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Back to the Job Hunting Basics

If your New Year’s Resolution is to change jobs in 2015, go back to the basics of job hunting to stand yourself in the best stead. Yes it’s boring to keep tweaking your CV and it feels more productive to be scouring job boards. However, if you’ve got the basics right you can move faster…

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Why Is Employee Tenure Not What It Used to Be?

In today’s workplace, employee tenure is shorter than ever before. While the goals of past generations were to gain stability with an established company in order to support a family and begin saving for retirement, the goals of today’s workers are somewhat different. So why the change? What has caused present-day employees to forego employer…

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Timebound Workplace

What Social Network Do You Use For Your Job Search?

In this week’s #UROpinion, we asked you:  What social network do you use for your job search? Most of the comments all focused on LinkedIn! People generally use Linkedin as a hub for connecting with relevant industry contacts and viewing vacancies posted to the network. However, alternative platforms, such as job boards and other popular social networks may also possess great ways of…

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Biggest Resume Blunders and Easy Steps to Fix Them

How many times have you struggled to fit your entire career onto a piece of paper? Resumé writing should be easy, seems easy, but isn’t. People still make terrible and sometimes even hilarious mistakes that will have recruiters either laughing or shaking their heads as they toss your precious papers into the trash can. Take a look at…

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Rejection Review: 7 Reasons For Not Getting the Job

You are one of those individuals who looks so good on paper that you almost always get that call for an interview. You are excited; you get your hair cut; you buy a new tie, shoes, or a new blouse and jacket. On the day of the interview, you begin to prep in plenty of…