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Top 10 Job Search Apps and Tools

Over the last decade, how people discover new job opportunities has evolved dramatically. When was the last time that you looked at a newspaper to find your next job? These days, the majority of job searches are conducted online, spawning a whole new industry around job boards, recruitment websites and job posting platforms. However, with…

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Why You MUST Complete Your Facebook Profile

Okay, we get it: those embarrassing pics from that party during Freshman year aren’t going to go away (“I’m a hot mess – but I still look hot!”). Your contact info is on lockdown ever since that friend-of-a-friend started spamming you during your last days of AIM use in 2009. And you’ve gone completely off-the-radar,…

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Why Your Facebook Friends Matter to Employers

There’s been a lot of buzz over the past couple of years about employers checking potential employees’ Facebook pages. According to some research, 37% of employers checked out a candidate’s Facebook profile before hiring them, and half of candidates were rejected because of the content they found there. With somewhere around 1/7th of the world’s…

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Why a Recruiter is Necessary in Your Job Search

Hiring is becoming more of an art form rather than a run-of-the-mill activity performed by an HR Rep. There are metrics that determine what makes a viable candidate, a team of personalities who will be a part of the decision-making process, and more tests than you ever took in High School Geometry just to determine…

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Facebook or Google: Which Internship is Better?

This infographic (from InternetServiceProviders) pits internships from Google and Facebook against each other to see which is better! Takeaways: Both companies have different missions – Google is information based, whereas Facebook wants to make the world more open. At Google, you receive free Androids – at Apple, it’s free iPhones and Macs – which would…

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What Can I Earn in My Job? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Does money matter to you? Probably. This infographic (by Jobzoo) looks at how much you could earn in different jobs. Takeaways: The highest paid job is a senior company director. The most popular job in this survey was barrister. The average male income per week is £546.

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Finally Graduated? 5 Ways to Turn Your Skills into Assets

University is full to the brim with enjoyable nights out and endless chats with mates, and it comes with its fair share of nervous breakdowns, stressful exams and revising into the wee hours, too. And, now that you’ve finally graduated, you’re probably feeling a bit worried about where to go from here. Everyone goes through this inner-turmoil. Anyone that…

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How to Find the Right Recruiters on LinkedIn

Are you looking for a job on LinkedIn? Good news; there are myriads of recruiters (both 3rd party and corporate ones) on the platform. But how can you identify the ones that are relevant to you and your career? Here is how to easily find the right recruiters on the site, supplied by AvidCareerist.com. Takeaways:…

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How Tasty is Your Opportunity Pie?

When I talk to candidates about Potential Opportunities (yeah, Bolded and Big as that’s how I see it when I say it), I always ask them to examine all the different aspects. Taking a new role isn’t about just one slice of pie – it is about how they make the whole pie as a…