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5 Essential Interview Techniques You Should Know

There are several things that you can do to make each interview as successful as it can possibly be. Each of these steps has an impact on helping you to get the kind of job you really want: 1. Always be punctual. Allow yourself enough time to get there, taking the address and the traffic…

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How Your Job Makes You Fat, Sick and Stressed Out

The past 40 years have seen a lot of changes to the American lifestyle, including how we work. People are sitting more, exercising less, engaging with computers daily, and finding new ways to get stressed out. So how has this shift in the way we work affected Americans? A lack of exercise coupled with sitting…

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LinkedIn Members Who Grow their Networks are 30% More Likely to Find Jobs

The co-founder of LinkedIn, Reid Hoffman recently published his new book “The Start-Up of You“. One idea is what they call “I-We” – how the power of your network out to the third degree magnifies your individual capabilities. It used to be “who you know”, now it’s also “who the people in your network know”.…

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How to Create a Memorable Elevator Pitch

As an integral part of your personal brand toolkit, your elevator pitch (or speech) needs to sell you effectively. It needs to convey a value-oriented, compelling, and memorable message that encourages your listener to take action. This post will look at what an elevator pitch is, why you need it, and how to create one…

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How Social Media is an Online Privacy Risk for You

The spread of social media has its risks for all of us. Those same sites that we use to connect to family, friends, and our community can also compromise sensitive information. According to Carnegie Mellon researchers, information listed on social media may be enough to guess a social security number, the key to identity theft.…