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5 Ways to Separate Yourself as a Job Seeker

I was going through my LinkedIn Applications folder the other day and saw all of the applications sitting there. They were all for the same job so maybe seeing the same line of words repeated 50+ times in that folder made me think of it, but as a job seeker you need to separate yourself…

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How to Outsmart Your Interviewer with Body Language

Before I understood these body language tricks, waiting for a job interview wasn’t exactly relaxing. I felt butterflies in my stomach, checked my watch every few minutes and reviewed answers to potential interview questions in my mind until I was invited into the room.  In short, I was grossly anxious, feeling like Shy Ronnie: Then…

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Talent Acquisition Workplace

How to Alienate a Recruiter

Should recruiters be a candidate’s friend? After all, there are no fees if they can’t fill the jobs, so they should treasure you and be delighted to hear from you on any occasion. And what a recruiter thinks of you can make a significant difference to your career prospects, so why do candidates fail to…

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5 Signs You’re Not Happy at Work

Are you happy at work? Do you know the signs that show you’re unhappy? How do you become happier at work? Here are the top 5 signs to look for and how to improve your job happiness level. 1) It’s on your mind when you walk, eat and sleep: The symptom: After you go home from work…

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First Impressions – Is What You See Really What You Get?

Sometimes you really do need to look twice or three times to see the person behind the tattoo or the lion in the sheep’s skin. It takes just one-tenth of a second for us to judge someone and make our first impression, and our confidence in impression formation increases with the time taken to form the…