Top Dog Before Your Interview

Did you realize that nearly all hiring managers pre-rank candidates before they've interviewed even one? If you're the top candidate before interviews, then it's basically your job to lose. So how can you position yourself as the to READ»

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Why Every Job Seeker Needs To Blog

Blogging is one of the most powerful things a job seeker can do to advance a job search. Learn why job seekers need to blog, what blogging can do for job search, how to start, and time/resource commitments ... You don't even have to write READ»

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Top 3 Job Search Strategies To Set Yourself Apart

Today's article describes 3 strategies to help you stand out from the crowd. Differentiation is critical to candidates seeking additional opportunities ...READ»

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Investigate a company before you take a job

CubeCheck.com is a new website that allows potential employees to check out a company’s work environment before they apply there. The site lists lots of useful information about employers including job satisfaction of employees in ...READ»

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April 2010 Hiring Trends Show Slow Employment Improvements

Details on job markets by metro, industry, function, and level ...READ»

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Who's Hiring - Top employers week of 5-3-10

Who's Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity for the week of 5/3/10.READ»

Creating A YouTube Video Resume To Help Your Social Brand

Learn how to produce a simple video resume for YouTube and how it can help your job search ... READ»

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Why Employers Look For Purple Squirrels

A purple squirrel is rarely found in nature - that's why recruiters use the term for candidates that have combinations of skill sets that are also rarely found. Learn 5 ways to respond to a multi-subject matter expert job description ... READ»

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Get insider information and reviews on any company

CubeCheck.com is a new website that allows potential employees to check out a company’s work environment before they apply there.  The site lists lots of useful information about employers including job satisfaction of ...READ»

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All About Me

Hi, I'm Christina 22, raised and born in CAL, now relocated at Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. I'll be very honest... If you're looking for sex, skip to the next. I know my pictures are screaming out ''party girl'', but I am more than just ...READ»

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Data Mining the Mint.com Demographic

Mint is already aggregating data from its 1.5 million users and mining it for personal spending trends. Now the newly-acquired company is planning to sell that data on a case-by-case basis.READ»

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Mint's Founder Gets Control of Intuit's Personal Finance Division

Yesterday, we reported that popular personal finance site Mint.com would be sold to Intuit for $170 million, just a few weeks after Founder and CEO Aaron Patzer closed a fresh $14 million round of "preemptive" funding. "We could have ...READ»

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Should I Find a better career?

It's a recession -- but I don't like my job. Now what?READ»

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Thank You Notes and Success

Interpersonal competence is one of the keys to career and life success I discuss in Straight Talk for Success and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Career.  If you want to become interpersonally competent, you need to do ...READ»

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Overcome Writer's Block for Success

Dynamic communication is one of the keys to personal and professional success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  If you want to become a dynamic communicator, you need ...READ»

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Action Creates Success

Outstanding performance is one of the keys to success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  If you want to be an outstanding performer you need to do three things.  1) ...READ»

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Twitter Your Way to Success

Positive personal impact is one of the keys to c areer and life success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  If you want to create positive personal impact you need to do ...READ»

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Success and Overcoming Fear

Self confidence is one of the keys to career and life success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  If you want to become self confident you need to do three things.  ...READ»

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Resolve Conflict Positively for Success

Interpersonal Competence is one of the keys to personal and professional success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  If you want to become interpersonally competent you ...READ»