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By Julie Austin Anyone can submit a resume online from the comfort of their home computer, but the Internet highway has become much more crowded with resumes these days. Hiring personnel at HR departments are overwhelmed with the sheer volume they get. Put yourself in the shoes of hiring personnel and you’ll quickly see how [...]

By Julie Austin By now you probably know that it’s easier to get a job when you already have a job. The unemployment rate may be hovering around 9 % but the underemployment rate is much higher. Some put the unemployment and underemployment rate at about 18%.This means that drastic measures are being taken to [...]

By Julie Austin Everyone would like to not only have a job they enjoy, but also a financially rewarding one as well. Unfortunately, the job market is overcrowded right now. So how can you stand out from the crowd and get interviews with the best companies? The best way to do this is through a [...]

  By Kevin Morris It isn’t easy staying focused and motivated in a job search. You send countless resumes that no one responds to, recruiters don’t call you back, companies that claim to be hiring aren’t interviewing, and your professional networks simply aren’t generating leads. What’s the average job seeker to do? For starters, you [...]

  By Kevin Morris I was struck by comments I heard on National Public Radio’s (NPR’s) Morning Edition today. Bill Frezza, venture capitalist and Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute summed up what I’ve been telling my clients for years: “People run businesses because they want to satisfy their customers, they want to grow, and [...]

Typical job postings on Monster or Career Builder will net hundreds and sometimes thousands of online applicants. Of course, not all will come close to being qualified. However, with your submission mixed in with the throngs, how can you prove to the screening software that HR utilizes, that you are worthy of a look? First, [...]

It can be daunting to look for a new job. Whether the reason is due to a lay-off or a desire to do something new, there are some action steps you can take that will guarantee your success in reaching your goal. 1. The first step is to put on paper what you are looking [...]

If you’ve ever toiled to write your resume, battling writer’s block for each and every word you put on the page, but still unsatisfied when you get to the end, sure that your resume won’t make the cut, you aren’t alone. For many job seekers, writing a resume is an anxiety-inducing task. Yet, for almost [...]

By Kevin Morris Judging by the explosion of mobile job search app downloads (Beyond.com’s free job search apps have already surpassed 1,000,000 downloads), mobile job search is a fast-growing trend with enormous potential for improving the job search process. If you’re looking to simplify your job search, reach a broader audience, and gain an edge [...]

Conduct an internet search right now and you will find hundreds of thousands of internet pages, many of them referencing books and articles telling you so-called resume writing rules. Many of these books and articles, even those written by professional resume writers, are contradictory. There is actually a legitimate reason for this inconsistency. The most [...]