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Want To Be Our Photo Intern?

Fast Company is in search of a photo intern.READ»

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UN Report: Cellphones a Ticket Out of Poverty for the World's Poor

Cellphones aren't all fun and games for the world's poor. For many, they make the difference between bringing home the bacon--or not.READ»

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Meet the Big Brother Screening Your Social Media for Employers

Companies are hiring professional social media screeners to scan your Twitter and Facebook pages. Will they get you hired or fired?READ»

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Text Here for a New Job

The MIT offspring, Assured Labor, connects job-seekers with employers via mobile SMS.READ»

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New Start-Up Jibe Marries Facebook, LinkedIn to Help Your Job Search

The old boy network meets the social network.READ»

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Dear Young Job Seeker:

There is a wealth of advice and information online about how to write a resume, do an interview, get a job, etc. I interviewed and hired a number of recent college graduates as CEO of my start-up and this is what I would have told all those candidates if I'd had the chance before they met me.READ»

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Building a Buzz Around Your (Career) Brand

Marketing is marketing. It doesn't matter if you're a business trying to attract and retain customers or an eager job seeker trying to capture the attention of potential employers. Your ultimate success or failure will depend on your ...READ»

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Will They Stay or Will They Go?

"You cheated! You lied! You said that you loved me!" The Shangri-Las If your Company was proactive during the last 2 years, most of "The Others" (Employees who should never have been hired in the first place), the "Temporary ...READ»

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Amazon Posts Dozens of New Job Listings Implying a New Kindle Is on the Way

How will Amazon's Kindle compete with Apple's iPad? Let's dive into the vagaries of Amazon's job listings, water as opaque as America's finest urban lakes and rivers, and see what's still swimming. What's that? A shadowy outline of a new Kindle?READ»

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Google Experiment Gets Creative Job Seeker an Agency Post

There are many stories about how young creatives get themselves the job of their dreams, but Alec Brownstein's pitch has to rate as one of the best. He spent $6 on Google adwords to reach five creative directors at major advertising ...READ»

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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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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»

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Linkedin Company Follow Helps Job Seekers Find The "Hidden Job Market"

Linkedin unveiled an interesting new capability - Company Follow. This new feature can provide some valuable new help for job seekers. Let's look at what's included in the Company Follow feature and how job seekers can use it ... READ»

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MBA, Your Green Card To Brilliance by Zeke Lee

The job market has become more stringent than before in today's precariously uncertain economic situation. Today it requires more than a mere graduate qualification to catch the eye of employers who are now looking to hire those with ...READ»

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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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Online job search techniques for job seekers

The type of job an individual is looking for will determine which job board the individual will visit.READ»

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College Grants for Women

If you are a woman then you probably know that people marginalize you. Even if you do your work better you’ll be marginalized. A reason for this is that women are under-educated when compared to men. Of course, there are exceptions. READ»

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Amazon's First Response to iPad Hype: A Better Browser for Kindle

Amazon is slowly stirring itself into action by improving its Kindle e-reader, just as I suggested it ought to if it's going to compete with the iPad and other tablet PCs. The first move: Improving the shoddy Web-browsing experience ...READ»

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TweetMyJobs Moves in on Job Boards' Territory

Watch out, Monster.com, Twitter is becoming a job board. Last year TweetMyJobs, an online job service, started connecting job seekers and employers by tweeting job openings. On Tuesday, the company announced that its services ...READ»

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Monster's NFL Director of Fandemonium

Monster Worldwide, together with The National Football League (NFL) announced that Monster will launch a unique promotion during Super Bowl XLIII in an effort to identify, recognize and reward one of football¹s biggest fans. Monster ...READ»