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Recruitment companies are recruiting again. The ‘war for talent’ has started once more (did it ever stop?) and thousands of recruitment consultant jobs are being advertised on the job boards and recruitment-to-recruitment specialist agencies are getting steadily busier.
It’s a sad and ironic indictment of our recruiting industry that the one universal [...]

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The job interview is misnamed.  Too many candidates think about the job interview in those terms—ie., the person with the job is going to ask me a bunch of questions and if I answer the questions correctly I may get the job.
What is really happening in the interview is actually quite simple. There are only two questions [...]

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Ah, the dreaded cover letter. Boring to write, difficult to get right, and you’re usually preoccupied by other things (such as the portfolio and resume, which are also really important).  Unfortunately, your cover letter is a company’s first exposure to you, and it determines whether your application is trashed or fast-tracked [...]

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A friend of mine recently told me that he was looking for a new job. I know that he is a very hard-worker so I told him I would be happy to refer him to my Human Resources Department.
However, I made sure he knew that I wanted to look over his resume and [...]

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The job market is improving. A recent study from the National Association of Colleges and Employers found that employers plan to hire 13% more new college grads this year than last year — with business, engineering and computer fields taking top priority.

That’s good news if you or someone you know is preparing to make the [...]

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About five years ago I was directly in charge of interviewing and hiring employees. I have since changed companies twice and am no longer involved in the interview process. However, I was thinking about all of the hilarious war stories on the front lines of the employment front.
Articles on the internet on [...]

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1. Make yourself indispensable.
Locking yourself into your current role is a great way of locking
yourself out of the next higher role. Bonus if you actively higher weak
performers who couldn’t replace you even if someone wanted them
to.
2. Strive for work/life balance.
People who juggle passions have an entirely different outlook on life
from those who juggle obligations. Rather than [...]

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Today’s post is the second guest article written by Rob Sullivan, a very savvy resume doctor based here in Chicago. What I do for people before they step into an interview, Rob does for them when they put together their resume. Below is how Rob summarizes how long/bullet pointy a resume should be. I agree [...]

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Job interviews are not just a means by which prospective employers judge your suitability. It’s also a mechanism by which you can see if a company would be a place you’d want to work. Here are some questions you can ask an interviewer that will give you information about what the company culture is like [...]

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Here are 10 easy ways to make sure that this recession flat out crushes you.
I know, I know, everyone wants to find a job during these tough times.
But do they…. really? The tactics I see people using seem almost guaranteed to result in failure… so, in the spirit of How to Self-Destruct, here is a [...]

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