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Debt.  It is today’s form of slavery; it is indifferent of race, gender, religion.  In short, debt is ubiquitous.  It does not have to be. Being in debt applies an invisible pressure to all of us to keep our jobs just to make ends meet, even if we do not like our jobs, this pressure is [...]

What would a discussion about job seeking be without talking about the resume?  The resume is the most tangible aspect to job hunting and seems to be the place everyone runs to first.  Creating an effective, powerful resume is within everyone’s grasp. I’m going to focus this article not so much on a list of [...]

When you launch your job search, the ocean of possibilities for where to get started can look overwhelming.  With so many job-posting sites, companies posting jobs on their own sites, Craigslist, aggregators, job fairs and press releases, there is little wonder why you can go from overwhelmed to a dead stop in less than a [...]

These issues seem so basic that I think they get skipped over, yet, they are often the central problem many job seekers have.  Clarification is critical in order to provide the necessary focus on the jobs/job titles you are pursuing. In order to truly focus your job search strategy and align all of your actions, [...]

Hunting for a job is a tough and lonely business.  You’re out there on your own, for the most part, and it’s hard to know when you’re botching it up.  It’s always difficult to observe our own behavior and understand if there is anything wrong with it.  When we’re working, we do get feedback (although [...]